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วันพุธที่ 25 กรกฎาคม พ.ศ. 2550

เนื้อเรื่องจูมงตอนที่61-81

jumong ep. 61 (tuesday december 19, 2006 broadcast):


king geumwa is appalled to read yoohwa's farewell letter, and a furious geumwa demands songju to send out guards to capture yoohwa and yesoya no matter what. thus as yoohwa, yesoya, yuri and their maid flee by foot throughout dawn to dusk, naro and songju along w/ their guards follow their trails. yesoya is exhausted from carrying yuri and yoohwa takes yuri over telling yesoya they have a long ways to go before their reach their destination. just then yoohwa's maid notices the guards passying by and the foursome hide as the guards search the area. naro tells songju they must be headed toward jolbon thus they should just head to the border cross first before the women reach there. in buyeo palace the queen finds out what happened and tells daeso they should've killed yoohwa and yesoya a long time ago, and daeso says they needed to keep them in order to prevent jumong from attacking buyeo, and the queen is dismayed that they have to do so, and tells daeso he should regin buyeo before it is too late.

yoohwa and yesoya arrive by border gate and realize it is heavily guarded thus they begin searching for another border entry to see if it is less guarded. however the other gate is just as heavily guarded and yoohwa says they must wait til night time. as they duck to hide, yoohwa notices master cheon passing by with his group and yoohwa runs to him for help. master cheon is surprised to see yoohwa and yoohwa tells him they fled the buyeo palace to meet jumong, and yoohwa asks master cheon to help as the borders are heavily guarded. next, master cheon hides yuri in the grain wagon as they cross gook-geon border. yesoya tells the young yuri it will just be a short while thus he neen't be afraid and the group attempts to pass through, but they are stopped by the gate warrior who asks master cheon why he's returning to jolbon when he crossed over to buyeo not long ago, and master cheon replies he had a reason to return to jolbon and the warriors then asks if he met any known women in buyeo, and master cheon stays calm and asks who they are looking for. the guard warrior replies they have been instructed to be on the look out for 3 women with a young child who might leave buyeo, and the guard tells master cheon to report it right away if he comes across them. master cheon agrees and the warrior lets him pass through; however naro and songju rush there telling the group to halt. naro asks the warrior where cheon's group is headed, and the guard replies they are merchants going toward jolbon. naro begins stabbing the salt bundles w/ his sword as yesoya and yoohwa cringe. yoohwa yells out to stop and steps forward. naro orders the rest of the sacks to be removed from the wagon, and a frightened yuri is revealed, shaking from fear. naro smiles as yesoya and yoohwa weep silently. the foursome are returned to buyeo palace, and yeongpo becomes nervous when he sees maser cheon among the captured. songju tells geumwa the women were about to cross the border when they were discovered. geumwa stares at master cheon who speaks up and says the women begged him by the border to help thus he did so, and an angry geumwa yells if one would really risk his life to help strangers, and accuses master cheon of jumong's accomplice. yoohwa speaks up and says master cheon is indeed a stranger whom they begged for help and geumwa orders his men to beat master cheon until he confesses, and to throw yesoya and yoohwa under house arrest. geumwa leaves after giving this order, and as yesoya is dragged away, yang seolran approaches her and slaps her violently for causing the disrest inside the palace. soya replies she was merely going the path she should go on, and seolran replies her path is but to die as hostage in buyeo, and orders the men to take soya away right away. yoohwa then visits geumwa in his chamber and geumwa solemly tells yoohwa he already told her he would send yesoya and yuri to jumong when the right time comes, and asks yoohwa why she has changed so much as to not trust him, but yoohwa remains standing and tells geumwa the one who has changed is geumwa. next, geumwa asks her what he is to do but to hold soya and yuri as hostage when he has already been warned that jumong would destroy buyeo, and yoohwa tells geumwa jumong has no intention to destroy buyeo, rather he is merely trying to help the ppl of old joseon, and that if buyeo joined hands with jumong they could together defeat the han nation, but geumwa appears tormented as he states that is the same as bringing buyeo to ruin and he then stands up to face her, and asks her to kill him instead if she would really rather leave him, and yoohwa asks geumwa to kill her, and upon killing her to send yesoya and yuri. at this geumwa is speechless and tears, as yoohwa remains stern. meanwhile, naro continues to torture master cheon who continues to deny any connection with jumong. naro continues to torture him violently when yeongpo watches from distance and wonders what will happen if master cheon reveals the truth about the missing records from old joseon era. majin says they should go to han nation at first and when yeongpo brushes that idea away, majin says they needn't worry since everything will be over when cheon dies. yeongpo agrees and tells majin to go and kill cheon. thus, majin and yeongpo approach them and yeongpo tells naro majin is experienced with tortures and suggests naro to let majin try. majin shakingly asks cheon to confess his crime of affliation with jumong and swings a bat on master cheon's face, killing master cheon to naro's dismay.


meanwhile in gyeru, jaesa's messenger returns from his trip and tells jaesa the roads leading to jolbon are all heavily guarded by warriors. jaesa asks about buyeo's state and is told something has happened to yoohwa and yesoya.
jumong is discussing his plans w/ the oh-ma-hyeop trio when jaesa arrives with news of yoohwa and yesoya being caught after their attempt to flee buyeo failed. jumong is surprised by this news and distresses over the matter at night alone in his room, as the trios are waiting outside furious and upset over the matter. hyeopo says if only they had notified them beforehand they could've met them by the outside the palace to help them, and ohyi wonders if they should attack buyeo instead of songyang first. just then soseono and sayong arrive to meet w/ jumong and are told this isn't a good time to discuss any matter with jumong, and hyeopbo explains what happened w/ yesoya and yoohwa. as jumong mourns alone, soseono watches him from afar and feels her heart ache for him. meanwhile, in buyeo palace, yesoya and yoohwa each remain in their chamber awake at night in anguish.

next day, daeso visits jolbon's songyang and tells songyang he is here on king geumwa's order. daeso tells songyang he plans to attack gyeru and songyang says in that case jolbon will never forget daeso's help. daeso says in return, biryu is to send 300 units of offering to buyeo, but songyang apologizes and says he cannot agree to such request since they are already short themselves and are suffering not having enough to feed their own. daeso is angry and states in that case they cannot help jolbon and daeso leaves. back in buyeo, prime minister budeukbul is dressed as a common man and watches as he sees men telling one another they should leave buyeo and go to gyeru since gyeru is a land of plenty now that jumong is there and they will not go hungry if they go there. budeukbul reports this to geumwa in court, and jaeboo minister says they are losing many citizens who are leaving for gyeru each day and head genenral heukchi states he has seen the same. daeso returns from his trip and tells geumwa the bad news that songyang could not give them grain. daeso goes out and watches as naro brings in the men who tried to escape buyeo to join gyeru. daeso mocks them asking how they can call themselves buyeo ppl, and tells them he will kill them himself, but just as daeso is about to slash them, king geumwa arrives and stops daeso. daeso tells geumwa the captured men have betrayed buyeo and the king, and geumwa tells the men to endure through the hardship, but the men weepingly state they too did not want to abandon their nation, but they only did so to survive. the men cryingly asks geumwa to join hands w/ jumong to save buyeo, and geumwa is furious and asks the men if they serve jumong or geumwa, and geumwa tells daeso to kill the men right away and to kill anyone who tries to escape buyeo in the future immediately as well. meanwhile, in gyeru, buyeo citizens arrive hungry and thirsty, and at the gyeru gate, mudeok brings food and water and mopalmo and musong help distribute them w/ the buyeo refugees. mopalmo asks the children where their parents are and the children reply they were killed at the border. next, moplamo and musong plea to save the many refugees from buyeo before anything else, but yeonchaeryeong says they cannot give away what belongs to the gyeru citizens. just then, jumong tells soryeong and the starchild that he is currently looking for a resolution without war, when mopalmo and musong come running telling jumong gyeru will not allow the food to be distributed to he buyeo refugees and they ask jumong to help. jumong goes and talks to soseono and yeontabal saying the refugees have no where else to go, and soseono says she understands their hardship but they cannot lose their savings when they still have to go to war w/ songyang, and yeontabal says both jumong and soseono have valid points. jumong asks them to trust him and allow the food to be released, and both agree. as the food is distributed to the refugees, jumong tells yeontabal and soseono he plans to unite jolbon w/out war, and states he had heard that although jolbon is a group of 5 small nations, they are like brothers sharing same blood, thus it is meaningless to set a new nation upon a land of sibling blood shed. soseono says w/out attacking songyang it would be difficult to unite jolbon to build a new nation, and jumong then talks to yeontabal alone and asks him about each of the jolbon tribes and their chieves. yeontabal states among gwan-na, hwan-na and yeon-na, the gwan-na chief was the one who was in discord w/ songyang for a long time but at last succombed to songyang when he had no choice, while the hwan-na chief is one who has no big ambitions and just wants to peacefullly keep his tribe in status quo, and the yeon-na chief is the one who is most loyal to songyang.


jumong thinks over his plans and leaves gyeru w/ soseono, the trios and a group of warriors. at night they break into jolbon gwan-na and captures the gwan-na chief. jumong tells the chief he knows he is only following songyang's will because he has no choice, and jumong states even if songyang gains power over jolbon he is one who will hand over jolbon to han nation. jumong tells the chief if he joins hands w/ him, he will help him keep his tribe in tact. jumong lowers himself next to the chief and asks him if he will build a new nation together. after daylight breaks, jumong brings the gwan-na chief out to the open fields outside of hwan-na and gives him instructions on what to do. gwan-na chief leaves, and soseono asks jumong if he thinks the chief will succeed and jumong is confident. next, songyang's subject rushes to tell him the gwan-na and hwan-na chieves gave their power over to jumong and the damul already without even a war. moments later, mari and jaesa arrive in biryu and meet w/ songyang to tell him that commander jumong does not want the jolbon ppl to fight among themselves and what he wants is to revive the glory of the old josen, and he wishes to do so together w/ songyang, but songyang scoffs the two and tells them to go back to gyeru and tell jumong that songyang will not defeat to damul and that he will surely attack and destroy them all.

songyang goes to hyeonto and tells yangjeong what has happened and pleads w/ yangjeong again asking for army. yangjeong wonders why he would do so when songyang can't even keep his own group together, and yangjeong worries over the decision w/ his advisors while songyang waits. yangjeong's minister tells yangjeong songyang is not one who will easily succomb to damul thus they shouldn't worry, and the minister goes to tell the awaiting songyang they cannot dispatch anymore army to him thus songyang should return home. songyang returns to biryu, and sends a messenger to jumong to meet alone w/ songyang. soseono and the trios advise jumong not to go since songyang cannot be trusted, but jumong tells his subjects the citizens of biryu are ppl they should embrace as well, and that his teacher haemosu has taught him the lesson that one cannot accomplish grand will if they cannot even protect the ones near him, and tells them they cannot build their nation upon the blood of many brothers, and states if his will is the same as the heaven's then the heaven will not abandon them. at this jumong announces he will go alone to meet songyang.

jumong ep. 62 [07-01-01 broadcast]:


songyang invites jumong to his fort alone, and jumong's advisors and soseono insist jumong shouldn't go since songyang cannot be trusted. however jumong states biryu people are people they should embrace as well, and that if his wish is the same as the heaven's then they will not be forsaken by the heavens, thus he will go to songyang alone. jumong leaves, with soseono watching worried.. afterwards, the trios are worried about jumong and hyeopbo says to discuss w/ soseono if they should follow jumong just in case jumong is met by danger. soseono says if the men follow jumong now it could bring more danger to jumong, since jumong is keeping a promise to songyang by going alone and they cannot break that promise, thus they should just wait. soseono goes out looks troubled, when sayong arrives to say if something goes wrong w/ jumong then gyeru and damul will be deeply lost and sayong asks her if she is really alright. soseono asks how she can be alright when jumong went to see songyang and that she is also worried and anxious. soseono then says, despite her worry part of her believes jumong can indeed make peaceful resolution w/ songyang like he says, just like he came back alive when everyone thought he was dead in the war w/ jinbeom and imdun.. since jumong's life seems to be watched over by the heavens. soseono gathers herself and tells sayong not to worry as jumong will surely return safely. jumong arrives in biryu to meet w/ songyang, and songyang's warrior tells jumong to abandon his weapon first if he wants to meet w/ chief songyang, and jumong gets off his horse and surrenders his sword to the biryu warrior. jumong is led into songyang's fort, and as soon as he enters, jumong is surrounded by biryu army men. the warrior orders attack and the army begins atacking the unarmed jumong. jumong defends himself before the many men, and he grabs one of the fallen army man's weapon and begins to fight more, when songyang arrives watching from a distance. songyang's warrior tells him their archiliary team repared and if songyang gives the order they will have jumong killed right away. songyang tells the crowd to stop fighting, and tells jumong he is a man of blind-faith and that he did not expect jumong to really come alone. jumong replies he may be blind-faithed, but he knows songyang is not so, and that he came to keep his promise w/ songyang, but if biryu insists on attacking then they will be destroyed by damul army. meanwhile, songyang's warrior goes to tell the biryu army that damul army could come attack them anytime thus they must remain watchful and prepared.


songyang brings jumong inside, and songyang claims each time he went to war for his people, jumong was there to block him. songyang says he could have killed him, and asks jumong why he came alone like this. jumong replies he came to show songyang that he has no intention to make biryu kneel down, and that there is no need for a bloody war since that is not what the heaven's want. songyang says biryu will not be ruined, and jumong states he wishes to join hands w/ biryu not to destroy biryu but to build a new nation together as a unifed jolbon and damul. jumong says if they do so they can be a strong force which can even power over han nation. songyang scoffs saying it is not so easy to overcome han nation, and that even though the world sees him as a dog of han nation for dealing w/ the hans, what he has done is to protect biryu and jolbon all these years.. jumong asks songyang how much longer does he think han will help him, and that at the very moment the han nation is probably scheming to get rid of him. jumong says if songyang rejects his offer then they must endure a tough battle with each other; however if they join hands, then they can be a stronger nation than han. songyang is speechless and jumong urges songyang to not be afraid of han nation any longer, and that a unifed jolbon will be protected by he and the damul army, and that this is the choice of the heavens. songyang thinks over it and orders his man to bring in the items they have prepared. the man brings in two goblets and songyang tells jumong one goblet is wine, and the other is filled with poison, and tells jumong to prove that he is indeed the choice of the heavens.

meanwhile sosoeno continues to worry back in gyeru.. as jumong pauses before the goblets. songyang asks jumong if he is fearful and tells jumong to make his selection and that if he chooses the wine then he will follow his will. jumong picks a goblet and drinks it. he then picks up the other goblet and drinks it as well. songyang asks him if he wishes to die, and jumong says there is no poison and that songyang is merely testing him, and that if he is wrong then he is prepared for death. songyang is rendered speechless and begins laughing.. when jumong tells him it is time for songyang to make his decision, whether to join hands w/ him or to fight against the damul army. in gyeru, the trios are worried about jumong saying it is passed the time when commander jumong should be due back and soseono is wondering what to do.. when ohyi runs w/ news jumong is returning. soseono asks jumong how did it go, and jumong says they just have to wait for chief songyang's decision now. in biryu, songyang thinks over his circumstance....

next, in gyeru open field, jumong, soseono and their people watch as songyang and his group are approaching from the distance. soon, songyang appears before then and walks toward jumong to tell him he will follow grand commander jumong's wish. the crowd cheers and jaesa leads them to shout hooray to jolbon. soseono is teary and happy that this day has come. sayong then rushes to yeontabal to tell him the news. mopalmo says he knew that jumong would succeed, and sayong tells yeontabal jumong has asked yeontabal to relate the news to gwan-na, yeon-na and hwan-na leaders and to prepare for the unification of jolbon. yeontabal says he will, and mopalmo tells musong to give him the wager since he won their bet about whether or not they will go to war, and gyepil scolds the two saying that is why they are still single at that age...


in buyeo, songju brings news ofwhat is happening in jolbon with jumong's success, and king geumwa is falling sick from the shock. next, the palace doctor examines geumwa who is resting in bed and the doctor tells daeso geumwa will regain consciousness after some rest, but that his heart is heavily blocked. daeso blames it on jumong, and budeukbul urges daeso to call for court session immediately. meanwhile the queen finds out songyang gave in to jumong and the queen is furious, but her brother comforts her saying this may be a good opportunity for daeso to inherit the throne, but the queen scolds him saying at this rate jumong could attack them anytime, and what use is daeso's throne if buyeo comes to ruins. the queen asks the oracle mawuryeong what to do, and mawuryeong says their only option at this time is to ask han nation for help, and since king geumwa would never reach to han nation, the queen must come forward. songju comes to yoohwa to tell her the king has asked to see her, and yoohwa follows, but songju urges her to be careful of what she says since the king is ill at the moment. yoohwa arrives in geumwa's chamber, and a weak sounding geumwa calls out to yoohwa and tells her what he has feared is becoming reality and that jumong has convinced songyang and unified jolbon. yoohwa is surprised and geumwa says now jumong can easily destroy buyeo. geumwa says he is fearful of jumong who is running toward them, and he is fearful that their (geumwa-yoohwa) relationship will never be the same. yoohwa urges geumwa to acknowledge jumong since that is the way to save jumong and buyeo both. yoohwa says she too is fearful that her destiny w/ the king will end in such darkness.

yoohwa then visits yesoya and yuri, and yoohwa tells yesoya she was just visiting the king and asked songju to allow her to visit yuri momentarily. yoohwa tells yuri and yesoya jumong who went to gyeru has unified jolbon and that she only needs to wait a little longer now. meanwhile the queen summons yang seolran to her chamber, and gives her special nourishing medicine put together by the palace doctor. the queen tells seolran she is daeso's back, thus she must remain strong for daeso. seolran agrees, and the queen says she has a request for her as well. next, seolran walks away from the queen's chamber and tells haochen she will visit daeso in his study. seolran arrives and daeso asks why she is here. seolran states she had heard about songyang and jumong, and daeso says just like she said, while jumong unified jolbon and reaching for the heavens he did nothing in buyeo. seolran says this crisis is an opportunity for daeso, and tells her she will ask her father thus daeso should prepare for buyeo to join alliance w/ han nation.


in jolbon, a scared ceremony is conducted by the starchild for the unification of jolbon, and soseono presents her a bowl containing the blood of jumong and the chieves of jolbon. oracle soryeong dips her brush into the blood and with it she paints a picture of the 3-legged crow, and the crowd shouts 'long live jolbon'.. jumong silences the crowd and tells the crowd the 3-legged crow is the symbol of their new nation together, and from this moment forward, damul army and jolbon people are brothers of same blood, and from now on they will together build a strong nation upon the glory of old joseon. the crowd cheers as some are shedding tears of joy. soseono smiles at her father yeontabal and he beams back at her..

in buyeo, daeso summons bubunno, and daeso shows them bubunno's family who are brought here from the border. bubunno's mother, brother and sister are clad in new clothes and later naro tells bubunno daeso sent bubunno's family precious food and textile. daeso says he should've sent them these things sooner and bubunno replies he will not forget about daeso's gifts. daeso tells bubunno as he knows the situation in buyeo is dire, and tells bubunno to use the opportunity to set an impressive deed for buyeo, as to go to gyeru and kill jumong. bubunno is shocked and daeso tells bubunno right now gyeru is not turning away refugees, thus bubunno could go in there disguised as a refugee. daeso tells bubunno if he succeeds in killing jumong whom the many army men could not do thus far, bubunno will be treasured by buyeo as top general. naro tells bubunno while he is doing all this in gyeru, he will watch over bubunno's family, but if bubunno has other thoughts his family will not survive. bubunno says nothing and just glances at daeso.. yeongpo drinks and says he knew jumong had some skills but he did not know how great he really is to be able to unify jolbon under him. majin says yeongpo should set some ambitious deed as well and urges him to go to chang-ahn city for a while..

in gyeru, mopalmo runs to jumong to tell him he at last succeeded in making steel vests that even the arrows cannot penetrate. mopalmo escorts jumong and the trio to the courtyard to show how it works, and the trio are impresses by mopalmo's feat. jumong looks at the steel vest and says it is too heavy to use for damul assasins, and mopalmo apologizes and promises to make lighter ones soon. just then gyepil runs to tell jumong yeontabal is looking for him. jumong goes to yeontabal and soseono, and asks what summons him, and yeontabal says there is a place they should go together, and when jumong asks where yeontabal says he will find out when he goes w/ them.
thus, yeontabal leads them to the place, and when hyeopbo asks sayong where they are headed, sayong says nothing only smiling away..


at last they arrive at a grand palace fort, and yeontabal tells jumong this is the palace for the unified jolbon and damul, and that he had prepared this place for a long time for this day.
jumong and the damul group are speechless at how big it is, and jumong asks yeontabal how he was able to build such a grand palace under songyang's watchful eyes, and yeontabal replies it was soseono's doing. sayong explains soseono put all the money they had earned from their business into the construction of this place, and without soseono's ambition for future this place would not exist. soseono says now that jolbon is unified, this is where their new nation should be gathered. soseono shows them around, and yeontabal says now that damul and jolbon are one, it is time they come up w/ a new name for their joint nation as well. the gyeru people and damul people part, and jumong then tells ohyi, hyeopbo, mookgeo and moogol to being working on development of new nation, but jaesa says the most important matter has yet to be agreed on, which is who will reign the new nation, and jumong says nothing. meanwhile, soseono is meeting w/ her advisors and sayong says soseono must reign the new nation since she is the one who built the palace, despite what the damul may want and soseono also says nothing.. jaesa continues to advise jumong he must make things clear now and mari says soseono is not one who will bring trouble to them, and jaesa says that is not a certain thing. jumong says that is a matter he will consider alone and tells the trios not to bring it up again.

that night, jumong thinks over the matter alone at night, as soseono also thinks alone pacing back and forth in her private chamber... later, soseono comes to see jumong who says he was about to go see her too. soseono looks at him, and jumong shows him a textile panel w/ goguryeo written on it. jumong asks soseono what she thinks of it, and soseono reads go-gu-ryeo. jumong says it means to be the brightest and highest nation in the world, and that in that name rests his long time passion to build the strongest nation for the many citizens. soseono looks at him, and asks jumong to be the king of goguryeo. jumong says nothing, and soseono says when she wasn't able to forgive songyang, it was then when he said biryu are people they should embrace as well, and soseono says if he didn't show her that they would be at war now and jolbon would not be unifed. soseono insists she is a small-hearted person who wishes to serve jumong who has the calling of old joseon glory. soseono tells jumong she believes he will surely build the kind of nation she longs for and jumong glances at her touched by what she has said...

yangjeong arrives in buyeo, and daeso brings him to go see geumwa. yangjeong and geumwa show a tension between them, and yangjeong tells geumwa the only way to get rid of jumong is for buyeo to join w/ han nation so they can together eliminate jolbon. daeso tells geumwa governor yangjeong is correct, and they must do so or else jumong will bring danger to them. geumwa says nothing and yangjeong asks geumwa if he will agree...


meanwhile, in gyeru border, bubunno disguised as a fleeing refugee from okjeo enters gyeru. as he passes by, ohyi sees him as someone familiar and asks bubunno if he is really from okjeo. bubunno replies yes, and ohyi tells him to pass through.
afterwards, ohyi tells mari he saw the man somewhere from before.. and hyeopbo says that might just be someone similar to someone else.. the oh-ma-hyeop trio tell jumong refugees are coming in nonstop but they must stop them from entering further since at this rate their grains will be gone. jumong says they cannot send back refugees who have walked such distance w/out any other hope and says he will find a way to solve the problem thus they should continue to allow refugees in. bubunno sees a notice in gyeru wall that they are holding a expo to find skilled people among the refugees, and bubunno sees his opportunity.. at the expo, bubunno distinguishes himself as a superior fighter, while jumong watches.. yangtak introduces bubunno to jumong and jumong asks him where he is from and bubunno says he is from okjeo and jumong says his fist skills is good and bubunno says he was a fighter in okjeo. jumong then tells moogol to go against bubunno on swordsory fight, and the two men exchange swords as jumong et al watch.. after a while, jumong calls a halt to it, and asks bubunno what his name is. jumong calls him by name, and tells mari to make bubunno a warrior.

jumong ep. 63 (tuesday, jan. 02, 2007 broadcast):



in unified jolbon, ohyi is suspicious of new general, bubunno's true identity, while bubunno is burdened by daeso's threat to him to kill jumong or else.
late into the night, bubunno sneaks around the place, and soon he is outside of jumong's sleeping chamber where jumong is resting for the night. bubunno draws his knife and heads toward jumong's room, when soseono and sayong arrive, calling jumong out to see them. jumong awakes and let's soseono and sayong enter. bubunno puts his knife away and leaves, while soseono reports to jumong the news that their merchant leader who went to haeng-in nation was captured and killed. jumong asks why the merchant group was attacked, and sayong replies it was the works of yeo-na army of han and buyeo nation. jumong is surprised to hear this, and soseono says han nation and buyeo have joined alliance, and they are spreading their attacks on neighboring nations, with jolbon as target.

next morning songyang and other jolbon chieves arrive to meet w/ jumong and yangtak notices the angry look on the chieves and wonders if they will meet difficulty in unification. the chieves are worried and angry over their future now that unified han and buyeo are taking over the lands and goods from the lands, and soseono says they can for now use salt to trade for goods, and jumong tells the chieves he will be in charge of the matter himself thus the chieves needn't worry. songyang speaks up and says in order to reach gosan nation for salt, one would have to pass through seosan nation, however as he knows it seosan is already under han and buyeo rule. songyang says the route to gosan nation is blocked thus what use is it if there is salt for them there. the chieves are worried that jolbon people will fall in the hands of han in no time as they have no way of getting goods and food into jolbon, and songyang reminds jumong he promised to be responsible for everything and states if their crisis isn't solved soon then they cannot guarantee what actions might follow from them.

sayong confirms to yeontabal that even bogok-jeo has fallen, and yeontabal tells jumong w/ them sharing grains w/ refugees their food supply will not last long if they don't think of a solution soon. in buyeo, king geumwa and hyeonto's yangjeong are meeting w/ messengers from the many nations that are aligned to han and buyeo. buduekbul tells geumwa the messengers are from nations of okjeo, eumnu, sookjeo, haeng-in, seon-mi-jok, heuk-seon, malgajok, seosan jok, yeonbaek, soosan, and such, but geumwa stops him and asks why there is no messener from mawu which made treaties w/ jolbon, and buduekbul says mawu is still stubborn against their conquer, and geumwa tells head general heukchi to bring army toward mawujok, and to force them to concede or else to kill the tribe leader. yangjeong also tells the messengers from now they are to obey han and buyeo, and geumwa warns them if anyone tries to build alliance or make deals w/ jolbon, they will be the first to be attacked by han and buyeo army. afterwards, yangjeong celebrates w/ daeso adn yangseolran, and yangjeong says in no time jolbon will be in their control. daeso says as jolbon begins to lose its grains, they should prepare to attack them soon, and yangjeong agrees and reminds daeso that in all these matters, seolran is one who contributed greatly as she is the one who convinced him to help buyeo. daeso says he knows and thanks seolran infront of yangjeong. seolran replies as long as she can help daeso regain his power she is capable of doing anything. next, daeso meets w/ naro alone and asks if they have heard from bubunno and naro says not yet. daeso then asks naro to go find out what happened to the spy they sent to jolbon.



in jolbon, the spy sent by daeso meets up w/ bubunno and asks bubunno why he hasn't killed jumong yet and asks bubunno if he is a jolbon general now. bubunno replies he did so in order to get close to jumong and he is waiting for the right opportunity to kill him and now that he can be close to him he should be able to kill him soon. the spy leaves and reminds bubunno not to forget that his family is still in the buyeo palace. meanwhile mopalmo, gyepil, and mudeok continues to distribute food rations to the refugees,when a young man steals gyepil's money bag and tries to run. they catch him right away and the young man blows some powder onto musong's face and attempts to run again, but mopalmo catches him and looks at his powder bag and discovers it is bakguk powder. mopalmo asks how the young man knew about bakguk powder, and he says nothing. just then more young men come forward and tells gyepil and mopalmo not to mistreat their commander. gyepil scoffs them and says they are all thieves, and calls for men to throw the boys into prison, but mopalmo stops gyepil and tells the boys to work under him from now on. gyepil complains but mopalmo tells him to let go of the matter and mopalmo brings the 5 or so boys away and compliments on their skills on knowing what to do w/ bakguk powder and thus they should come work under him. mopalmo tells the boys after their new nation is built, he will not only develope weapons he will work on farm science and asks the boys if they will work for him, and the boys agree.

jaesa tells jumong if they don't come up w/ a solution soon, songyang will back out from unification, and ohyi suggests they should attack the joint yeo-na army of han and buyeo first, and jumong says the group led by bubunno is not prepared to attack any army at the moment and jolbon is in no position to lose army at current. jumong says they need to focus on getting salt from gosan first, and jumong tells soseono to contact baemang to see if he can bring salt from gosan to them. sayong says he will go on the mission himself and hyeopbo is nervious by it. at night, bubunno overhears the guards worried about their future against buyeo, when one of the guards says they just need to believe in jumong and all will be well. just then jumong passes by and the guard tells jumong despite any crisis they may be in they believe in jumong's leadership, and jumong puts his hand on the guard and asks about the guard's son sangcheon whom jumong named for him, and another guard tells jumong a second son is already on the way for him since he is gifted w/ child-making, and jumong tells the guard when his second child is born he will name the child too thus he should inform him when it is born.. the guard expresses his gratitude, as bubunno watches. jumong then goes to bubunno and says he is working hard and asks him how the work is going. the guard w/ son tells jumong bubunno is good looking thus there is no worry and asks jumong to help the other guard, manchoon, marry soon since he is not handsome. jumong laughs and says he will, and leaves. after he leaves, bubunno asks the guard if it is true that jumong really named his son, and the guard replies it is so, as jumong names all the children born in their camp. the other guard speaks up and tells bubunno all the soilders are loyal to jumong and they will do anything for him.

the spy returns to buyeo, and tells daeso bubunno has yet to kill jumong but he has already gained jumong's trust thus he will soon succeed on his mission. daeso asks about jolbon's state, and the spy says they are in disarray and in addition, songyang's biryu due to its outter location is getting nonstop rain poured on. daeso tells the spy he should go to biryu in that case and spread the rumor that they are getting punished by the heavens because of their alliance w/ jumong. after the spy leaves, daeso tells naro jumong will do anything to keep jolbon independent right now, and his biggest asset is the salt in gosan nation, thus naro should make sure that no salt can go from gosan to gyeru. thus, naro brings an army and they hide en route as sayong escorts general baemang to jolbon. just as sayong and baemang pass through, naro and his army begin attack and in no time, naro kills baemang, and sayong loses his men. sayong then gets on a horse and flees the scene, and returns to gyeru w/ the bad news. sayong tells jumong the han and buyeo yeo-na army were waiting for them to fall into their trap and they killed baemang and captured all their goods. jaesa asks if this means they have no other way now, and jumong sits down w/ them to they must head south and sayong says that is impossible, but soseono says they have to make the impossible possible, and jumong tells everyone she and soseono will find a way thus they trios should find out what han and buyeo are up to next. meanwhile, ohyi continues to feel uneasy about bubunno and he watches bubunno intensely as he trains the soilders. ohyi says though bubunno claimed he came from okjeo, his swordsory is trademark of buyeo army, but hyeopbo and mookgol aren't worried by it, while ohyi continues to be disturbed as he states surely he has seen him somewhere from before.

at night time, bubunno sneaks around the fort again, while ohyi tries to remember where he had seen bubunno before. bubunno continues to sneak around while ohyi goes to the guards and asks where bubunno went. the guard says he was here til not long ago but now he's missing. ohyi is suddenly alarmed by it, and goes toward jumong's chamber. outside jumong's chamber, bubunno arrives and he puts a mask around his face as he enters into jumong's chamber. bubunno is about to slash jumong w/ his knife, when jumong awakes and pushes him off. bubunno then flees, and jumong runs after him. however, jumong catches up to him and the two begin fighting, when ohyi arrives, calling out to jumong. jumong has his sword around bubunno, and ohyi unmasks bubunno to reveal his identity. bubunno is brought into the center of the courtyard and soseono arrives asking what has happened. ohyi reports bubunno tried to kill jumong, and ohyi asks bubunno where he came from. bubunno replies okjeo and bubunno kicks him telling him to tell the truth. bubunno insists he is from okjeo and ohyi kicks him again and tells bubunno his swordsory is from buyeo and ohyi puts his sword to bubunno's throat and asks him to confess. jumong asks bubunno to tell the truth as is, and asks bubunno who sent him. bubunno looks up to jumong and replies he was ordered to kill jumong by prince daeso. the gathered are shocked, and bubunno confesses daeso was using the opportunity that jumong is accepting refugees w/out condition and he sent him here. before coming here, bubunno says he was a assistant commander inside buyeo palace. bubunno asks for death, and jumong looks at him for a while. bubunno then says before he dies he wishes to say one thing to him, which is that a long time ago, he went to bongae mountain on daeso's order when jumong was mnoving from bongae to gyeru. bubunno says he killed a couple of damul guards on that night and snuck inside and was deeply touched by what he saw in the bonding between jumong and the damul people, but bubunno says he had to come w/ intention to kill jumong but he sincerely respects jumong and says had the heavens allowed him to meet jumong first, before meeting daeso, then his life would've been different. bubunno says he came because he was under threat that daeso would kill bubunno's mother and siblings.. and that in the short time he was in gyeru, he was truly happy, and tells jumong if he is born again in the next life, he will serve jumong. with this bubunno asks for death. jumong tells bubunno's bonds to be removed, but mari says not to give into bubunno's scheme and that he must be killed. jumong orders bubunno to be raised and freed, and jumong tells bubunno to go back to buyeo. bubunno says since he failed his mission he will be killed by daeso regardless, thus he would rather die in jumong's hands instead of daeso's and bubunno asks jumong to kill him again; however jumong tells bubunno to go to buyeo and reports to daeso that he killed jumong. everyone is shocked, and jumong then says if bubunno does not return w/ jumong's head daeso would not believe it, thus he will arrange so that daeso has no doubt. jumong tells bubunno to return to buyeo w/ this and to free his family, since he understands how heavy the weight he is carrying, w/ the lives of his family upon his shoulders.. bubunno is touched beyond speech, and he calls out to jumong as grand commander and he kneels before jumong. the gathered watch, seemingly touched as well, and soseono moves her sight from bubunno to jumong.



next, in buyeo palace, naro tells daeso bubunno has returned. bubunno tells daeso he has killed jumong, and daeso asks if it is true. naro asks where jumong's head is, and bubunno says he killed jumong but due to the soldiers arriving he was unble to cut his head off. naro asks how they can believe him then, and bubunno says he made sure that jumong's heart stopped beating but daeso asks if he is sure. bubunno replies yes, and daeso and naro return to the study suspicious. naro asks daeso if he believes bubunno and daeso says nothing but sighs. naro says it is hard to believe that he really killed jumong when he has returned safely w/out any wounds. daeso tells naro to ask the spy in gyeru if what has been told is true, and for the meanwhile to keep a close eye on bubunno's actions. meanwhile, bubunno thinks over jumong's words that he would help him make sure daeso believes what bubunno tells him. naro watches bubunno from a distance and naro is suspicious, thus he tells his guards to keep a close eye on bubunno.

in han nation's chang-ahn city, yeongpo is getting impatient that he cannot find anyone to help him. majin says it is because there are bad rumors about prince yeongpo and he should know that clearly himself. just then minister hwang arrives. yeongpo has a feast w/ minister hwang and yeongpo tells hwang he has come to ask him for help. minister hwangs asks what and yeongpo says he wants to build a han and buyeo alliance as buyeo is not in a good state. however, minister hwang tells yeongpo perhaps he has not heard that han and buyeo have already joined hands and that it is prince daeso who is attributed w/ the effort. yeongpo is dismayed but minister hwang says soon the imperial will be sending him to replace yangjeong in hyeonto as governor and minister hwang states if he goes there he will help yeongpo, and yeongpo thanks the minister.

jumong tells soseono it is time for her to leave gyeru to go somewhere w/ him. jumong shows him the map of the land south of them and says if they go south through eumnu, they can reach the tribe south and get what they need for jolbon. soseono says eumnu people are notoriously difficult but jumong is determined, thus soseono agrees. meanwhile, daeso's spy passes through gyeru, and his men reports to him jumong could not be found anywhere in jolbon... unbeknowns to them, jumong and soseono sneak out of gyeru in the night as jumong tells yeontabl no one is to know about his trip toward eumnu and asks yeontabal to take care of everything while he is gone. in buyeo, naro tells daeso they received a message from their gyeru spy to say that jumong cannot be seen anywhere. daeso asks if this means jumong is dead, and naro says that cannot be confirmed but for sure jumong is missing. the queen's brother overhears and asks daeso if that is really true. daeso says bubunno claims jumong is dead but they are still unsure. the minister says if jumong is not seen in public during a crisis in jolbon then for sure he is dead. daeso goes to mawuryeong and asks her to use her power to see if there is anything about jumong that she can find out. mawuryeong worships before a shrine and tells daeso something has changed about jumong, and daeso is pleased, believing that this is the confirmation he wanted.
the queen's brother tells the queen that jumong has been killed by daeso's assasin, and the queen sighs joyfully.. the queen says she will visit yoohwa next..



yoohwa asks yesoya if yuri feel bored being kept inside the room all day everyday, and yesoya says yuri doesn't complain as he doesn't know anything. yoohwa says because he doesn't know what's going on he is even more pitiful. soya then confides in yoohwa that she has been having nightmares and wonders if something bad has happened to jumong. just then the queen walks to them and says her dreams are correct. the queen tells them jumong has died. the queen then says even if it's hard to believe it is true as he is not seen in jolbon. yoohwa says jumong would not die so easily as he will surely build a strong nation to go against han. the queen says yoohwa will soon feel the reality set in soon and she leaves... soya weeps and yoohwa says that is impossible.. as she shivers startled.. next, daeso informs geumwa about jumong being killed by his assasin, and geumwa asks if it is really true, as daeso replies it is a sure fact. geumwa says nothing as he is in disbelief, and daeso tells the queen jolbon should belong to buyeo in the first place, thus he will use han to throw jolbon into a confused state, and daeso asks geumwa for army to use for attacking jolbon soon. geumwa is tearful and he tells daeso to do as he asked.

meanwhile, outside jolbon, ohyi reports to jumong and soseono that the path toward okjeo has han and buyeo's yeona army, and mari worries as they must pass through okjeo to ge to eumnu, thus the face off might be inevitable. jumong tells his men to prepare themselves as they will battle against the yeona army in order to go pass okjeo to eumnu. thus jumong and his trios put on black masks covering half of their face and they attack the yeona army who seem like a small group, but just as jumong et al defeats them, the gates open and a crowd of army head toward jumong and his group..

jumong ep. 64 (monday jan. 08, 2007 broadcast):



outside okjeo, jumong, soseono and the trios are fighting against han and buyeo's yeona army. meanwhile, in buyeo palace, naro is told some ppl have fled from their border successfully, and naro tells the soldier not to alarm daeso about it. bubunno and naro go to daeso next, and daeso awards bubunno 2 rewards as promised for killing jumong. daeso hands him two scrolls, one showing his status as honorable buyeo member, and the other a certificate of land ownership. naro urges bubunno to accept these and bubunno thanks daeso for such. daeso then tells bubunno he will use him heavily in his empire thus he should help commander naro in offensive strategies and training.

after battling the group of yeona army, soseono and sayong check out the road ahead and the two report to jumong they will soon reach eup-ru (previously mis-spelled as 'eumnu' in summaries); however they will have to find the pirate lord by the name of bu-wui-yeom who can help them transport grains from the south to jolbon but no one knows where his group is hiding. jumong asks about the surrounding areas and soseono says she may have known contact in the nearby sam-cheon-mak since due to past merchant dealings. thus, the trios go around sam-cheon village to see if they can find buwuiyeom. meanwhile in buyeo palace, budeukbul and the ministers watch as sachuldo administrators are summoned to court by daeso, and the ministers wonder what change has occurred. jaeboo minister asks budeukbul if he knows anything and budeukbul only appears startled. daeso first compliments the maga administrator for pulling sachuldo along well, after the previous maga's death, and daeso then tells sachuldo he is preparing to send army towards jolbon for attack and announces king geumwa already approved such, and shows the court the scroll from geumwa as proof. budeukbul tells daeso they are not ready for war and asks daeso to reconsider, and head general heukchi also states they are not powerful enough to attack jolbon yet. daeso laughs and states a jolbon w/out jumong will not be so difficult to defeat and the court is silenced. daeso explains his assassin already killed jumong, even though jolbon is keeping jumong's death a secret for now.



budeukbul asks daeso how he will prepare for battle when they don't yet have enough army or money, but daeso says if the ministers and sachuldos put together their treasures and monies then they will have plenty. the ministers argue that is a stretch, but king geumwa arrives and accuses the ministers of robbing buyeo citizens all this while. the ministers complain they did no such but geumwa asks songju to bring in a jewelry box, and tells the court he already found out everything about the ministers and states once they win their war, the will be repaid handsomely for their contributions. next, daeso goes to oracle mawuyeong, and asks the oracle to offer up her treasures to buyeo war efforts. oracle mawuryeong tries to argue saying that is not what the heavens would want but daeso order her to be quiet and to offer her treasured possessions to court immediately. meanwhile yoohwa is in turmoil over the news of jumong's death and she ponders its truth.. while geumwa summons budeukbul. geumwa tells budeukbul he had in the past been suspicious and resentful of him, but now he wishes to overcome buyeo's difficulties in the future together. budeukbul is touched. and just then the messenger arrives telling geumwa yoohwa has asked to see him. yoohwa and geumwa meet and yoohwa asks geumwa if he knows anything about jumong, and geumwa replies it seems jumong has died, and yoohwa is about to faint from the startling words. yoohwa says though she cannot believe this she wishes to verify jumong's death herself and asks geumwa to let her and yesoya and yuri go now since they are no longer needed for hostage now that jumong is dead, but geumwa says he cannot as jolbon will soon be attacked by han and buyeo and though he understands her sorrow he will not have her be in danger there. yoohwa is furious and asks geumwa if he really knows what it feels to lose a child, and geumwa says the deceased jumong is his son too and thus he will protect jumong's wife and son in buyeo. yoohwa says if geumwa really cherished jumong he would've acknowledged jumong's damul army, and yoohwa tells geumwa not to deceive himself or her any longer and states what he has done to her is worse than death by keeping her in buyeo, and yoohwa asks geumwa to let her go one last time.. geumwa is teary and holds onto yoohwa's hands and kneels before her, telling her he never existed in her heart despite the years passing by and geumwa gets up and states since he cannot have her heart, he will at least hold onto her body, and that he will keep her body w/ him to death. yoohwa is beat and tears as she is speechless.. when yoohwa leaves, bubunno watches her pass by and he feels his heart heavy.

in ma-gok-jeo-ja-geo-ri near okjeo, the oh-ma-hyeop finds a contact and they are about to go and meet him when they witness ok-jeo army men passing by. after avoid being seen by army men, jumong and the trio meet w/ their contact and jumong asks him if he can help them meet the pirate lord buwuiyeom, but their contact tells them no one can find buwuiyeom, only buwuiyeon can find them when he wants to make a deal. however their conversation is overheard by a pirate from buwuiyeon's group and buwuiyeon is soon notified about jumong's presence and they then capture jumong and the oh-ma-hyeop trio as they are searching about. jumong announces he is not here to harm them and asks to see buwuiyeon. thus, jumong and oh-ma-hyeop are taken before the pirate lord buwuiyeom and when jumong announces who he is he is met by mocking laughter of disbelief. buwuiyeon then asks jumong to prove his identity and orders his man to fetch a jug of wine, then telling jumong to drink it all. jumong obliges and afterwards buwuiyeom has mari tied up to a tree and orders jumong to show his divine bow-shooting skills. jumong hesitates as he fears for mari's life and asks buwuiyeom to kill him instead if he will not believe his identity but buwuiyeom insists and mari also urges jumong to go ahead. jumong closes his eyes and focuses as haemosu had taught him, and jumong successfully shoots the target next to mari whose life is spared. buwuiyeon is shocked as are his men, but buwuiyeon insists they are okjeo's army men and orders jumong and the oh-ma-hyeop to be killed. just then okjeo army men surround them and begin attacking the pirates. jumong with his quick shooting saves buwuiyeom's life during the fight, and jumong continues to fight off okjeo army force for buwuiyeom.



near eup-ru, soseono and the damul/gyeru men are led by buwuiyeom's men to their mountain fort, and only soseono is allowed inside where buwuiyeom and jumong are waiting. jumong tells buwuiyeom he wishes to go southbound to get grains for jolbon, and buwuiyeom says it is impossibly dangerous and though jumong has saved his life, he cannot risk his whole pirate family for such. soseono and jumong ask earnestly for his help and says that is the only way to fight han nation. buwuiyeom finally agrees and tells jumong he will steer his ship southbound but asks jumong to offer them ample incentive for their whole group to risk their lives for jumong. next, jumong and soseono meet w/ their advisors and sayong says no matter what they have to persuade he pirates, and jaesa wonders how much they need to offer them.. while soseono says they will have to give whatever it takes.

meanwhile in buyeo, yoohwa appears ill and pale as she is kneeling outside the king's chamber. yesoya checks on her and yoohwa asks her to leave, saying she will remain kneeling until the king allows them to leave and if he doesn't she will die kneeling hoping that geumwa will at least allow yesoya and yuri to go if yoohwa dies. inside the chamber, the physician tells geumwa yoohwa has been kneeling w/out food or water for days and at this rate she will die kneeling thus the king must stop her. the queen's maid reports to her yoohwa has been kneeling for 4 days w/out food and water, and seolran wonders why geumwa is still lingering onto yoohwa when jumong is already dead and they don't need her as hostage. the queen replies the king is still wishing to win over yoohwa's heart.. at night, yoohwa continues to kneel and yesoya kneels w/ her.. as bubunno watches yoohwa losing her strength and fainting over at last. yesoya calls out to yoohwa, and bubunno rushes to them and orders the men to escort yoohwa to her chamber immediately. bubunno watches as the physician looks over yoohwa and as yoohwa meagerly regains her consciousness. the physician is worried about yoohwa's life and urges her to eat some medicine but yoohwa mumbles she is already prepared for death and tells the physician to leave. afterwards, bubunno can no longer contain himself and confesses to yoohwa he is the one whom daeso sent to kill jumong. bubunno then reveals though he has said to daeso jumong is dead, jumong is in actuality still alive. yoohwa asks if it is true, and bubunno replies it is true and jumong is surely alive as it was his idea to send him back to buyeo w/ false news that jumong died. bubunno says his family is taken care for, thus he will soon go back to gyeru to repay his debt to jumong, and bubunno urges yoohwa to remain healthy for jumong's sake.

daeso visits yangjeong in hyeonto, and yangjeong is in disbelief over jumong's death, but daeso assures him jumong is dead, and yangjeong vows to reclaim the lands damul took from them and daeso says to do as yangjeong pleases. daeso then asks yangjeong to help buyeo w/ their material needs w/ promise that yangjeong will get more after the war w/ jolbon and yangjeong agrees. just then, the han's royal minister hwang arrives in hyeonto and daeso asks yangjeong who minister hwang is. yangjeong replies hwang is distantly related to han imperial and he wishes to take the hyeonto governor position from him. yangjeong and daeso go out to meet minister hwang and yeongpo tells daeso he did not expect to see him here. yeongpo then tells hwang daeso is his brother and hwang greets daeso, introducing himself and complimenting daeso for the contribution of joining han and buyeo.
yangjeong asks hwang why he is here and hwang replies the imperial are concerned that yangjeong once again delayed the offerings to han imperial and hwang says he is here to see if he can help yangjeong. yangjeong states he will not need hwang's help, and asks hwang to go and rest as he will put together a feast for him.



meanwhile, jumong thinks over the deal w/ buwuiyeom and jumong tells his ppl he will go meet w/ buwuiyeom. jumong hands over a scroll containing the word 'goguryeo' on it. buwuiyeom is angry and asks jumong is he is joking and jumong states the ppl of his pirate group are ppl who must live like sinners in hiding in death and in life, thus what jumong is offering is the chance for buwuiyeom and his men to live as rightful ppl not having to hide under the label of sinners, as he will share the new nation of goguryeo w/ them. buwuiyeom thinks over the deal and his men tell him though to live righteously would be their dream but if they lose their life then it's all meaningless. next, buwuiyeom meets w/ jumong and soseono, and buwuiyeom shows them the article of clothing which belonged to his deceased father. buwuiyeom reveals his father was a damul army who served commander haemosu, and upon haemosu's death the mountain fort of damul army was destroyed, and in his death, buwuiyeom's father gave the clothes to buwuiyeom who escaped and until this day buwuiyeom is still unable to forget the look on his father's face as he died. buwuiyeom stands before jumong, and then kneels before jumong, telling him he will follow commander jumong's wish and he will no longer live as a sinner and as jumong asked, he will restore his father's honor.
jumong is pleased and he and soseono return to their corridor and tells the trios buwuiyeom has agreed to serve them. mari asks when they will leave and jumong says nothing when soseono announces she will go. jumong says if something happens to soseono gyeru will be in a lost state, and soseono replies she will succeed in her dealing and asks jumong to trust her w/ the trip. later, soseono thinks alone outside.. as jumong watches her. soseono turns and sees jumong watching her and the two exchange a brief look. jumong walks up to her and says he feels uneasy about sending her on the trip, and soseono says she too is afraid but she will think of him and that she will surely return to build the nation w/ him. jumong appears touched, and soseono glances at him.

in gyeru, mopalmo is teaching his apprentice about steel swords, when musong rushes in and tells mopalmo everyone is talking about jumong's death and wonders what will happen if the citizens begin to demand for answers. mopalmo says they should just wait for jumong to come back but musong says they can't think so lightly of the mater as the jolbon chiefs have arrived to demand meeting w/ jumong. yeontabal tells the chiefs jumong cannot be seen for now, and the chiefs ask if jumong is really dead as they rumors say, and yeonchaeryeong says even soseono is missing and asks yeontabal to reveal their whereabouts. yeontabal replies he cannot reveal their location, and songyang is angry and states seeing that jumong cannot keep his promise they will go and look for a way to save jolbon on their own. in buyeo, daeso tells heukchi before they attack jolbon, he will first meet w/ songyang, and heukchi says he will wait for daeso to return before attacking.. thus daeso and a few army men head toward biryu, as jumong and his men return to gyeru from eup-ru....

jumong ep. 65 [jan. 09 2007 broadcast]:



soseono and sayong aboard pirate lord buwuiyeom's ship to go south in search of grains for jolbon, while daeso arrives near biryu to meet w/ songyang. jumong returns to gyeru from his trip to eup-ru, and jumong tells yeontabal they were successful in soliciting buwuiyeom's help, and chief soseono is on her way to the south aboard their ship. yeontabal says it is a good thing that things are happening according to their plan, but comments the situation in jolbon is bad, with many rumoring about jumong's death, and predicting that buyeo will soon attack jolbon. yeontabal says the crisis is serious and asks jumong what to do. yeonchaeryeong finds out songyang is met w/ daeso, and yangtak says they should kill songyang, but jumong arrives and says songyang is not to be blamed. yeonchaeryeong asks why, and jumong says he is naturally concerned for jolbon and that he will clear the issue. mari says jumong should show that he is alive to undo the disarray in jolbon. jaesa agrees and says the ppl of jolbon are more worried that jumong is dead than anything else. the other trios all agree and urge jumong to show himself before the ppl.

daeso returns to buyeo and reports the meeting w/ songyang went well and buyeo palace just needs to attack gyeru, and the rest of the chiefs will follow songyang, thus buyeo only needs to defeat gyeru in order to gain control of jolbon. the queen's brother says that is an easy feat then, but daeso says it is not so light since damul army is strong. daeso then asks heukchi about the war preparations and heukchi says they are almost ready, and naro then reports the material needs from hyeonto will arrive in a few days, thus daeso tells everyone they will attack once the goods from hyeonto arrive. bubunno is ordered to prepare his army and bubunno agrees. meanwhile, a frantic soya goes to yoohwa and reports that yuri was taken away by seolran. yoohwa is shocked and soya asks what they can do. seolran tells the young yuri to think of her as mother from now on and that she will raise him like her own. seolran then tells her maid to take yuri away, and afterwards haochen asks seolran what her plans are and seolran says now that jumong is dead, yesoya and yoohwa will soon be killed too, thus she will raise yuri. haochen says geumwa raised a son not of his blood and he became an enemy thus it is not a good idea, but seolran replies he needn't worry since it seems it will be difficult for her to have her own children thus she will raise yuri well to undo her sufferings in the heart. yuri is sent back to soya who hugs him and cries, kissing and holding him. next, bubunno goes to yoohwa's chamber and finds out from the guard that soya is visiting her and that even though the king asked for house-arrest he is allowing soya to visit yoohwa. bubunno pretends to be upset and says he will go inside and scold soya. meanwhile, inside yoohwa's chamber, soya tells yoohwa that seolran wanted to raise yuri like her own, and yoohwa comments seolran is a pitiful woman from a woman's stance and that no matter how evil she is she will not steal yuri away from soya as long as soya is alive, thus soya should not worry. just then bubunno arrives and tells yoohwa things have gotten urgent as daeso will soon attack jolbon, and this attack will be joined by han force. bubunno tells yoohwa and soya to prepare themselves as he will help them escape soon... meanwhile yeongpo returns from his trip and greets king geumwa, and introduces royal minister hwang from chang-ahn city. geumwa asks hwang how they will help buyeo, and hwang says the han imperial has allowed goods and army to send to buyeo for help, and geumwa says he already knows these things. hwang then says he is here to supervise the war, and geumwa asks hwang if he is saying buyeo needs han's permission for everything and hwang says the hans have that much right, but geumwa gets furious and says the war will be fought by buyeo blood thus it is nonsense that han with a little material goods think they can control buyeo. majin tells the king to calm down but the king continues and asks hwang if han will give buyeo the control over yeonna army, and hwang says nothing. geumwa says if han is not willing to give buyeo control over their war then they should just go back taking away their goods with them. minister hwang steps out and yeongpo apologizes for geumwa's behavior, and hwang says not to apologize as he had heard about geumwa's temper for a long time and now that he has witnessed w/ his own eyes he sees that geumwa is really like a nation's emperor, and tells yeongpo not to worry as he will only supervise hyeonto's yangjeong and leave buyeo's war alone.



at night, in biryu, jumong and the oh-ma-hyeop trio sneak into songyang's sleeping chamber and songyang suddenly awakes. songyang asks jumong why he didn't tell him about his trip beforehand and jumong says if he announces it then the spies will spread the news. jumong asks what daeso said during the meeting, and songyang says he had no choice but to meet daeso since everyone thought jumong already died, and since daeso promised he won't destroy jolbon as long as he cooperates. jumong says he did well, and asks songyang not to tell the other chiefs that he is still alive as this is the weakness they can use against their foes. songyang agrees, and jumong promises they will win in this war, and asks songyang to trust him as songyang nods. meanwhile, in buyeo, daeso tells his advisors they should gather all the guarding soldiers from the borders to come and fight in the war, and heukchi wonders if they need to be that extreme, but daeso says they must and order naro to pick out the best fighters among their force and to form a special force. bubunno asks who will lead the force and daeso says he himself will lead the special army. daeso then tells heukchi to head the rest of the army and follow them. nearby buyeo, the jae-moo-mook trio are disguised as merchants and find out hyeonto's goods are soon arriving in buyeo, and jaesa says things are happening sooner than they expect, and the trio hurry and return to gyeru. in the buyeo palace, yeongpo tells daeso he wishes to fight in the war as well, but daeso scoffs him and tells him to go spend time w/ minister hwang instead. daeso leaves and yeongpo wonders if he and daeso are really real brothers, but majin wonders if perhaps it is better if buyeo lose for yeongpo's sake, but yeongpo scoffs majin for thinking so selfish and takes off..

jae-moo-mook returns to gyeru and reports to jumong buyeo is getting material reinforcement from hyeonto, as well as army force from han nation, and even the border soldiers are summoned to join in and they wonder if they can really fight against such a powerful force. just then in buyeo, bubunno tells yoohwa and soya that daeso is leading a small force toward gyeru, and bubunno tells yoohwa they should leave tonight, but yoohwa tells bubunno to go ahead by himself, since it is more urgent that bubunno informs jumong the news before anything else, as they can escape a later date. bubunno feels frantic, but soya persuades him telling him if gyeru is ruined then they will really have no place to go, and asks bubunno to hurry. meanwhile, daeso tells naro to go and summon bubunno, and bubunno goes to daeso. daeso tells bubunno there's an important task for him, and daeso orders bubunno to bring w/ him a small group first to map out the route for daeso's special force to follow, and to find out everything about the situation there. bubunno then leads his small group of men and off they go toward gyeru. jumong and his men are going over their defensive war strategies.. and jaesa wonders if they should use the same strategy they used last time, but jumong says daeso will already be prepared for that thus they should go a different route and tells his men to watch for movements.. just then bubunno arrives outside jolbon, and he kills the few men he has w/ him, and he goes to gyeru alone. once arrived in gyeru, bubunno meets up w/ jumong and jumong asks bubunno if he was able to save his family, and bubunno says yes. bubunno then says he should've brought yesoya and yoohwa w/ him but due to the urgent matter he came alone first. mari asks what about and bubunno says daeso will soon attack gyeru w/ a special force, and that the special force is about 200 men of superior fighting skills. mari and jaesa think this is their chance, and jumong asks bubunno to meet w/ daeso as planned and to pull the special army toward biryu. jumong then tells jaesa and mari to prepare their army as well. next, hyeopbo goes to mopalmo and asks him for the metal vest he made previously. hyeopbo asks mopalmo if he can wear it, and mopalmo agrees to it. hyeopbo laughs and says he is stronger than others and leaves w/ the vest. hyeopbo shows up before jumong wearing the heavy vest and jumong asks him if it is difficult for him to move, but hyeopbo says he is still alright. jumong and the trios go to their army base and the armies are cheering for jumong is still alive. jumong tells the crowd he knows there were rumors about his death, but in order to avoid their enemy he could not show himself before them, but now it is time for them to fight the enemy, and the crowd cheers together.



meanwhile, in buyeo, daeso and his generals bow before the holy shrine as they prepare to take off for war, and next, daeso goes and bows before the queen as well. daeso tells the queen he will leave now, and the queen nods telling him to come back safely after winning. seolran also wishes him a safe return, and daeso leaves, w/ the queen looking worried. daeso and naro arrived in the agreed upon location and daeso orders his troop to rest while they wait for bubunno to arrive. next, bubunno comes back alone, and reports he lost his men to the enemy. daeso asks what the situation in jolbon is, and bubunno says damul army is low in number. bubunno then says the damul army are at ap-pu-ryeong, thus they should go by biryu to attack them. daeso orders naro to prepare the army for departure, and thus daeso's special troop heads toward the trap in ap-puryeong jumong and his men have prepared. ohyi runs toward jumong and reports daeso's men are approaching. jumong orders mari to prepare their group of army and explosives as they wait for daeso to pass through. soon, jumong's group shoots fire balls w/ explosives toward daeso's men and daeso's men are falling one by one from the fire and bombs.. next, jumong and his men attack by foot and swords, as daeso orders the remaining army to fight. hyeopbo's metal vest comes in handy as the enemy cannot penetrate him, and daeso who watches bubunno kill buyeo men goes toward bubunno, but jumong stops daeso's sword. daeso and jumong are faced off against each other and daeso says jumong has tricked him, while jumong says daeso fell into his own trap. daeso and jumong then fights against each other, but naro arrives and tells daeso to flee. daeso is furious beyond measure and refuses to leave, but naro drags him away and puts daeso on horse to flee the scene. as daeso leaves he exchanges a look of hatred w/ jumong who is fighting the remaining buyeo army. daeso returns to buyeo palace, and king geumwa asks what happened. daeso replies before they could attack gyeru they were ambushed. yangjeong is furious and asks why if jumong is already dead and gyeru is in turmoil, but daeso replies jumong is still alive. the gathered are startled, but daeso says he will surely bring army towards jolbon and he will surely kill jumong thus asks geumwa to allow him more army to leave immediately. geumwa says daeso should look after his wounded body first.. meanwhile seolran brings yuri to the queen and asks yuri to greet the queen. the queen seems unhappy by it and seolran tells the queen she wishes to raise yuri, but the queen says she is unease by yuri's presence as yuri resembles too much the deceased jumong, but seolran says once daeso's heir is born he will send yuri away. just then yesoya arrives angry and pulls yuri to her embrace and yelling at seolran for her behavior in front of a child. seolran scolds soya's rude behavior and orders men to come but the queen stops her and tells soya she will let her go on the account she can relate to her heart as a mother but warns soya not to repeat the same behavior again. just then the maid comes and reports daeso has returned. the queen asks how he could defeat jolbon so fast but the maid says jumong had been alive and prince daeso was ambushed by jumong. seolran asks if jumong is really still alive and the maid replies yes. seolran then looks at soya and says she knew about jumong being alive, and seolran tells the queen soya and yoohwa are surely communicating w/ jumong behind their back.

daeso begs geumwa to allow him to attack jumong and jolbon again w/ an army, but geumwa says not to push it and they should rethink their strategy first. yangjeong also agrees and tells daeso though he understands daeso's feeling he agrees w/ geumwa's assessment. daeso leaves and he is furious over bubunno's betrayal and asks naro to go and find bubunno's family right away so he can kill them immediately. naro says bubunno already hid his family, and that not long ago there were some ppl who fled the border and he believes they were jumong and his men. daeso is furious why he didn’t' report this earlier and naro asks for death. daeso tells naro to go and find out what jumong is scheming right away and naro runs off w/ his servants. yeongpo then arrives and asks daeso if it's true that jumong is really alive and scolds daeso for making such a fool of himself and tells daeso his carelessness has brought great trouble for buyeo. daeso is furious and asks yeongpo if he wants to die, and yeongpo continues to scold daeso, as daeso slaps him violently. daeso warns yeongpo he is buyeo's crown prince and warns yeongpo he will not survive if he pushes his buttons again and daeso walks off.



meanwhile in jolbon, the citizens are shouting out hoorays as jumong and the damul army pass through, returning from their victory. the chiefs of jolbon and yeontabal welcome jumong back and the chiefs ask for jumong's forgiveness for wavering their trust in him. jumong replies the road to accomplish their grand will not be paved smoothly thus he understands the chief and nothing has changed for he will protect jolbon no matter what, and asks the chiefs not to waver in the future. the gathered are impressed, and yeontabal talks to jumong next. yeontabal is worried about their future and songyang's loyalty if they don't solve their shortage crisis soon as they continue to be plagued by famine with the situation in biryu and gwanna especially worse. jumong says he will go to biryu now and asks the trios to go w/ him. back in buyeo, the king has summoned court, and the ministers report to geumwa that the famine in jolbon is dire and at this rate jolbon will not survive itself. meanwhile jumong and his men watch as many citizens die from starvation in biryu and gwanna and other parts of jolbon, and jumong returns to gyeru, and his trios and mopalmo lament the tragedy happening before them. jaesa says it is past the time soseono is due, and he worries if something has gone wrong. jumong thinks over the crisis at hand and at night he continues to think alone as the rain pours over jolbon. jumong remembers the shijo mountain oracle bigeumseon's words saying it is possible that jumong could fail in accomplish the heaven's will as haemosu did, and how jumong asked the oracle what the remaining holy objects were but bigeumseon only said jumong has to find these alone and that no one will open a road for him thus he will have to pave his own road despite the difficulties. jumong remembers this just as oracle soryeong arrives telling jumong their suffering is because they fear that they are losing to han and buyeo, and soryeong tells jumong they have to overcome this w/ confidence. jumong says the test upon jolbon is the test the heavens have placed on him, and jumong tells soryeong he will put up a shrine to the heavens. next, rain turns into snow, and jumong kneels before the shrine, as over in the distant sea soseono is aboard the pirate ship looking over the snow upon them. snow turns into rain again, and jumong continues to kneel as he shivers. 5 days have passed, and ohyi asks soryeong to stop jumong from kneeling or else he will fall ill, but soryeong says no one is to stop jumong from his will. jumong says a prayer to the gods, asking them to watch over jolbon people. jumong vows he will give up his life for the ppl of jolbon, and asks the heavens to save jolbon.. to save goguryeo..

jumong ep. 66 (monday jan. 15th, 2007 broadcast) :



in the snow blizzard, jumong continues to kneel as he prays to the gods asking them to spare the people of jolbon and goguryeo, and that he will give up his greed and his life for this.. jumong prays one last time and he faints, startling those around him. meanwhile in buyeo, budeukbul informs king geumwa even though jumong is keeping a holy shrine himself, jolbon's condition has not improved, rather it will soon fall as its stored grains will perish in no time. the ministers are happy and tell geumwa the heavens are on buyeo's side, but geumwa is solemn and tells the court they have to ride on the opportunity to help jolbon come to destruction thus it is not time for them to celebrate. daeso comes forward and asks geumwa for army for he wishes to attack jolbon but geumwa firmly tells daeso his opportunity was already lost and tells daeso to back down, and that he himself will lead the mission. the queen finds out and says she will go and comfort daeso. just then daeso after being shamed in court is furious as he thinks about what jumong has done to him, and daeso reminds mawuryeong she told him that jumong was dead, but he is still alive, and daeso asks mawuryeong what happened.. a shaking mawuryeong replies she did not say jumong was dead, but daeso gets even more upset and he draws a sword pointing at her saying she betrayed him when he trusted in her. mawuryeong begs for her life, as the queen arrives trying to calm daeso down. daeso yells out he must return the shame mawuryeong put on him, but the queen insists he mustn't make the matter worse, and daeso throws his sword away, as the queen tells the oracle to hurry and leave. afterwards, the queen sits down by daeso, and the queen assures him a new opportunity will surely come again. naro arrives, telling them the king is leaving for battle, and they should go out to send him off. naro then states king geumwa will be heading the yeonna army and has asked daeso to accompany him. the queen is joyful and tells daeso the king has not forgotten him and the opportunity has come again as she said it would. meanwhile, yeongpo prepares to leave upon the king's request to go, and just as he finishes bragging to imperial minister hwang about how the king thinks more highly of him then daeso since he's chosen him over daeso to go, yeongpo goes out to the center court and he realizes daeso is going on the mission as well. next, king geumwa arrives and the buyeo force prepares for departure as they are joined by hyeonto and yeonna forces. geumwa goes over his war strategies w/ hyeonto's governor yangjeong, and geumwa states they will attack jumong head on, and geumwa orders the two princes to head the first mission. yeongpo and daeso lead a group of army, and as geumwa watches them leave, geumwa tells prime minister buduekbul to go to jolbon to talk to jumong. geumwa tells budeukbul it will not be an easy mission, but he wishes budeukbul to move jumong's heart so they can avoid a bloody fight and persuade jumong to concede peacefully.

back in buyeo palace, lady yoohwa and yesoya pray vigilantly before the shrine, and haochen tells seolran the two women have been praying before gods for days. seolran complains they are praying for the enemy in buyeo and they are but cursing buyeo, but haochen says jolbon will be ruined in no time thus she mustn't worry. meanwhile in jolbon, jumong remains unconscious and musong wonders what is happening to jolbon and if this means they are really coming to ruins. moogol tells him to stop such talk of bad omen and the two men are about to fight when mopalmo scolds them aloud, and hyeopbo asks everyone to calm down. nearby jolbon's border, naro spocks out bubunno guarding the border, and naro returns to daeso to inform him there are less than 200 soldiers guarding the border. daeso tells them to attack at once the border and its nearby village, thus naro and the buyeo/han force begin attack on bubunno and the damul/jolbon force. naro calls out bubunno among the battling crowd, and the two men exchange swords. bubunno knocks naro to the ground after some fight, and bubunno rushes off on horse to meet jumong... just then jumong awakes and asks about soseono but at last she has yet to return from her trip. jaesa and mari inform jumong their famine is getting more severe and many are fleeing from jolbon looking for a way to survive. yeontabal says many fear jolbon will soon be ruined, and jumong gets up from his bed and steps out, even though mari and jaesa ask him to rest more while they try to settle the hearts of the citizens. jumong steps out and are met by his servants, the trios and mopalmo with musong. his faithful servants ask him to rest more, but jumong smiles at them, putting his arm on moogol for assurance. yangtak rushes in and reports their border has been attacked. next, jumong and the trios rush to the village by their border and jumong watches in dismay the bloody bodies of the villagers, as bubunno informs him the enemy force was headed by prince yeongpo and daeso of buyeo. jumong returns and continues putting a shrine, telling the gods he will take on more trials, but jumong asks the heavens to spare jolbon.



budeukbul arrives in gyeru and asks to speak to grand commander jumong. yeontabal goes to jumong who is kneeling before the shrine and he informs him of the news of the visitor. jumong meets w/ budeukbul who has come as king geumwa's envoy and jumong asks why he's come. buduekbul replies king geumwa doesn't want to see blood exchanged any longer, and budeukbul asks jumong to succumb to buyeo for the good of the people of jolbon since upholding a shrine and insisting on its independence is but a foolish waste. jumong replies to succumb to buyeo is the same as succumbing to han, and budeukbul states king geumwa has promised to allow jumong a high post after jolbon comes under buyeo's subjugation, thus jumong should throw away his stubborn discontent for han in order to save jolbon; however jumong replies it is better to die than to live under mockery and shame. budeukbul insists, that a great leader must listen to the voice of the people, and at this moment, jumong should be hearing the cries of the people suffering in famine and war. buduekbul asks jumong if he will allow that to continue for a foolish hatred toward han, and jumong says if that is the path for him then that is where he will go, and like he has said, he is now blind and deaf. jumong continues and says he hears his people not w/ eyes but w/ his heart and budeukbul should return to buyeo to relate to geumwa, that the damul and jolbon will not kneel before a buyeo who has joined hands w/ han. afterwards, the jolbon chiefs ask how the meeting went and yeontabal reports geumwa has extended peaceful subjugation, but that jumong has declined. the chiefs then go and try to persuade jumong to reconsider saying that is the only way to save them at this time, but jumong tells the chiefs not to fear buyeo nor han, and that if they are determined with death then a road will surely open, and jumong asks the chiefs to follow his will. meanwhile, budeukbul returns to buyeo and stands before king geumwa in court. geumwa asks how it went, and budeukbul replies jumong has declined the king's offer. the court members are shocked, and jaeboo minister is appalled. the king then tells budeukbul to give daeso and yeongpo the order to attack again, thus the villagers of a gwan-na tribe are slaughtered by daeso and yeongpo's army men. next a wounded gwan-na border man rushes toward gyeru with news of the slaughtering, saying they were outnumbered three to one thus the citizens were completely killed off. yeonna border town is also slaughtered, and the trios report to jumong biryu and hanna are under immediate threat of slaughter as well. yeonchaeryeong states the people have lost all their faith thus it will be difficult for them to trust in jumong. yangtak also agrees unless they do something now there's no way to stop what is to come. jumong is speechless and he goes to the oracles chamber, paying a visit to the sacred bow. jumong believes he has so far followed the heaven's calling by avoiding war but he now wonders if he must be destroyed like this, and jumong wonders if the owner of the damul bow is really him, rather than buyeo. soryeong advises jumong that if jumong wavers then jolbon stands no choice, and soryeong reminds him he must remain determined w/out doubt. jumong pauses and he tells soryeong and the starchild that their people are getting killed by han and buyeo's yeonna army, and he feels his uncertain what to do, and where to lead the jolbon people as he feels strength less about the people who are dying. jumong confesses his torment while soryeong and the starchild watch him intently. jumong studies the damul bow again afterwards and wonders what the future holds. afterwards, the oh-ma-hyeop trio announces to jumong the three of them will go and kill daeso and if they don't finish their mission they will not return to jolbon. ohyi begs jumong to let him go, but jumong says he cannot send them as assassins. mari says when the three of them had no where to go and no will in life, jumong gave them hope and future, and even now they don't waver in their trust in him, and for jumong and jolbon, they will do everything. hyeopbo agrees, and says they know clearly the sacrifices jumong has made in fighting han, and thus they cannot sit still. ohyi continues and says they cannot let yeonna army continue their slaughtering, thus he asks again for jumong's approval. jumong says he will remember their faith in him in his heart but he cannot let them go. jumong continues and says he is ashamed of his temporary waver and jumong says he cannot risk losing them because he needs them to continue their path in the future. the three are touched, and jumong says if they are determined w/ death then they will find a way, and he himself will lead them to the border thus they are to prepare.



at night, jumong and the oh-ma-hyeop, jae-moo-mook trios go by the jolbon border, and jumong watches as some yeonna army men are chasing fleeing jolbon citizens. jumong goes after them, but jaesa warns him he could be attacked by arrow as it may be a trap. jumong says they cannot hold back as the army men will surely kill the people on foot. thus jumong and the trios attack the small group of yeonna army.. and right afterwards, sayong and a group of merchantmen appear. jumong asks what happened and what happened to soseono. sayong says soseono is well and they have been unable to enter jolbon due to the yeonna army, and she is now in ohgeum mountain looking for a way to enter jolbon. sayong says she sent him here to deliver the news, and jumong tells his men to gather an army at once toward ohgeum mountain to bring back soseono and their merchant group. thus the damul army enters a battle w/ a group of yeonna army nearby ohgeum mountain, and jaesa order his soldiers not to spare any of the yeonna men. after some time, damul kills off all the yeonna soldiers, and jumong leads his group in shouting hooray for damul army. next, jumong and his group reach the foot of ohgeum mountain, and jumong watches as soseono, her merchant group, together with buwuiyeom and his pirate family march out from the mountain. the two groups are elated to see each other again, and soseono says she is late due to their effort in trying o gather ample supply. buwuiyeom reports they were able to get enough medicines and grains as they hoped. jumong tells the traveled they have done well, and he puts his hands on the gathered men for assurance. they return to jolbon, and songyang is pleased to see jumong, as are the citizens of jolbon nations. next, jolbon appears to be flourishing again as they newly found grains and medicines are distributed to the families of jolbon.

meanwhile, in buyeo, daeso has returned to report to geumwa that jolbon is about to fall as their border villages are destroyed. yangjeong asks geumwa to attack gyeru first, and daeso agrees w/ geumwa's assessment, and urges geumwa to attack jolbon immediately without wavering. but just then, budeukbul arrives w/ news that jolbon has replenished its grain and medicine supplies, and jolbon has been restored again. daeso wonders how when their borders are surrounded by yeonna army, and budeukbul states the incident must be related to the time when jumong hid his presence. at night, geumwa dreams of soldiers chasing him with jumong appearing before him, and geumwa awakes breaking out in cold sweat. songju arrives to check on him and geumwa asks if any news from daeso has arrived, and songju says not yet. geumwa then remembers his meeting with shijo mountain oracle bigeumseon, and how she said buyeo would be destroyed upon the people of old joseon reclaiming its land and glory. next morning, daeso tells geumwa jumong was able to find grains and medicines with help from pirate group from the south. budeukbul says their soldiers nearby ohgeum mountain were attacked and killed. geumwa gazes at daeso angrily and asks daeso what he was doing when jumong was scheming all this. next, a court session is held, and yangjeong states jolbon has only just received its grains and medicines, thus they are still weak and this is the time they should attack them, but geumwa says they are not strong enough to enter battle w/ jolbon full force. yangjeong gets angry and says if so they he will have no choice but to alert han nation and prepare the steel warriors. afterwards, yangjeong tells daeso he should've never trusted in geumwa, but daeso asks him not to resent geumwa too much and that buyeo and han are already in the same boat. yangjeong wonders what they will do now when their famine strategy failed and wonders what he will report to han imperial. just then royal minister hwang arrives w/ yeongpo and majin, and hwang tells yangjeong he already made a report to the han imperial and yangjeong is furious, but hwang reminds him he was sent to buyeo and hyeonto on the emperor's order to supervise yangjeong and buyeo. hwang then tells daeso there were rumors that daeso was a distinguished prince, but seeing how he is short against jumong time after time those rumors are but untrue.



in biryu, songyang watches as his tribe receives rations of food and supply, and just then songyang is notified w/ news that jumong and soseono have arrived. songyang goes to greet jumong and asks him for forgiveness for wavering in his trust. songyang then vows they will trust in jumong w/ their lives, and the other chiefs nearby also bow before jumong. jumong tells the gathered the heavens will surely give jolbon triumph, and the will of jolbon which was accomplished through sufferings and pain will not waver. jumong then states after this trial, he learned an important lesson, which is that a grand will is not accomplished by one person, but rather their triumph was achieved because of all the people. jumong says he will remember this lesson with his heart and use it to in the building of their strong nation.

jumong ep. 67 [tue. january 16th '07]:



mari rushes to jumong w/ news that the yeonna army of buyeo and han are withdrawing from jolbon border and mari happily announces they have done it! jumong goes out and meets soseono who asks if he's heard the good news and jumong says it is all the contribution of soseono, but soseono says when the jolbon people were dying so it was but her duty to do what she did. jumong then says she has something to say to her in private and the two move into a courtyard. jumong announces he is asking for her permission for he wishes to help buyeo, and soseono is surprised asking why they would help the enemy state. jumong replies he wishes to embrace buyeo just like they did the other tribes of jolbon when they were seeking independence. jumong says, buyeo attacked them but it was all due to king geumwa's ambition, but in reality the people of buyeo are dying of hunger and numbers of migrants are leaving their hometown because of it, and their pain is like theirs, thus if they help buyeo without any selfish condition then the other tribes and nations will yield to their collective cause as well. soseono says she understands what he means, but wonders if geumwa with his pride would accept their help. jumong says he is uncertain about geumwa but no matter what they still need to help buyeo people. soseono says nothing, and jumong tells her he understands it is a difficult decision thus she should think over it for a few days; however soseono states she will help him persuade her father and songyang in the matter. jumong smiles and thanks her for following his wish, and next the two inform the trios and sayong about the plan. jaesa feels reserved by it saying they may misinterpret it as a trick, but jumong states he knows geumwa well and he is not someone who will think so. mari agrees w/ jumong's assessment, while sayong wonders who will go as messenger, saying they have just battled each other thus whoever goes will be in grave danger. soseono announces she will go, but jumong says that cannot be since if something goes wrong w/ her then jolbon will be in disarray. soseono replies it is better she goes than he, and afterwards gyepil wonders why soseono keeps putting herself in danger, saying daeso is someone who has special discontent w/ her. sayong agrees and volunteers to go in lieu of her, but soseono says unless she or jumong go, buyeo will not take their offer seriously, and soseono appears insistent. gyepil cries out wondering why soseono is so stubborn and complains what will happen to ohnjo and biryu if she is so stubborn, but sayong says gyepil should know soseono is not someone who will easily change her mind once she makes a decision.



jumong sends soseono off and apologizes for putting such big burden on her, but soseono says she believes in jumong til the end, and yeontabal agrees the truth will always be revealed and wishes soseono a safe trip. thus soseono and sayong leave together, accompanied by her bodyguard. in buyeo naro tells daeso soseono has arrived, and daeso is surprised. daeso goes out to meet her and soseono greets daeso who asks why she's here. soseono replies she is here to relate grand commander jumong's message. daeso scoffs her saying their war is not over and she must be here prepared to die. soseono firmly states she has come prepared for death and asks to speak to geumwa in person, and daeso stares at her confidence. meanwhile, yangjeong is meeting w/ geumwa and he tells him he will return to hyeonto now. yangjeong worries about minister hwang and warns geumwa if he doesn't have yangjeong then his alliance w/ han could be broken, and at this geumwa says not to worry as he understands what it means. just then daeso arrives w/ news soseono has arrived. just then, soseono gives a bundle to sayong telling him to give the bundle to yoohwa while she goes to meet w/ geumwa. songju arrives telling soseono to go inside to meet w/ the king, and sayong asks songju for permission to meet w/ yoohwa. songju says that is not allowed and sayong asks songju to give the bundle of textile to yoohwa instead then, since jumong has never met his son and he wants to give him something. sayong pleads songju to pass it on to yoohwa, in memory of jumong and songju's past fate. soseono goes into the buyeo court, and tells geumwa jumong feels sorry for the buyeo people who are starving, and he has not forgotten his debt to geumwa for raising him all those years. soseono says jumong's intention is pure and soseono asks geumwa to accept their help. geumwa states he is one who has attacked jolbon and if he accepts jolbon's help then he will be a laughing stock, but soseono replies jumong has said in the past geumwa is a king who puts the people before himself thus the people would commend him for doing what is best for the people. geumwa says he will think about it, and soseono then says she has a request from him which is for him to allow yoohwa, yesoya and yuri go. geumwa appears upset and asks if that is jumong's condition for helping buyeo, but soseono insists jumong had nothing to do with it and it was merely she who came up with the idea. geumwa wants to hear no more of it and orders her to leave immediately, thus soseono bows and parts from the court. next, daeso and seolran meet w/ the queen and the queen asks daeso why soseono would risk her life to come to buyeo palace, and daeso says he has no idea, but seolran comments she must have come for yoohwa and yesoya. the queen says jumong is not a fool who knows better than to ask for such impossible thing. daeso agrees w/ her assessment, and just then songju asks to come in. daeso asks songju what soseono has come for and songju replies soseono offered to help buyeo by sharing their grains and medicines. the queen wonders what they are scheming and daeso asks what geumwa has said about it, and songju says he has yet to respond. daeso rushes out to meet w/ geumwa, and daeso tells geumwa they shouldn’t decline jumong, and rather they could use the offer against him, meaning they can kill jumong during the opportunity. thus daeso goes to soseono and tells her the king wishes to speak to jumong in person, and asks soseono to go and tell jumong to come to buyeo himself. soseono says that cannot happen, and daeso asks if she doesn't trust the king, and soseono firmly states it is not the king whom she doesn't trust, it is daeso whom she distrusts. daeso then asks if she wishes geumwa to go all the way to jolbon himself, and soseono replies he needn't go all the way there but if he insists on meeting jumong they can meet by a mid-point between the two countries, and daeso agrees. meanwhile, yesoya informs yoohwa about soseono's arrival in buyeo palace, and yoohwa tells her maid to go and find out where soseono is. the maid leaves and runs into songju who brings in the bundle to yoohwa from soseono, saying it is textile for prince yuri's clothing. yoohwa opens the bundle and the two women tearfully look through the linens. yoohwa then discovers a map hidden inside one of the lines, and yoohwa tells yesoya the map shows the location of a secret pathway to get out from buyeo palace. yoohwa's maid walks pass where daeso is meeting w/ the soldiers and she overhears daeso instructing naro and the soldiers they must kill jumong when he shows up to meet w/ geumwa. daeso says this is their last chance to get rid of jumong, and the shocked maid rushes back to yoohwa's chamber and informs yoohwa prince daeso is scheming a plan to kill jumong.



yoohwa tells yesoya daeso wants to kill jumong when jumong goes to meet w/ the king, thus they need to hurry and escape from the palace in order to inform jumong about this danger. meanwhile, minister hwang tells yeongpo it is time for him to return to chang-ahn, and yeongpo tries to ask him to stay longer. however minister hwang says he must go back and report to the imperial about yangjeong, and hwang asks yeongpo to make sure king geumwa doesn't change his mind about buyeo or else their alliance will be broken. yeongpo says not to worry, but afterwards he confesses in majin if jumong indeed joins hands w/ geumwa then things don't look good for him, and yeongpo announces he will go with daeso on his mission. soseono and sayong return to gyeru and yeontabal asks about their mission. soseono says the matter is half-successful and she will go into details w/ jumong. everyone goes inside, but hyeopbo remains outside w/ sayong and hyeopbo tells sayong he was worried sick about him, but sayong scolds him saying what good can a man accomplish when he worries over such small deed, and sayong walks off, leaving hyeopbo wondering aloud what he did wrong when he just showed concern for him, while mari and ohyi watch and laugh. soseono tells jumong about king geumwa's message, and jumong is hopeful saying if the king wishes to come out then it means he is leaning on accepting his offer. at this jumong thanks soseono, and soseono says not to thank her since geumwa is just realizing jumong's sincerity. soseono then says she secretly passed on the secret passway map to yoohwa, thus the women and yuri will surely escape soon and arrive in jolbon. jumong is surprised to hear this and gazes at soseono.. back in buyeo, daeso goes over his strategy w/ his men, while jumong and the trio go over their plan in jolbon. mari says if buyeo schemes anything then they could fall into a dangerous trap thus they must be careful. ohyi says he will go w/ moogol first to study their meeting location. moogol complains why they must endure all this when they are just helping buyeo, but mari calms him down saying not to think about that when jumong already made up his mind. afterwards jumong goes out to the field alone, and he thinks over the words of soseono, telling him yoohwa and yesoya will surely escape soon thus he needn't worry.



in buyeo, yoohwa and her maid are preparing for escape. under pretense to see the oracle mawuryeong, yoohwa goes to the oracle chamber, but yoohwa stops midpoint and says she forgot a gift for mawuryeong thus she will hurry and get it, thus yoohwa leaves the oracle maids. just then, the king gets a bad feeling and tells songju he will go and visit yoohwa. the king arrives by yoohwa's chamber and finds out from the guard yoohwa went to see the oracle. the king says he will go to the oracle chamber instead, and when he arrives, mawuryeong says she is waiting for yoohwa to come for shrine, but yoohwa has not yet shown up. the king is alarmed, and in the underground pathway, yoohwa tells the fleeing maid and yesoya that they must know by now their escape thus they need to hurry. back in the palace, songju informs geumwa they searched everywhere but yoohwa and yesoya are missing. daeso and naro arrive and geumwa tells them yoohwa and yesoya have escaped, and geumwa orders daeso to send troops out to catch them at once. songju and naro and a group of palace soldiers all riding on fast horse, as yoohwa, the maid, and yesoya escape by foot, with yesoya carrying yuri. meanwhile in jolbon, the buwuiyeom comes to see jumong, and jumong tells buwuiyeom as he promised him before they will assign land to the people of eumnu, thus buwuiyeom should go to eumnu at once to bring the people there to jolbon. buwuiyeom thanks jumong whole heartedly, and says he will serve jumong faithfully in the future. daylight breaks, and the fleeing yoohwa and yesoya are rushing by foot despite their weary, but yesoya falls down from exhaustion, and yoohwa goes to her aid and asks her to endure just a longer, saying once they pass the mountain they can get on a boat toward jolbon. yesoya says yes, but just then naro and songju arrive w/ their men, and naro is certain that the women are hiding nearby, thus he orders the soldiers to search everywhere. the women try to hide, but yoohwa stops them, and says they must separate or else they will all be caught, and yoohwa orders yesoya to take yuri and run the other direction, while she and the maid stay to distract naro. yesoya is unwilling, but yoohwa says she must go since she must keep yuri alive for jumong. yesoya is tearful and tells yuri to greet his grandma, and the young yuri kneels and bows before yoohwa w/ his mother. yoohwa bids farewell to yuri, and tells yesoya she has only given her sorrow, and says she wishes she can give her happiness when they meet again. yesoya weeps calling out yoohwa 'mother'.. and yoohwa urges her to go at once. yesoya leaves and yoohwa tells her maid they must rush off as well. just then naro catches sight of yoohwa and the guards run after yoohwa and her maid. naro and the men surround yoohwa and naro gets off his horse and tells yoohwa to give up. naro asks yoohwa where yesoya is and says if they don't go back together then the king would not forgive her. naro puts his sword on the maid and asks the maid where yesoya is. the maid says she doesn't know, and naro asks her again saying it's the last time, and the maid still says she doesn't know, and naro slashes the maid's throat, and the maid falls to her death, with yoohwa gasping. naro tells songju to take yoohwa back to the palace while he goes to find yesoya. while naro passes by, yesoya ducks down with yuri to hide, and just as she is about to stand after naro passes by, yesoya loses her foot grip and rolls down the hill and lays unconscious, leaving yuri crying out for mom. songju brings yoohwa back, and geumwa asks yoohwa why she is doing this when he has treated her and yesoya well, with promise that he would send soya and yuri to jumong. yoohwa stares at him and asks him if he means after killing jumong, and daeso is surprised. geumwa asks what she means, and yoohwa asks if he really thinks she wouldn't know about the king's scheme to kill jumong when jumong offered to help w/ sincere heart. yoohwa asks if geumwa can stand before the heavens and the people without shame, and geumwa says he never schemed such; however yoohwa insists even if he himself did not scheme it he knew that the scheme is going on while he did nothing. geumwa is furious and yoohwa tells geumwa jumong would never attack buyeo for she would stop him if he ever did, but geumwa says jumong is one who wants to reclaim the glory of old joseon and in doing so they are destroying buyeo. yoohwa states that is no different than what haemosu and the damul army did in the past and she wonders if geumwa only used haemosu. geumwa shouts out his fury but yoohwa tells him she will not trust him and turns to leave. geumwa orders her to stop and geumwa draws a sword and goes in front of yoohwa, warning her he already told her clearly he would keep her by him even if he has to kill her, and tells yoohwa to turn around at once or else. yoohwa is tearful but she calmly tells geumwa to kill her, and that even if her body remains in buyeo, her soul will to haemosu and jumong. yoohwa takes more steps and geumwa slashes her. yoohwa falls into geumwa, with blood streaking down her arm, and geumwa upon realizing what he has done holds onto yoohwa appearing startled, calling out his wife.. yoohwa calls geumwa a pitiful person and at this she stops breathing at last... geumwa whispers he did wrong and begs her to wake up repeatedly to no avail. geumwa continues to hold onto the deceased yoohwa as he shouts out laughter mixed w/ cries.



meanwhile, out in the field, a weeping yuri shakes the fallen soya to wake her up, and when soya finally awakes she kisses yuri to calm him down. soya tries to carry yuri to escape again, but she has wounded her ankle from the fall and she limps while trying to hold onto yuri.. just then imperial minister hwang passes by w/ his soldiers en route to hyeonto, and while the soldiers are resting they find soya and the soldiers catch her and yuri in no time. soya and yuri are brought before minister hwang who asks who she is. soya says she is geum-mi and she is escaping from buyeo due to starvation. hwang asks where the child's father is and soya replies the father was killed at the border. minister hwang orders his men to give soya food and water and to take them along. soya begs hwang to let her go free, but hwang says no one else will help a woman and a child w/out father thus he will help them. soya begs him to let them go, but hwang orders his men to take them to hyeonto fortress. back in buyeo, mari informs jumong it is time for them to go and meet w/ king geumwa. jumong bids farewell to yeontabal who tells soseono to serve jumong well. just then, moogol and ohyi rush in to tell jumong he cannot go meet geumwa right now. mari asks why and ohyi who is tearful states yoohwa and yesoya were killed while escaping buyeo.

jumong ep. 68 [jan. 22, 2007 broadcast]:



jumong goes to the river alone and remembers his deceased mother, and the words she spoke to him as he was leaving buyeo, that he must forsake her and buyeo in order to accomplish a grand will and that is the last thing he can do for her. jumong remembers these words of yoohwa as he kneels to his sorrow and anguish. soseono arrives and she tearfully watches jumong from a distance. meanwhile, the oh-ma-hyeop, bubunno, and chansoo, along w/ a group of damul army are out in the snowy field outside gyeru, looking for yesoya and yuri's bodies. chansoo says they have to quit, but the oh-ma-hyeop insist they must find their bodies, or else the bodies w/ be devoured by wild animals. thus the groups continue to look for the bodies into the night, and after sunset, jae-moo-mook meet up w/ the rest of the search group, with jaesa showing oh-ma-hyeop the shoe of a child, saying it was found near biryu and it must have been yuri's. buwuiyeom states they cannot continue search in this condition, and ohyi and hyeopbo are angry and announce they must go to buyeo to avenge for the women and yuri, and jaesa asks them if they will go to war, and mari says they shouldn't fear war, but jaesa says they have to treat the matter w/out being emotional, and ohyi yells at him telling him to stay out of it if he's a coward. mookgeo and moogol mock ohyi for raising his voice at commander jaesa, but ohyi will not back down. finally buwuiyeom yells for everyone to stop and reminds everyone to put their strengths together in the difficult time instead of getting angry at each other, saying if the commanders cannot be one then the soldiers will all fall. at this the trios are silenced.



in buyeo, the queen is furious when she finds out king geumwa wants to bury yoohwa the burial of a queen at shijo mountain, where generations of buyeo kings and queens were buried. the queen goes to meet the king, but songju tells the queen to go away since the king will not see her. the queen yells from outside the chamber asking furiously if he will really bury yoohwa like a queen when she, the rightful queen, is still alive standing here. the queen almost faints, and yeongpo tells daeso if he won't do anything then he will do something, thus yeongpo rushes into the king's chamber. yeongpo is startled when he sees king geumwa dazed, and yeongpo asks him if he recognizes him but geumwa merely glances at him once and looks into his daze again. yeongpo leaves the room and tells majin he feels too sorry for his father king. daeso and seolran stay by the queen's bedside as the queen rests, and seolran asks daeso if he really won't do anything to stop the king, but daeso says if the citizens of buyeo find out they slaughtered yoohwa, yesoya and yuri, then the people will be upset, thus it is best to let the king proceed w/ burying yoohwa in shijo mountain like a queen. daeso then tells the sleeping queen that once he becomes the king he will dig out yoohwa's cremations and move them away from shijo mountain to undo the queen's fury. daeso vows he will surely kill jumong, thus the queen should recover soon. meanwhile, in gyeru, the search teams return and soseono asks if they found the bodies, and the group only looks gloom. soseono tells them commander jumong is waiting inside thus they should go inside. the group goes in and sayong says this is a bigger crisis than anything else they have faced. jaesa informs jumong king geumwa will bury yoohwa in shijo mountain like a queen, and mari also tells jumong that yoohwa's body has been moved in shijo mountain already, and in 5 days, geumwa will conduct a funeral for her there. mari then gives jumong the shoe they found and says they had hoped they would find them alive, but it doesn't appear so.. jumong tells the two to leave, and while holding onto the tiny shoe, jumong weeps alone.



later on, jumong tells ohyi he will go to shijo mountain and tells him not to disclose it to anyone else. ohyi says he understands jumong's wish but it is too dangerous. however jumong tells ohyi to prepare for departure. ohyi then tells hyeopbo and mari he and jumong will go on a trip together to get some fresh air. mari tells ohyi to serve jumong carefully as he may wish to go to buyeo. thus, ohyi and jumong leave gyeru on fast horse toward shijo mountain, where king geumwa sits before yoohwa's casket without eating as he has for days. songju pleads him to eat something, and geumwa says he feels he cannot breath and fears leaving yoohwa side. songju says he will watch the casket and begs geumwa to rest, but geumwa states he will not leave yoohwa's side. songju begins to walk away, but geumwa calls him, and asks songju to get rid of the guards who are watching the mountain tent in case jumong comes. geumwa states if jumong comes he cannot shed blood no matter what, and songju agrees to follow the order. just then, jumong and ohyi are approaching shijo mountain and upon abandoning their horses, he two sneak by the camp on foot. when they arrive outside the tent, songju tells them the king is waiting for jumong, and that the king ordered the soldiers to be sent away in case jumong shows up. jumong unveils his mask and songju asks jumong to go into the tent. jumong walks in and without turning the king asks jumong if he has come. geumwa then stands up to face jumong, who has beads of tear running down his face. jumong says he has come to gather his mother's body, and asks geumwa to let her body go. geumwa states yoohwa will stay by his side, but jumong reminds him geumwa is the one who killed yoohwa and soya, but if he will let yoohwa's body go, then buyeo will not be fighting gyeru. geumwa laughs and says unless one of them dies the fight will not end between them. geumwa says they are soldiers on the mountain ready to capture him, thus jumong should visit the coffin and leave. jumong asks geumwa if he really thinks he, who has lost his wife and child whom he has never seen before, would be afraid of death right now. geumwa says nothing in response, and jumong firmly states he will take yoohwa away. geumwa insists he will never allow that to happen, thus if jumong wants to do so, he must first kill geumwa, and in doing so, jumong will be killed as well. geumwa asks jumong if he intends for everything to end like this, and when jumong says nothing geumwa urges jumong to bid farewell to yoohwa and to leave afterwards. thus jumong gathers himself and kneels to bow before the coffin. jumong stands, then kneels and bows again, with tears streaking down. he then glances at geumwa once and jumong leaves the mountain accompanied by ohyi.



next morning, king geumwa gives lady yoohwa a cremation. jumong sends ohyi back alone as he remains in shijo mountain alone to send yoohwa away from a far distance. when ohyi returns to gyeru he reports to soseono and yeontabal what jumong is doing, and yeontabal says he can imagine the deep sorrow jumong must be in at this time. soseono tells them they will give a memorial to yesoya and yuri, and tells mari to prepare for it. jumong returns, and soseono goes to see him. soseono states no matter what she says she will not be able to comfort him, but asks him not to forget that the people of jolbon put all their hope in him. jumong replies he did not know it when his father died, and when his wife and child were thrown in danger he could not help them. jumong states he is one who failed to protect those most cherished by him, and wonders how a man like him can help the entire jolbon. soseono says from what she found out, yoohwa tried to escape buyeo palace in order to relate the news to jumong that daeso is scheming to kill jumong. soseono states yoohwa and yesoya's sacrifices were done in order for jumong to build goguryeo, and soseono says she doesn't want their sacrifices to be done in vein, and urges jumong he must escape from this trial. at this, jumong seems moved, and next, jumong goes out the courtyard where everyone, dressed in white, are remembering the deceased yesoya and yuri. upon jumong bowing before the tablets, a bird flies by and sits by the shrine, and soryeong who finds a message tied to the bird's leg takes the message to jumong who reads it. after reading the message, jumong goes back to shijo mountain with ohyi, and the two arrive to meet with shijo mountain oracle, bigeumseon. bigeumseon tells jumong he has passed all the trials and he has a right to receive the other sacred objects. jumong looks at the bin next to her, and as he approaches the bin and upon opening it, he discovers an armor. bigeumseon tells jumong the iron armor is one worn by the kings of old joseon during battle time, and jumong is taken by surprised. just then bigeumseon tells him to look into the bin again, and jumong then takes out a silk book. bigeumseon reveals in the book are secret accounts of old joseon's iron army, and that jumong must now uncover these secrets. jumong brings them back to gyeru, and mopalmo is in awe of the iron armor. soseono and sayong look over the book and soseono says it cannot be comprehended. jumong says it will not be easily revealed and mopalmo cringes as he looks over it next.



the buyeo force return to buyeo, and while geumwa rests, daeso asks songju if it's true that jumong went to shijo as well. songju says nothing and daeso says it must be true. the queen's brother says they missed a great opportunity to kill jumong, and songju says he has nothing to report. daeso tells songju to step away and the queen's brother says it is time for daeso to take over buyeo power as the king is not in right state of mind to rule the nation. next, daeso meets w/ the buyeo ministers and generals and daeso says jumong must feel hatred toward buyeo now that yoohwa has been killed, and daeso tells general heukchi to keep their army prepared. the queen's brother speaks up and tells the ministers they should help daeso gain power since the king is weak, but budeukbul states that cannot be. budeukbul tells daeso in this situation daeso's job is to serve geumwa no matter what, and daeso asks him if he is implying he has other selfish motive, and budeukbul simply states the citizens want daeso to live a s the crown prince to serve king geumwa, and if daeso goes against that then the people will not support it. daeso says budeukbul is right, and that he will continue his duty as crown prince until the time comes when the throne comes to him, thus budeukbul needn't worry. yeongpo finds out daeso tried to take the king's power again, and yeongpo says even though budeukbul stopped him this time who knows how long budeukbul's influence will last, thus he will go to hyeonto fort right away to meet w/ minister hwang. meanwhile, heukchi expresses to budeukbul he is concerned daeso will not be content in status quo. just then, some guards are taken before songju for the offense of spying on the king. budeukbul comes and asks what happened, and songju replies the two guards kneeling were spying on the king for prince daeso. songju says if a guard who is supposed to guard the king's chamber cannot keep the chamber's secret sacred then the guard cannot protect the king's safety. budeukbul is irate by the guards' behavior and tells songju to send the guards to their border.



back in gyeru, soseono begins preparation for building an iron army, and orders chansoo to go to chang-cheon-gok to get iron ore, and to yangtak she asks for his assistance. the two agree, and soseono asks gyepil why sayong has not been seen in many days, and gyepil sighs to report sayong has kept himself in his room for days. in the weapon factory, mopalmo is puzzled as he tries to break code in the gojoseon silk book, when musong comes to say mopalmo's head is not good enough to break the secret. mopalmo tells him to go away, just as mari and hyeopbo arrive. hyeopbo tells mopalmo to wait a little longer, since there's only one person who can break the code in jolbon, and mari asks who, but hyeopbo tells them they shall wait and find out who. next, hyeopbo brings food and visits sayong who has been trying to solve the code for days, and when hyeopbo gazes at sayong sayong scoffs him asking him what he's staring at. hyeopbo says nothing and rushes out, telling sayong to call on him if he needs anything. after hyeobpo steps out, sayong grins.



in hyeonto. yesoya tried to escape w/ yuri, but she is captured and brought back before minister hwang, who asks why she keeps on trying to run away. yesoya begs to let them go, but hwang warns her if she tries to escape again he will have her son killed first. hwang orders his subject to take yesoya away, and just then prince yeongpo arrives w/ majin, and yesoya tries to hide so they are not seen by him. yeongpo approaches minister hwang and says he has something to discuss w/ him and yeongpo begins to scheme a plot w/ hwang to be up against daeso and yangjeong. back in gyeru, sayong breaks the code to soften iron in order to make iron armor for an iron army, and sayong brings the good news to mopalmo who successfully makes an iron armor. jumong tests its strength by shooting arrow at it, and the arrow does not penetrate the armor. jumong thanks mopalmo and sayong for their hardwork. next, jumong goes to the weapon factory as the crew works hard to make enough armors for an entire iron army unit, and mopalmo's young apprentices go up to jumong to offer him their first project, a protective wax to keep the men warm in battle. jumong thanks them and says their work will bring much comfort for the soldiers, and jumong tells mopalmo what great apprentices he has. as the armors are made, jumong gathers the jolbon leaders and soldiers, and jumong announces jolbon has gone through many trials and tribulations but the strong will of jolbon was never destroyed by han or buyeo, and now, jolbon will destroy han's steel army and thus they will depart toward hyeonto for battle....

jumong ep. 69 (tues. jan. 23, 2007 broadcast):



jumong watches as the trios continue to train their soldiers in iron armor. ohyi states the hans will be startled with fear when they see their iron army and moogol smilingly states it is the same as they have already won the war, but jumong turns around and with a serious look he asks moogol if they won in the past against han because of their weapon. moogol is caught off guard, and jumong states the strongest weapon against the enemy is not their steel sword or iron armor, rather, it is their will to fight til the end, and in the battle, their sword and armor are only accessories upon their will. moogol replies he will remember the lesson, and as jumong walks away, ohyi slaps moogol's head from behind and tells him to keep himself alert. next jumong sits down w/ the trios to strategize for the war, and jumong tells them there's a fundamental difference between this war and the previous wars, which is that in this upcoming war, instead of defending themselves against the hans, they are instead attacking them in the enemy's familiar surrounding. jumong states they could lose a hundred men at once in enemy territory, and mari agrees, adding that furthermore, they must not make the same mistake that happened to them in the war against imdun and jinbeom, when soseono and the supply group were kidnapped by songyang. jaesa warns them if the yeodong army joins force w/ hyeonto's steel army, then it will make it very difficult for the damul army to fight off, but jumong is sure that yeodong will not come since they are currently guarding their fort, and if the yeodong army leaves then the fort will fall into malga and hyeongnu tribes, and the hans will not allow that to happen. mari and jaesa are happy by the assessment. next, out in the training field, bubunno leads a group of iron clad damul soldiers, and the group fights against a group of ordinarily clad ex-pirates, led by general buwuiyeom. jumong and the trio arrive to watch as the damul soldiers beat up on the pirate men, and buwuiyeom yells to halt, then an angry buwuiyeom yells at his pirate men asking them if they think they are still pirates, and scolds them saying they cannot be damul soldiers w/ such weak skills. jumong stops buwuiyeom saying it will take some time to adjust, but buwuiyeom apologizes and says it is still no excuse. jumong then calls on bubunno and puts him in charge of training the pirate men.



when jumong returns, sayong walks up to him to inform him the chiefs of jolbon have arrived to see him. jumong sends ohyi and moogol on a mission to hyeonto to find out about the situation there, and jumong follows sayong inside, where soseono, yeontabal, yangtak, yeonchaeryeong, and the chiefs are waiting. yeontabal tells the chiefs if they can stop yeodong then they will succeed. jumong states the battle before them must be fought by everyone in jolbon in unity, and song yang states they are ppl who have already put their lives in jumong's hands thus they needn't worry. soseono states many people in jolbon were killed off during last war, and now their soldier count is 3000. yeonchaeryeong says, adding damul to the jolbon army they are a group of 5000 soldiers in total number. yeonchaeryeong is concerned that they are still lacking in armymen, but yeontabal says they needn't worry since he has already summoned armymen from neighboring tribes and they can have around 2000 additional soldiers. jumong replies that will be great aid to them, but he is worried about one thing, which is their food supply. even though they have gathered some grains from the south, no one is to know for sure how long a war will last, and what will happen when the grains run out and they are still at war? the citizens will have to starve then and what logic is left when they are going to war for the citizens. just then soseono speaks up and says that issue is already been taken care of her, and gestures sayong to proceed, while everyone waits with surprised look. sayong gets up and brings a chest to the table containing preserved meat. soseono says they kept the meat in salt brine and it has not rotten. yeontabal takes a bite and afterwards smiles as he tells that will keep them going when the grains are low. the hwanna chief then states hwanna and gwanna will be in charge of preserving meat, and jumong then tells yeonna to help mopalmo with weapon development then. the chiefs all agree as they bow to jumong. just then mopalmo urges the factory workers to work faster, when mookgeo and hyeopbo run in to tell mopalmo they have improved their explosives even more. the two try to show mopalmo what the explosives can do, but it does not light up, and when hyeopbo walks to it to check on it, the explosive lights off and hyeopbo's face is wounded. musong rushes to sayong w/ the news, and sayong rushes to hyeopbo's side, finding hyeopbo suffering from painful face burn. sayong asks hyeopbo if he is alright, and hyeopbo sits himself up and tells sayong not to worry since his face is not wounded. sayong looks at his facial burn and scoffs him wondering what will happen if hyeopbo's handsome face gets scarred. hyeopbo is surprised by this, while mopalmo and mookgeo watch in amazement and disgust. (hohohoho o.O )



in buyeo, king geumwa spends his time drinking. buduekbul comes to him and tells him he must gather himself, but geumwa says he lost everything, including his youthful dreams of saving refugees. geumwa says he lost everything and wonders what he will live for now. budeukbul asks if that is really everything to geumwa, and asks geumwa what the people of buyeo will believe in if the king is like this, and buduekbul pleads geumwa not to forsake the people, but geumwa only laughs as he drinks more. a message arrives for naro, from their spy in jolbon, and upon reading it naro is shocked. naro then rushes to daeso to report the news that jolbon is preparing to attack hyeonto. daeso is shocked and tells naro to prepare court. haochen brings the news to seolran, who tells haochen to hurry and relate the news to her father, yangjeong. in buyeo court, heukchi reports to daeso it is confirmed from their messengers that jolbon is indeed preparing for war. the ministers wonder if jolbon is only saying they will attack hyeonto, when in fact that are scheming to attack buyeo for revenge over lady yoohwa's death. daeso looks at budeukbul, who says even though jumong may indeed hate buyeo he will not attack buyeo. daeso asks how he came to that conclusion and budeubul says jumong is one who offered to give buyeo grains and medicines and thus he has no true intention to battle buyeo. budeukbul states jumong is more likely to attack hyeonto than buyeo. the ministers seem less anxious by this, and daeso goes to see the king with budeukbul. oracle mawuryeong informs geumwa daeso and budeukbul are here, and geumwa who is sitting before the holy shrine tells her to let them in. daeso tells king geumwa jolbon is preparing to attack hyeonto. budeukbul says they came to ask him what they should do, and geumwa says jolbon is battling hyeonto then it has nothing to do with buyeo. daeso and budeukbul are surprised, and daeso says buyeo and han have an alliance, and when buyeo was attacking jolbon border the hans helped them. geumwa only repeats the word alliance, and says if jolbon and han are commrades then they won't have to fight, and afterwards geumwa just laughs. daeso and budeukbul are disheartened by geumwa's confused state of mind, and they leave after sighing heavily. budeukbul tells daeso he's worried as geumwa's mind is leaving him more so each day. mawuryeong tells them geumwa has been in the oracle chamber for days sitting by the shrine, and daeso asks her to take care of him. budeukbul tells daeso it is time for daeso to make a decision, since geumwa is incapable to do so at this time. daeso says he wants to help hyeonto, but they don’t' seem ready for that. budeukbul advises him they must help hyeonto no matter what, because if hyeonto falls, then they are next.

in hyeonto, dongseon tells yangjeong haochen has arrived from buyeo. haochen walks in and tells yangjeong jolbon is preparing to attack them. yangjeong is shocked and next he sits down with dongseon to plan their defense. dongseon says they only have a few hundred steel armymen left, and their soldiers are only 20k in number. he has asked for reinforcement from chang-ahn but they have not sent army. yangjeong says this is all minister hwang's fault. dongseon asks yangjeong if they should ask buyeo for help, but yangjeong says buyeo is in no state to help them as they cannot even help themselves, and yangjeong orders his prime minister to contact chang-ahn immediately to ask for yeodong army to be dispatched here. next, majin rushes to yeongpo with news that jolbon and hyeonto will soon be in war, and yeongpo complains jumong always attacks where he is, and wonders how jumong knows they are in hyeonto. just then minister hwang comes in and tells yeongpo yangjeong has asked for help from chang-ahn thus he will wait and see what happens next. ohyi and moogol arrive in hyeonto as disguised commoner and upon seeing soldiers passing through, moogol says they must figured out that jolbon will attack them soon. ohyi says in this land of spies it would be strange if they didn't know by now. the two walk off, and yesoya, being dragged by men, see the two walk off and tries to break free, however she is unable while the two walk away. instead, a hyeonto guard comes and slaps her telling her she should realize that she will never escape, thus yesoya weeps as she is dragged away. back in jolbon, mari tells jumong if hyeonto cannot receive help from yeodong army, then they will ask for imperial army and the hans will have to send them the army to protect their own. jumong says that is likely, and just then ohyi and moogol return from their trip. ohyi reports hyeonto already knows they will soon be attacked by jolbon and yangjeong has already asked chang-ahn for yeodong army. jumong asks ohyi if they found out how may gojoseon remnants are left in hyeonto, and ohyi says they are a few hundred living as slaves. jumong says they should ramp up support for jolbon from the remnants in hyeonto, and ohyi offers to disguise himself as remnant with moogol, so that they can go into the hyeonto remnant people and gather support from within.



meanwhile, many men young and old are asking for weapons outside the weapon factory saying they will fight for jolbon too. jumong arrives, and the men call out for commander jumong. mopalmo tells jumong the gathered are asking to fight in the battle, and jumong walks toward them, and silences the crowd, telling them he understands their will, and as they already know this war is a war to reclaim the glory of old joseon and he will not brush off their will, but fighting in war is not the only way to help, but staying here to help the soldiers is just as important, thus jumong assigns the crowd the job of war preparing and back-end support, and the crowd cheers. thus, throughout day and night, mopalmo, and the men work hard to make weapons and to transport them onto wagons in teams, while bubunno and buwuiyeom continue training their troops. soseono teaches a group of women how to make arrows too as everyone seems to pitch in on the war effort in jolbon. near hyeonto, ohyi and moogol spock out the location of the gojoseon remnants working as slaves, and they sneak into the camp as slaves, checking out the harsh working condition and the violence the soldiers use to push the slaves. in the hyeonto fort, dongseon tells yangjeong the citizens of jolbon are helping to prepare for the war as well, and yangjeong suddenly gets an idea and ask the prime minister how many remnants are among them, and the minister says they are approximately 500. yangjeong says when the war happens, he will have the slaves killed since that will hinder jumong. the prime minister says that is an excellent strategy. just then minister hwang comes in and yangjeong angrily asks why there hasn't been news from chang-ahn yet. minister hwang asks yangjeong why he is so lacking in confidence, when yangjeong already has many more soldiers than jumong. meanwhile yeongpo tells majin they should flee hyeonto and return to buyeo before daeso takes father king's power. majin says it may not be the best time since it is dangerous, and minister hwang is not yet the hyeonto governor, and it might be better for them to wait til yangjeong is rid of first so they can have hwang's support. yeongpo is not convinced as he says if daeso takes over buyeo control then it will all be too late. majin says he will think of another strategy.



back in buyeo, seolran pleads daeso to help her father yangjeong, but daeso tells her to wait for him to come up w/ a solution. seolran says every hour is urgent, but daeso doesn't response. daeso goes to meet the queen next. the queen and her brother, the palace minister urge daeso not to help yangjeong this time even though they received help from hyeonto before, because if they do then they will put buyeo in dire state. daeso says he know it is difficult, but he is not saying he wants to help his father in law, but if they lose hyeonto, then they will lose their alliance, and thus he is leaning on helping hyeonto for their future. yeongpo expresses his concern over jumong attacking hyeonto, and minister hwang says w/ over 20 thousand soldiers here, hyeonto will not fall easily, but the question is whether yangjeong will protect hyeonto barely, or will he win in glory. minister hwang says in order of yangjeong to shine he will have to win gloriously, and yeongpo without thinking says if that is the case then it will be hard for minister hwang to take over hyeonto. hwang suddenly asks yeongpo about the tea they're having, and tells yeongpo the tea is especially given to him by his relative who was recently promoted, as it a rare tea only served to the imperial family. yeongpo congrats hwang on his relative's promotion, and hwang says his relative asked him to come back to chang-ahn to help in the palace, but that he declined and asked the relative to help him gain power in hyeonto instead. thus, hwang assures yeongpo he will surely be the next governor of hyeonto. meanwhile, yuri is wondering around the courtyard looking for yesoya, and when yeongpo walks out he is shocked to see yuri. yeongpo then follows yuri as he wonder off, and when yuri goes to his mother yesoya, yeongpo who watches from distance is shocked, then gets an idea in his head. majin finds out what happened, and reports to yeongpo, that minister hwang picked up yesoya and yuri thinking they were refugees and it seems hwang still doesn't know who yesoya is. majin further states as the men say, minister hwang seems to be fond of yesoya. majin asks yeongpo what he will do, and yeongpo says this is an opportunity for him sent by the heavens and he will use it well for his gain. thus, at night time, yeongpo sends masked men to sneak into yesoya's chamber and the men first awakes yesoya and orders her to wake yuri. yuri awakes and cries, and one of the men takes him away. next, the two other men kidnap yesoya out too, and the men bring them before prince yeongpo and majin. yeongpo tells soya it's been long time since they saw each other, and yeongpo glances at yuri and tells yuri it's been a long time as well.



at the hyeonto slave concentration camp. the remnants are sleep after a day of slavery work, but ohyi and moogol are awake and they soon wake up the sleeping men in their tent. ohyi tells them he is a damul army who serves commander jumong, and he is here to help the remnants. ohyi says soon, jolbon will come to battle hyeonto, and when the war breaks, han nation will likely kill them off, thus they must save themselves before that. ohyi asks everyone to be extra careful before the time comes so that the han army will not become suspicious. yesoya and yuri are sent to a prison cell somewhere, and a tearful soya wonders what the future holds for her child and her.. just then, minister hwang is notified that yesoya and yuri are gone, and hwang order them to be searched and captured immediately. day light breaks, and as the soldiers lead the slaves out from the camp to work again, dongseon and yangjeong's minister arrives telling the soldiers they needn't take them out anymore because soon they will use them in the war when jolbon comes attacking. meanwhile, yeongpo tells majin they will go to jolbon next to make a deal with jumong, but majin is afraid saying they are throwing themselves in the tiger den. yeongpo scoffs him and tells him not to be such a coward as he laughs.. thus, in jolbon, mari tells jumong prince yeongpo has come, and jumong is taken by surprise. jumong goes out to meet yeongpo, who tells jumong he has come to make a deal. jaesa tells yeongpo to address jumong with respect since jumong is jolbon's chief commander. yeongpo bows slightly, and soseono asks yeongpo if he came as messenger of buyeo. yeongpo says no and that he came for personal reason instead. jumong invites him inside, and yeongpo announces he has yesoya and yuri. everyone is shocked, and mari asks if yesoya and yuri are really alive. yeongpo says yes, and jaesa says how they can believe such, and majin asks if they really think they would come bluffing. soseono asks what the deal he wants to make is. yeongpo says first, jolbon is not to attack hyeonto. and second, jolbon is to attack buyeo and afterwards, jumong is to hand over buyeo's throne to yeongpo. yeongpo says if jumong agrees to these conditions, then he will give yesoya and yuri to jumong.

jumong ep. 70 (monday 1-29-07 broadcast):



jumong thinks about yeongpo's condition for turning yesoya and yuri over to jumong, which is for jumong cancel plans to attack hyeonto, and instead to overtake buyeo then handing the buyeo throne to yeongpo afterwards. while jumong thinks alone, jaesa tells mari and soseono yeongpo's conditions are impossible to follow, but mari says they can't risk losing yuri and yesoya despite their situation. sayong stops the two and says he can't believe yeongpo's words that yuri and yesoya are still alive, and wonders if yeongpo is just bluffing. soseono tells him since they never found soya and yuri's bodies, they shouldn’t' give up the hope that they could be alive. sayong replies even if that is the chance, yeongpo's conditions are too extreme for them to follow. soseono goes to jumong and tells him, neither the heavens nor the migrants would want jumong to deny his family, thus she believes it is utmost important for jumong to meet w/ yeongpo and confirm yuri and soya's liveliness first. jumong agrees and goes to meet yeongpo again. yeongpo asks if jumong has made up his mind, and comments he doesn't feel great about using soya and yuri's life as condition in their deal either but if jumong chooses to decline his offer, then in the end jumong is the one who kills soya and yuri. at this mari is angry and draws his sword telling yeongpo to shut up. majin appears scared while yeongpo isn't phased. jumong says yeongpo is one, who, together with daeso, killed jumong's father haemosu, but now he is using jumong's wife and child to make a deal and that is a low gesture. yeongpo says even so, to him it is a fair deal, and tells jumong to stop the long talk and just say yes or no to his deal. jumong replies he will accept yeongpo's offer, but before that, he must confirm that yesoya and yuri are alive. yeongpo says fine, and jaesa asks where they are. yeongpo says they are in hyeonto fort, and asks if jumong will go himself. jaesa says jumong cannot go there himself since they can't trust them amidst war time, thus mari will go there, however while he is gone, yeongpo must remain in gyeru. soseono also firmly states, until they confirm their liveliness, there is no deal whatsoever. yeongpo says fine, that he will stay in jolbon in the meantime, and afterwards, yeongpo tells majin when they are alone, that even though he's using jumong to claim power over buyeo, in the future he plans to take over jolbon as well, thus this is a good opportunity for him to learn about jolbon's foundations. thus yeongpo tells majin not to worry about him, and instead majin should take jumong's men to hyeonto to show them that yesoya and yuri are still alive, and to do so w/ full alertness since they might try to scheme something.



mari prepares to leave, and mookgeo gives mari a secret weapon to use for just in case. mari then tells jaesa even though commander jumong doesn't show it; he is suffering greatly right now, and asks jaesa to take good care of the commander while he's gone. mari leaves with majin, while in hyeonto fort, minister hwang is furious his subjects were unable to find geummi (yesoya) and tells his man to go and search again or else he will have him killed instead. meanwhile, in a locked room somewhere, yesoya is frantic as yuri is unconscious from his fever. in buyeo, budeukbul continues to try to persuade king geumwa to help hyeonto when jolbon attacks, but geumwa is insistent they will not get involved as the enemy just wants to take advantage of buyeo army men instead, laughing afterwards. the queen wonders what they can do, and the oracle mawuryeong tells her she tried to put up shrines for geumwa but he is still unable to wake up from his daze. just then, the palace minister runs in to tell the queen the news that yeongpo has been seen in jolbon by their spies and wonders why yeongpo is there when he went to hyeonto city. the queen asks if daeso knows too and her brother replies yes. the queen then asks her maid to go and summon daeso for her. daeso asks naro why he thinks yeongpo is in jolbon, and naro says yeongpo must be scheming something against buyeo for his own gain or else he would have no other reason to be in jolbon. daeso tells naro to find some skillful men and send them to jolbon to bring yeongpo back. afterwards, daeso calls court session and states since the king is not well, he will take over the decision making, and announces he and general heukchi will lead a group of 500 army men toward hyeonto fort. the jaeboo minister says it is a good idea to send army but wonders if daeso needs to go himself. the other minister agrees, and daeso thanks them for worrying about him, but in regard to his relationship with hyeonto, he in not in a position not to go, and buduekbul tells heukchi to pick only the best soldiers since it is utmost important that they protect daeso's safety.



back in gyeru, jaesa brings nourishing medicine for jumong saying jumong hasn't rested in so many days. jumong says not to worry about him, but jaesa says he knows jumong must be shedding bloody tears inside, and says he feels sorry he can't share jumong's burden since he knows how much he must be suffering. jumong says jaesa is one who has helped him whenever he hindered, and jumong reassures jaesa that he doesn't think his mother or the many remnants are completely gone, but as their spirits and souls still remain, he will accomplish their will no matter what thus he won't hinder amidst anything. jumong states once they confirm yesoya and yuri are still alive, he will do whatever he needs to do to save them, but jaesa should focus on attacking hyeonto in the meantime. yeongpo's servants tell him they seem to be making some weapons in the iron factory, and yeongpo says he will go check it out himself and goes there. mopalmo and musong see him there, and mopalmo asks him why he is here. yeongpo says he came to see mopalmo, but mopalmo tells him no one is allowed in. yeongpo replies he is no longer their enemy, and asks mopalmo to make a sword for him too, but mopalmo says he will make a coffin for yeongpo instead, while musong goes along and says mopalmo isn't just good at making weapons he is also skilled in coffin making. yeongpo is upset by this, but the two leave... just then, mari and majin arrive in hyeonto, and majin tells mari to wait while he goes and brings yesoya and yuri. majin goes to his men, but the men tell him the woman and the child fled, while they were fetching a doctor for her sick child. majin is appalled, and his men say they are searching for them right now but it seems difficult. majin tells them to go and catch them at once, and majin goes back to mari. majin tells mari to wait a little since something came up, but mari says he must confirm they are alive immediately. majin reminds mari he is now in enemy territory and majin's men pull out their swords to point at mari. after some struggle, mari flees with the help of the secret weapon from mookgeo, but mari is wounded in the arm.



meanwhile in gyeru, yeongpo tries to wander around the courtyard when chansoo stops him. yeongpo complains this isn't the way to treat someone who has helped them, and just then jaesa arrives looking angry. jaesa points his sword at yeongpo who is confused, and when jumong arrives asking what happened, jaesa says mari was wounded and barely made it back alive. yeongpo is speechless as he is surprised, and next, hyeopbo escorts a wounded mari out. yeongpo says all this isn't right, and hyeobpo tells him to shut up. mari tells jumong there was no yesoya or yuri, that it was just a trick. yeongpo is frantic and says that cannot be and something must have gone wrong. just then yangtak arrives with yeongpo's servants, and shows jumong yeongpo's servants were drawing a detailed map of their facilities. soseono is furious and slashes the two servants to death, and yeongpo cries out. sayong says they don't need to wait any longer, and jaesa says they must behead yeongpo immediately. soseono also urges jumong to send yeongpo's head back to geumwa, but jumong orders everyone to leave. yeongpo cries out to jumong, and jumong orders him not to say a word. yeongpo fears for his life and he shakes, and jumong tells him what he did was to use jumong's guilt over his inability to protect his own child and wife, and yeongpo kneels for jumong to spare his life. jumong says this is the end of them, and if they meet again he will not treat him as a brother anymore. jumong then tells yeongpo to leave, and yeongpo frantically runs out. jumong watches as he leaves, and afterwards, jumong weeps alone as he looks at yuri's abandoned shoe. meanwhile, at the slavery camp in hyeonto, the remnants fear for their lives and a man says they should fight before they are slaughtered, but ohyi and moogol calm them down saying they can't fight w/out any weapons and they should rest while they can. afterwards, moogol tells ohyi they can't wait any longer thus they must escape immediately. ohyi says they can't flee leaving the remnants behind, and jumong wouldn't want them to leave the remnants to die. ohyi tells moogol they must prepare to die in order to protect the remnants till the end.



dongseon reports to yangjeong that daeso has brought army from buyeo, and yangjeong goes out to greet daeso and seolran with a smile. daeso tells yangjeong buyeo is here to help hyeonto, and heukchi states buyeo army are outside the fort. yangjeong says he had been worried since yeodong are late in coming but now he is assured. they go inside, and yangjeong appears upset that only 500 army men came from buyeo. yangjeong wonders if daeso is teasing him right now, and daeso says as yangjeong knows buyeo is not in a good state right now. yangjeong says no matter how difficult they are, together w/ the armies of sachuldo, buyeo should have at least 30 thousand soldiers, but to be sending 500 is laughable. seolran explains due to king geumwa's opposition, it was already difficult for them to bring 500 men. yangjeong vows he will get rid of jolbon and jumong for all the upset he has caused, and daeso says he agrees. daeso comes up w/ a strategy to recruit more soldiers, which is to offer men the treasures and maidens of jolbon once they succeed in war. yangjeong's minister says w/out hwang's approval the han imperial may be displeased by such but yangjeong says the imperials doesn't trust him anyway and if he doesn't win then he will not be spared thus he orders the plan to be carried out. meanwhile, outside hyeonto, mari, jaesa, mookgeo, and hyeopbo have arrived to check on ohyi and moogol, and mookgeo runs back to tell them no remnants were found at the workplace. mari says they should go inside hyeonto city to find out what happened, and mari takes mookgeo and the two are disguised as commoners inside hyeonto city center. the two watch as a hyeonto officer puts up a notice on the public board telling the gathered they are recruiting soldiers and anyone who joins in with be awarded with jolbon maiden and treasures as reward. the two then finds the slavery camp where ohyi, moogol and the gojoseon remnants are kept, and mookgeo tells mari they cannot wait any longer or else the remnants will all be killed. mari and mookgeo return to gyeru with jaesa and hyeopbo, and they report their findings to jumong and soseono. soseono says it will be difficult for them to save the refugees if they are heavily guarded, and hyeopbo says they can't let ohyi and moogol like this, and urges jumong to make a decision now. meanwhile, yangjeong tells daeso his plan to put the remnants ahead of their battle force, saying it is over 500 men. daeso says it is an excellent idea to use the remnants as shield for hyeonto army since jumong will be wavered before attacking the remnants he cherishes so much. jumong says he will bring a special task force w/ him to save the remnants and attack the enemy from behind afterwards. mari and jaesa complain the task is too dangerous and offer to take the special task instead, so jumong can lead the main jolbon-damul army force. jumong says the main force will be led by soseono and songyang, and bubunno. mari tries to persuade again, but jumong says his body doesn't belong to himself but all the people who is counting on him, and if there is danger then he should face it over anyone else. jumong says he won't change his decision, and tells mari and jaesa to prepare their army.



next, mopalmo and musong help jumong dress in his battle attire, and jumong silently tells his father haemosu he failed to keep the promise he made to him, that he would protect the ppl close to him, but he will surely keep the promise of saving the remnants who are suffering and attacked by the hans. jumong is about to depart for war, and he comes before the holy shrine and tells the heavens he is leaving for battle, and asks the heavens to protect the soldiers of jolbon. in hyeonto, dongseon reports to yangjeong jolbon army force have left for hyeonto. yangjeong and daeso sit down w/ their advisors and generals to strategize, and yangjeong's general says there are 3 paths for jumong to come into hyeonto and they must block these inlets. daeso reminds everyone jumong could be scheming something else thus they must be cautious. jumong and his group of men find out the paths to hyeonto are watched by soldiers ten times their size, and jumong looks over his map and announces they will cross over soomak mountain. mari says the mountain is extremely high and treacherous, and jaesa agrees they shouldnt' cross soomak mountain, but jumong says that is the only way for them and announces that is what they will do in order to get to the remnants. meanwhile, in slavery camp, the hyeonto guards begin putting on cuffs and chains on the remnants with ohyi and moogol among them. afterwards, the soldiers drag the remnants away from their camp, when jumong and his men arrive upon crossing the soomak mountain. a battle breaks, and hyeopbo frees ohyi and moogol just in time for them to join in. after some time, jumong's group wins and ohyi goes up to jumong and announces to the crowd who jumong is and that he is here to save everyone. the crowd cheers and jumong tells the crowd he will attack the enemy and asks the crowd if they will follow him. the crowd cheers in agreement, and jumong watches looking pleased and determined. next, jumong and the trios, together with their men and newly saved remnants begin attacking the hyeonto force, one small group at a time. then, jumong and his group reach a depot for weapons after slashing some hyeonto soldiers.



meanwhile, yangjeong tells his group once the remnants reach the frontier daeso is to move his group. but just then, dongseon runs in w/ news that jumong and his jolbon army saved the remnants and are already attacking throughout hyeonto city. yangjeong asks how in the world did they get through hyeonto and dongseon says he has no idea. daeso is dismayed at the news and wonders what to do next. meanwhile mari reaches soseono and the rest of the jolbon army group, with news that jumong et al. successfully saved the remnants and they are already attacking w/in hyeonto. at this, soseono orders the rest of the jolbon-damul army to begin their attack, while jumong and his men are fighting from w/in the city.

jumong ep. 71 [tuesday 1-30-07 broadcast]:



in hyeonto fort, jumong and his byeol-dong special task army kills off the guarding soldiers, and jumong orders ohyi and moogol to watch over the fort so no one escapes. minister hwang's servant runs to him with the news that jolbon is attacking hyeonto fort, and hwang is appalled asking how it could be possible. the servant replies jumong and a special task force freed the slaves who then joined in on the battle, thus the servant urges hwang to flee immediately. hwang says to pack up the most important documents and prepare to flee. just then, haochen relates the news to yang seolran as well, and seolran is shocked and says she must tell her father before they flee. haochen says a messenger was already sent to yang jeong thus she must leave now. meanwhile upon finishing off yet another group of hyeonto army, jumong tells the remnants who are fighting with him that he is the son of general haemosu who spent his live trying to save gojoseon migrants. jumong continues he has come here now to save the remnants, and today, together with damul army, they will get rid of the hans from this land so that the migrants will no longer live in suffering. at this the migrants shout out hooray. as minister hwang tries to flee from hyeonto fort, they are stopped by ohyi and moogol and their group. hwang's men are killed off, and minister hwang is captured, along with other ranked officials of hyeonto. ohyi is about to order the captured to be taken to custody when a migrant pleads to have them killed immediately by his very sword, saying these officials are the ones who put so much misery in their lives. ohyi calms the man down saying he understands how he must feel, but since commander jumong has asked them to capture the men alive, the commander must have his reason, thus they should bring the captured to jumong first. thus, hwang and the other officials are taken away, while another damul soldier comes to tell ohyi some hyeonto people have fled the fort on horse. ohyi and moogol go after the fled and soon they catch up to them, with a woman among them. upon surrounding them, ohyi orders them to get off their horse, while moogol orders them to throw away their swords. ohyi then unveils the woman's face and is surprised. moogol asks if he knows the maiden, and ohyi replies she is yangjeong's daughter and daeso's wife, seolran. moogol says they caught a great one, and ohyi then tells moogol the evil woman standing before them is the one who has given much misery to yesoya while she was in buyeo. ohyi says he will avenge yesoya's suffering, but yang seolran speaks and tells them to stop mocking her and just kill her instead. ohyi slaps her violently, while haochen gasps, and ohyi then tells her to shut up, and orders his men to take her away.



seolran is taken before jumong with ropes around her, and seolran accuses jumong of having no manners treating her this way when she is daeso's wife. ohyi orders her to shut up again, and urges jumong to kill seolran immediately to avenge yesoya and yuri's death. however jumong orders the ropes to be freed, and says to seolran he will treat her with respect as she has asked but warns her her title could come back to haunt her. upon these words, jumong orders his men to take her into house-arrest. afterwards, moogol asks jumong to allow the migrants to kill the hyeonto officials with their own hands, but jumong tells jaesa to lock up the officials and confirm their identities. the migrant man speaks up and pleads to jumong to allow them to kill the officials. jumong replies he wishes the same, but the officials will in the end save more migrants. at this minister hwang is surprised, and the migrant says he will trust commander jumong and wait. next, jumong tells the trio they have worked hard, but just because they have seized the hyeonto fort, the war has only just begun and they have much to battle over. hyeopbo replies when the han army returns to the fort they will fight w/ all their might. meanwhile, at yangjeong's army tent outside hyeonto, the news of hyeonto fort's capsize reaches yangjeong, and yangjeong is in disbelief. yangjeong asks how can that make sense when their enemy is right before them, but the soldier replies it was not the jolbon main army force who seized the fort, but rather it was jumong with his special task force and the remnants he just saved who overtook the fort. yangjeong is furious beyond measure and yells out jumong... daeso is startled as well and asks what happened to yang seolran. the soldier apologizes and says no one escaped and seolran's whereabouts is unknown. daeso yells at yangjeong's head advisor, minister wang, asking him why he didn't predict such. wang apologizes, and general heukchi asks what their plan is now? will they go back to hyeonto fort or will they continue with their war with jolbon out here. naro says they must fight the main jolbon force first and they can reclaim the fort later, but dongseon disagrees and says they must go back now to save yang seolran. heukchi states if they leave now the jolbon army will attack their army base. at this both yang jeong and daeso are speechless...



meanwhile, mookgeo reaches the jolbon army base, and reports to soseono and the rest of the trios that jumong and the special task force, together with the remnants, seized the hyeonto fort. soseono et al are elated by this news and states jumong will be at cheon-soo mountain. at this, soseono tells mookgeo to go back and report to jumong that they are prepared for battle as well thus jumong can give the order anytime. mari says he will go back with mookgeo and the two leave. sayong tells soseono yangjeong must be in disarray now since he must be confused whether he should go back to the fort or to stay at the base. soseono asks buwuiyeom how many enemy soldiers are at cheon-hyeop valley and buwuiyeom replies about 500 soldiers. afterwards, soseono tells her father yeontabal if yangjeong tries to reclaim hyeonto fort and leave, then they will attack their army base, but yeontabal warns soseono daeso is not one who makes brash decisions thus they must be careful, and since jumong is at cheon-soo mountain with his team, they can attack the enemy from all directions. soseono tells sayong to go and tell songyang to prepare the army. next, yeontabal warns soseono that yangjeong could pretend to be retrieving to the fort and use the opportunity to attack the jolbon army base instead thus they must remain cautious. later, gyepil arrives at the army base to see soseono, who asks what brings him all the way here. gyepil says he came to bring supplies and food to the soldiers and soseono thanks him, then asks about her sons biryu and ohnjo. gyepil says she needn't worry about them, especially biryu who is already all grown up and can worry about his mother now. gyepil tells soseono she must be extra careful since wootae isn't around, and gyepil tells sayong his utmost important job is to protect soseono, and if something goes wrong with soseono then he won't let him off the hook. meanwhile, yeongpo arrives in buyeo, and majin runs to greet him. yeongpo punches majin and asks what in the world happened to yesoya and yuri, and majin replies he doesn't know either since when he arrived in hyeonto yesoya and yuri were already gone. yeongpo wonders how they can let go of such great opportunity sent by heaven so pathetically... just then the palace minister arrives and asks yeongpo why he went to jolbon. yeongpo is surprised that they already know this and argues he was merely there to save buyeo.



in buyeo oracle chamber, mawuryeong puts up a shrine for the safe return of daeso and the buyeo army, as the queen watches. just then, the queen's brother comes in with news that yeongpo has returned. yeongpo tells the queen he went to meet with jumong to ask him to draw alliance with buyeo instead of fighting the hans and the queen scoffs him then asks what jumong said. yeongpo says nothing, and the queen says everyone believes yeongpo left buyeo to betray buyeo, and the queen warns him to get things straight before daeso returns or else daeso won't forgive him. just then the buyeo ministers find out what happened to hyeonto fort, and budeukbul wonders what to do. budeukbul goes to see king geumwa next, and informs him hyeonto fort has been seized by jumong, and yangjeong and daeso are now in grave danger, thus the king must send more troops to save them. geumwa replies even if daeso is in danger he will get himself out of it, hence they will not send more troops. geumwa then states jumong toppling hyeonto fort is something set by the heavens and even if they try to stop it they cannot stop it, thus budeukbul should focus only on what can save buyeo now. geumwa then laughs and states at one point in his life his greatest wish to overthrow the han army, and now that wish is getting fulfilled by jumong. nearby yangjeong's army base, ohyi, mari and moogol watch from a distance if there are any movements, and when they see no movement they return to report to jumong the enemy must have yet to make up their decision. jumong says he will go to their main army base for discussion over their move, and jumong arrives in jolbon army camp with soseono welcoming him back. jumong tells soseono and yeontabal yangjeong will attack their camp but he will try to lure them into a trap thus they should use that against them.



meanwhile, mopalmo, chansoo, yeonchaeryeong rush to bring more grains, preserved meat, and explosives to jolbon army camp, and jumong thanks them for their hardwork, and orders the food to be distributed to the soldiers. thus, musong and yeonchaeryeong along with the support unit passes out meat to the soldiers.. meanwhile in hyeonto army base, the han army are only given potatoes and roots. yangjeong watches with daeso and tells daeso they should retreat, however daeso asks yangjeong how he has become so weak and firmly states they must attack the jolbon main army. just then yangjeong's advisor arrives with a message from jumong. yangjeong reads the message and becomes wrathful, cursing at jumong. daeso takes a look and reads that in the letter, jumong tells yangjeong damul has seized hyeontto fort, and yangjeong's daughter, along with the hyeonto ministers of hyeonto fort are now damul's prisoners of war. jumong also states if yangjeong surrenders now his life will be spared, but if he does not surrender he and the hans will not return to their hometown and shed blood instead. upon reading this daeso angrily asks yangjeong if he will do nothing when he's faced with such mockery, and yangjeong replies if they attack jolbon then they will kill seolran. daeso says jumong will not kill the prisoners for daeso's sake, and daeso states he has a good idea which is to trap jumong. yangjeong agrees and next, daeso and yangjeong lead the hyeonto-buyeo army toward jolbon army base. mari and his men watch as they move, and mari rushes back to the jolbon camp. jumong is notified that the enemy has left toward them, and jumong asks how many soldiers. mari says it is not the entire army, but only a group by yangjeong and daeso. jumong says if it's not the main army then it must be a set up, and tells mari to prepare for their army as well. jumong then goes to his generals and tells them as they expected, the enemy is moving toward them, thus he will go first to meet them, and orders buwuiyeom and bubunno to prepare the second group. thus, jumong leaves with the trios as soseono and the rest of the jolbon ppl watch.



soon yangjeong's group is faced against jumong's group in the open field, and daeso tells yangjeong he will go out first. yangjeong agrees, and daeso runs toward jumong's group. jumong tells his group to attack and the two groups battle off. but after some battle, daeso exchanges a look with naro and orders their group to retreat. jumong tells his group to run after daeso, and yangjeong watches with a satisfied look. next, in cheon-hyeop valley, a group of hyeonto soldiers are setting up a trap, and once the news is reached that daeso is bringing the enemy toward them, the general tells the archers to prepare to shoot when jumong's army arrives. hence, daeso leads his group of men toward the valley, as jumong and his men follow, but before they reach to the deep valley, jumong halts his men and they turn around to leave. daeso who doesn't know this continues and upon reaching the cheon-hyeop valley, the hiding soldiers prepare to shoot down jumong's men, but after some wait they realize jumong is not coming. daeso and naro who have stopped at a distance ahead decide to go to the trap to help with attack, but when they arrive, daeso is daunted. however he soon regains his posture and tells the men yangjeong will soon lure the enemy back thus they must remain alert and prepared. in the meantime, jolbon's second army group, led by buwuiyeom and bubunno reaches yangjeong and the groups begin battling. yangjeong flees the scene after some struggle. yang jeong passes through cheon-hyeop valley, and the hiding soldiers expect an enemy group to follow and they prepare their archery group for attack as they wait. jumong and the rest of the jolbon armies have returned to their base, and jumong states when the enemy realizes they are not easily tricked they will prepare to retreat. while at hyeonto army base, yangjeong has decided that he best thing for them to do is to return to hyeonto fort and reclaim the fort while they wait for help from yeodong army to arrive. however dongseon comes in with news that yeodong army was on its way but turned around and went back, because it was getting attacked by malga and hyeonnu, thus in order to protect the yeodong fort the yeodong army went back to its origin. yangjeong is further distraught and after letting out a shout, he tells his head advisor to move their group back to hyeonto fort, with some to remain to watch over their camp until the enemy has cleared.



meanwhile, in cheon-hyeop valley, the hyeonto general yells at the soldiers for putting up bond fire, but the head general comes and says it's okay, since the enemy wasn't tricked both times, they will not come back. however, jumong and his group arrive by the valley in the middle of the night as the hyeonto soldiers are resting by the fire. jumong and his men begin attacking and soon they slaughter the entire group by the valley. just then, soseono is notified by a messenger that yangjeong's group has begun retreating to hyeonto fort, however a large force still remains at the army base. sayong says they are there to prevent them for overtake. and just then, another messenger arrives with news that jumong has seized the enemy group by cheon-hyeop valley and he will soon attack the fleeing enemy group. soseono says to prepare their army to help jumong. hence, as yangjeong, daeso and their group of army march toward hyeonto fort, jumong and his army catch up to them and begin battling. jumong slashes dongseon to death, and next, yangjeong's head advisor is also killed. jumong then marches toward yangjeong, who runs toward daeso and naro approaches them, telling them to flee at once. next, as yangjeong, daeso and naro run off on horse, jumong grabs a bow and some arrows and shoots yangjeong off from his horse. a fallen and wounded yangjeong calls out to daeso, but naro comes and urges daeso to flee immediately. after they are away by some distance, daeso gets off the horse and watches in horror and fury their men getting killed by jumong's group. by early dawn, jumong stands before a wounded yangjeong, and jumong says yangjeong, who is born as gaemak prince, has sold himself as a dog to the hans, and that is worse than a han. jumong tells yangjeong he will give him one last chance to redeem himself and asks him if he will fight against the hans to redeem his sins against the remnants, but yangjeong replies he will not plead for his life from jumong, and stretches his neck out, then orders jumong to kill him at once. jumong lets out a shout as he slashes yangjeong to death.. and jumong raises his sword up the sky to proclaim their victory. soseono and the crowd follows and cheers alongside jumong with their swords raised to the sky..

jumong ep. 72 (monday feb-5-07):



in hyeonto, the poeple shout out cheers as jumong and the armies return having won. jumong tells his general they have endured through and jaesa shouts out they have succeeded at last. jumong tells the crowd it was everyone's contribution and that w/out everyone they would not have won. jumong vows they will reclaim the glory of old joseon together and the crowd cheers again. soseono tells everyone they will throw a feast for everyone and song yang adds there will be enough wine and meat for everyone to eat to their fullness, and the crowd cheers yet again. jumong goes around and embraces his generals afterwards, and at night, a feast of meat and wine, with fruits and cakes are presented to everyone to celebrate together. mopalmo tells a starving man among them to eat ample to his content and musong then pours a goblet for mopalmo as well. mopalmo states it is the best wine he's had in his whole life and upon drinking his he pours a goblet for chief soseono, who accepts it happily. soseono drinks it all up and tells the people around her it is indeed the best wine she's had and since she's lived so anxiously for such a long time, tonight she will ease her tension and drink til she is drunk. the people continue their celebration into the night with dancing following the feast. yeontabal watches soseono smiling among the crowd and he becomes tearful. soseono spots him out and goes to him, asking if he cried, but yeontabal laughs it off saying he wasn't, and thanks her for giving him this kind of joy while he is alive. yeontabal then looks up the sky and comments the moon is even brighter tonight. the father and daughter talk more and yeontabal tells soseono he knows how much she has suffered all these years, and that without the suffering they wouldn't have this joy they have today, and yeontabal says the real war may be just starting, with many important decisions to make. soseono says as they are building goguryeo, the utmost important matter is to be united, and tells yeontabal not to worry.



while the people are celebrating outside, jumong and the trios, along with buwuiyeom wine together inside, celebrating their success and future. jaesa tells jumong according to yangtak they are almost ready to move into their palace. jumong tells his generals without them this day would not come to be able to drink together like this, and jaesa in turn says w/out jumong they wouldn't be here and the group drinks together in elation, with jumong telling them to drink without worrying about anything. jumong steps out, and moogol mutters after drinking he really misses mudeok the maid, and buwuiyeom asks who this mudeok is. moogol laughs saying she is his woman, and the men laugh together. hyeopbo comments it is a little off to be drinking with just men, and ohyi teases him asking if he's missing sayong. buwuiyeom asks isn't sayong a man, but mari replies to them sayong is seen as a man, but to hyeopbo he is a woman. at this, everyone laughs while hyeobpo complains. after stepping outside, jumong is met by bubunno, who tells jumong yesoya and yuri were not found anywhere in hyeonto, and even though he had hoped prince yeongpo's words were true, it seems likely that the two indeed did not survive. bubunno says it is his fault for not rescuing them when he left buyeo, and jumong says it is time for him to accept yesoya and yuri's death and to put them in his heart, but since he never met yuri, he is unable to rest him in his heart. jumong is tearful and asks bubunno what yuri looks like. bubunno replies yuri had bright eyes, and even though he's never seen jumong's image from childhood, he is certain that yuri looked like jumong. jumong sighs as he tears more at this.



meanwhile, in buyeo palace, a beaten daeso returns with few remaining soldiers and naro tells the ministers jumong killed yang jeong and seized hyeonto fort. budeukbul asks what happened to general heukchi, and naro replies he must be on his way to return to buyeo with his army group. daeso says nothing, and the palace minister reports news of the defeat to the queen, saying seolran's life is uncertain as she is still in hyeonto fort. the queen asks if daeso is alright, and the palace minister says he is not hurt but his army was killed, and jumong cannot be stopped by anyone and he will certainly be king. next, daeso who is fuming thrusts himself into the oracle chamber and tells mawuryeong if she tries to stop him then he will kill her first. daeso then takes yoohwa's memorial tablet and throws it onto the ground, yelling out to naro to destroy the tablet at once. just then king geumwa arrives and shouts to daeso asking what he is doing. geumwa says daeso should be repenting if he lost in the war and lost his army, but daeso says it makes no sense to keep yoohwa's tablet in buyeo's oracle chamber, when yoohwa is the mother of jumong their enemy. geumwa says he clearly stated he would give yoohwa the burial of a queen and orders daeso to leave. daeso asks geumwa for more army to go after jumong, and geumwa declines, saying jumong is one who couldn't even be stopped by hyeonto, and for him to build a new nation is the will of the heaven which cannot be stopped by anyone. daeso says geumwa never puts him as priority and swears even if jumong is the will of the heaven he will stop that will. geumwa scoffs him, but daeso says what he fears is not jumong who has iron army, but geumwa, who will not trust in him. daeso asks geumwa why he can't trust his skills, why he can't believe that he will protect buyeo. daeso is tearful and says geumwa never trusted him, and even until now jumong still remains in geumwa's heart. geumwa says nothing, and daeso says since geumwa cannot escape from the curse of haemosu and yoohwa, he will proceed to kill jumong and save buyeo. geumwa angrily shouts out if daeso goes after his power again he will not be forgiven. daeso yells out father king to geumwa, but geumwa warns daeso if he tries to move buyeo army without his permission then he will be punished. geumwa leaves, and daeso weepingly states the one who is destroying buyeo is none other than king geumwa and he will surely put a stop to it. next day, king geumwa coughs up some blood..



in hyeonto city, yeongpo has arrived in disguise and meets w/ majin to find out where yesoya and yuri could've gone. majin says she was not found here or in jolbon and since many people died during the turmoil, she might be dead. another servant says their spies in jolbon have confirmed that she never arrived in jolbon. yeongpo wonders what his strategy is now, and says he must meet minister hwang who can surely help him. the servant replies minister hwang was captured by jumong's men and is in prison, and yeongpo is dismayed. majin says yeongpo must return to buyeo, but yeongpo thinks daeso won't let him survive. majin replies on the queen's account, daeso won't harm him, thus they should return to buyeo at once. when they arrive in buyeo palace, the queen's men captures him and takes him to the queen. the queen asks yeongpo if he's found a way to escape his treason, but yeongpo says no. the queen tells yeongpo to run away from buyeo to avoid daeso's fury as daeso is looking for yeongpo right now. yeongpo complains the queen only cares about daeso and daeso is the only one in her heart, thus he will leave, as there is no reason for him to stay in buyeo anymore. the queen cries as he leaves, and yeongpo goes out to meet majin telling him they should leave. majin asks where to, and yeongpo says he doesn't know either but they must leave buyeo. majin is surprised, but yeongpo starts walking away. meanwhile, naro reports to daeso seolran is being kept in a chamber in hyeonto fort, and tells daeso not to worry too much as she is buyeo crown princess thus they won't kill her. naro asks if he should send some attackers to go and rescue her, but daeso tells him to be quiet and curses jumong. seolran and haochen are locked inside a room in hyeonto fort, and seolran is anxious to get out, but haochen asks to wait for news from their people. minister hwang who is kept inside the prison gets summoned, and taken before jaesa who asks for hwang's name. hwang lies about his name and when jaesa asks about his family, hwang replies he has no family and he only came to hyeonto for business. jaesa orders hwang to be taken away, but mookgeo stops them and tells jaesa that hwang is the minister who is a relative of the han imperial.



mari escorts jumong, soseono and sayong out to the field, and mari tells jumong the wide yeon-cheon field, together w/ the hyeonto fort now belong to jolbon. jumong says yeon-cheon is where his father haemosu and damul army fought w/ han army, and this land is where they will raise the damul army. soseono says the problem is that the people who are now part of hyeotno were mostly from yeodong and thus they are han people, and many escaped to han during the war when hyeonto was falling, but there are still some remaining in hyeonto fort, and jumong must decide what to do with these citizens. mari says they must kill them to get rid of the root, but jumong says they are mere people and if they want to remain in hyeonto they should accept them. the foursome return to and hyeopbo reports an uprising has occurred among the remnants when they discovered minister hwang was among the prisoners. hyeopbo says hwang was behind much oppression thus they wish to kill hwang w/ their own hands now. jaesa is trying to calm the migrants who have tied up hwang to a pole, telling hwang he will be killed slowly so he can feel the pain he has caused them. just then jumong arrives and tells the gathered to calm. the migrants say they cannot listen to jumong, and they must kill hwang. a man cries and says his wife was killed because of hwang and begs jumong to let him kill hwang to undo his wife's misery. jumong goes up to hwang, who tells him to kill him at once, but jumong tells hwang it is easy for him to kill him right now but he will not kill him. the migrants yell out asking jumong to kill hwang, but jumong says they cannot kill han nation's hostage, since many migrants are still in han's custody. jumong says he will use hwang as hostage for exchange, but if the people insist then he will kill hwang, thus jumong asks the people to decide whether they will save the other migrants in han, or whether they will let them die. the people say there were short-sighted and tells jumong they will follow his will. next, ohyi and moogol arrive by the chamber where seolran is kept. seolran is told hyeonto has fallen and yangjeong has been killed. seolran is then taken to jumong, who tells her he has no intention of doing any trade w/ buyeo using her as hostage, thus she should return to buyeo. seolran says the hans will not let jumong go, and that the han imperial and daeso will surely avenge his father's death. at this moogol says they should keep seolran as hostage instead of letting her free, but soseono says seolran is useless since yangjeong is already dead. seolran shouts at soseono calling her a wench, but soseono firmly states buyeo has not tried to save seolran since she is useless and that is the reality. at this seolran is furious beyond measure as she is speechless.. and seolran stares at jumong and soseono with hatred.

next, soseono talks to jumong alone and tells jumong in order to found their goguryeo they must send a messenger to chang-ahn for hostage negotiations, and asks jumong if he has chosen this messenger yet. jumong says no since the task is life-risking. just then yeontabal arrives and states he will go. jumong says he cannot send him, but yeontabal asks jumong to allow that important task for him as that will give great confidence to him who is growing old. soseono tries to stop him, but yeontabal tells them not to worry, and asks jumong to trust the last task before founding of goguryeo to him, and jumong says okay, and says he will send jaesa and mari with him. thus yeontabal leaves, and next, jumong meets w/ his generals and subjects, and soseono says they need to build up their army again and jumong gives bubunno and buwuiyeom the task of recruiting new soldiers among their men. next, jumong tells mopalmo they need 2000 armors and weapons for additional iron army and asks mopalmo how long that will take. mopalmo says even if they work through day and night it will take a year, and jumong asks him to start the process and hurry if possible. next, jumong says yeontabal is currently risking his life for them, thus they must prepare their end for founding of nation as well. meanwhile, in buyeo, king geumwa is coughing and spitting out blood nonstop. budeukbul comes and is shocked, and later, asks songju who else knows about the king's dire condition, and songju says only the oracle and the close servants. budeukbul says daeso would take advantage of the situation if he knew thus they must keep it a secret from everyone. however, naro overhears the talk and goes to report it to daeso and the queen. daeso says for them to keep it a secret they are dissing him, and daeso says if budeukbul stops his future then they will have to kill him, but the queen tries to calm him. just then the maid comes in w/ news seolran has returned. seolran and haochen arrive, and daeso calls out to his wife. the queen says it is great to have her back as they were worried nonstop about her. later, seolran meets w/ daeso alone, and seolran tells daeso jumong gave her the lowest shame and says daeso must avenge for her father. daeso says the king is against any army movement for the moment, but seolran says daeso must persuade the king. seolran says in order for daeso to gain power, she will do anything. next, seolran meets with haochen and tells him to bring in a medicine man. haochen asks her if she is ill, and seolran says she will have to accomplish what daeso is unable to do.



songju sees haochen passing by with a medicine general, and songju asks his man to find out who that medicine man is. the medicine man is brought before seolran and seolran says if he obeys her orders, then once daeso becomes king, she will give him the position of palace doctor, and the man says he will do what she asks. seolran says it is life-risking and shows him a sac of slow-developing poison she brought from chang-ahn. seolran tells the man to put the poison in the king's medicine syrup, and the man is shocked. seolran says if he declines then he will be killed. meanwhile, in hyeonto, hyeopbo runs in with news that mari has returned from chang-ahn. mari comes in and says yeontabal has succeeded on his mission and han nation has agreed to exchange the hostages with gojoseon migrants. jumong and soseono, together w/ the trios are overjoyed, but jumong calms down and says until yeontabal and the migrants return safely they cannot be at ease. next, minister hwang along w/ the other han ministers are taken out from the prison and as hwang passes by he tells jumong to remember his name clearly, that he is hwang ja-kyeong. jumong tells hwang to tell the han imperial clearly that the land they are on belongs to old joseon and he will reclaim it all. at this hwang is taken away as jumong watches. next, yeonchaeryeong, yangtak, chansoo and gyepil are sitting together, and yeonchaeryeong asks chansoo who will the owner of goguryeo, and gyepil says it should be jumong. yeonchaeryeong says it is not jumong, but it should be them, gyeru. yangtak says if they don't have come up w/ any stance then jumong will reign the new goguryeo. gyepil asks what they plan to do, and yeonchaeryeong says she will meet w/ the tribe chiefs, for the emperor of gogoryeo must be soseono. next, yeontabal, jaesa arrive in hyeonto fort w/ the migrants from han behind them, and jumong et all stand by the gate to greet their arrival. jumong tells yeontabal he has worked hard, but yeontabal says jumong is the one who has saved the migrants. jaesa tells the newly arrived who jumong is, and the migrants kneel to their knees. jumong goes to them and tells them to stand but the men insist on kneeling saying jumong has saved them. jumong tells the migrants hyeonto fort now belongs to them, and he will help them settle here. the men thank him continuously..



at night, chansoo comes to see soseono, and sayong joins them on the conversation. soseono asks chansoo if everything’s well in gyeru and chansoo says yes. chansoo asks soseono who will be king of goguryeo, and soseono says nothing. sayong says that is a question he has wanted to ask her too, and soseono replies a long time ago she already promised to jumong he would be king of goguryeo. sayong states that cannot be as the new nation must be reigned by soseono, and at this soseono is speechless as chansoo is. meanwhile, a man who was migrant in chang-ahn comes to see jumong, and the old man tells jumong he knows where the old joseon's bronze mirror disc is hidden. the man says he was an officer during old joseon and when they were getting destroyed by han, they risked their lives to hide the disc. the man then says the bronze mirror disc is a sacred object of the old joseon and is hidden in hyeonto's underground. jumong and ohyi are led to a hidden underground room where bamboo scrolls are laid out and the old migrant says they are records of old joseon. jumong asks where the disc is and the old man opens up a hidden opening in the wall, and reveals a wood box. jumong holds the bronze mirror disc, and the man says the inscriptions on the disc are old joseon words recording the events of old joseon's kings. upon this discovery, jumong holds a sacred shrine, where the sacred bow, the iron armor, and bronze disc are placed on the shrine. jumong prays to the heavens, and asks the heavens to watch over the sacred objects they have gathered and jumong asks the joseon kings to guard the people of jolbon.

jumong ep. 73 (tuesday 2-6-07):



in gyeru, jumong states before soseono, sayong, and mari, jaesa that since they have won their war and rescued the migrants, it is time for them to proclaim their new nation, and gives sayong, jaesa and mari the task of preparing their new nation's law and statement. soseono speaks up and says they were able to get this far with the help of people like sayong, jaesa and mari, but once they are a new nation they will need even more skillful help around and says they should look for these people among the tribes they have unified. jumong agrees, and just then ohyi comes in with news that the chief from muyeon tribe has come to meet him. soseono says muyeon is a tribe that has had a close-tie with buyeo for a long time, and sayong says they must have come for help now that buyeo's condition has fallen. jumong goes out to meet the chief who asks him to accept their muyeon tribe. jumong replies if it is so easy for them to turn their backs on buyeo wouldn't it be easy for them to give up jolbon later on, but the chief says they are a tribe that can survive on its own, but their tribal origin is old joseon, and when they heard that jumong received the sacred objects of old joseon they came here. jumong apologizes for rushing to judgment and tells ohyi to welcome the new tribe addition. meanwhile, soseono walks through the goguryeo palace, and remembers chansoo and sayong's words, of urging her to be goguryeo's empress. soseono remembers this and gazes at the palace standing before her. sayong goes to see yeontabal and expresses his worry that everyone is now expecting jumong to be king of goguryeo, when soseono should be. sayong draws the analogy that during han's gojo time, yubang was greatly assisted by his general jang ryang, but after yubang became king, he was so worried that jang ryang would steal his power he became suspicious of him and thus jang ryang was vanished from the earth. yeontabal asks sayong if he thinks jumong will abandon them, but sayong says there's no sure thing to indicate not, and yeontabal asks what the other tribal chiefs think. sayong says they think the same as he, since jumong and the damul are of different make up then jolbon. next, sayong reads the old scrolls with jaesa and mari, and jaesa calls attention to an account of joo rye book from ju dynasty which they can follow, but sayong says in his opinion it is better that they don't follow the works of han nation. jaesa replies just because they are studying the use of enemy's administration of power and law it is not always a bad thing. sayong says he concurs but it is best still that they don't follow the laws or politics of han since it has many flaws. sayong shows the account of old joseon's power and law administration instead and says it is a simple law of 8 basic rules, and that's what they should follow for their new nation so they don't waste energy on complicated laws. mari agrees, and says just as important is that they must join the power of the emperor with the power of the oracle to balance itself out. just then, mookgeo comes in wanting to say something, however he is hesitant while looking at sayong. sayong excuses himself, and mookgeo tells mari and jaesa that something is strange about yangtak and yeonchaeryeong, and the tribal chiefs seem peculiar as well and they seem to be meeting in secrecy. jaesa tells him to go find out what it is about in detail while mari wonders what's going on.



in buyeo, medicine is brought before king geumwa by the doctor hired by seolran. songju tests if the medicine is poisonous by dipping a silver spoon in, but the spoon comes out clean and songju tells the king to eat the medicine. afterwards, songju's guard reports to him the new medicine man is hired in by yang seolran and haochen, but there was nothing else strange about it. songju dismisses the guard and calls the palace doctor. songju asks the palace doctor if there is some poison that won't turn the silver color even if it exists, and the palace doctor says there is but you can only get it from han nation. seolran's doctor reports to her the king already took the medicine after songju tested it first. seolran says to continue the same in the future and dismisses the doctor. the queen is tearfully worried about yeongpo's whereabouts, and just then daeso shows up. daeso asks if something is troubling her, and the queen sighs without saying anything. the palace minister tells daeso prince yeongpo has left buyeo, and daeso asks why. the queen says she told yeongpo to leave for fear of running into daeso, but daeso says yeongpo is his blood brother and he wouldn't kill him no matter how much trouble he has caused. the queen says she knows, but if yeongpo continued to stay in buyeo he would be causing more mishap for daeso in the future thus she sent him away for daeso. daeso asks where he went, and the queen says no one is to know but asks daeso to accept him back warmly when the day comes that yeongpo returns. next, yeongpo and majin are existing from buyeo border and yeongpo sighs as majin asks where he is headed. majin asks if they should go to chang-ahn, and yeongpo wonders if they would welcome him again after all that has happened. majin says they can't expect chang-ahn to welcome them but if yeongpo wants to accomplish anything then he should go to a wide land, and thus yeongpo agrees and they head toward han's chang-ahn. back in jolbon, mookgeo watches from distance as the gyeru people and jolbon chiefs meet to scheme something. at night, chansoo suddenly sees a shadow outside their window as they talk about the future, and chansoo runs out but the man has already disappeared. mookgeo returns to jaesa and mari, and reports to them chansoo, sayong, yeonchaeryeong and yangtak were meeting in secret to discuss the matter of who will be goguryeo's king. mari says that is already a done deal with jumong set to be king, but mookgeo says it seems soseono has given up the position, but the gyeru and jolbon leaders still greed over the throne. jaesa says this is something he had feared and expected, and next, ohyi is furious when he learns about it, and states they must stop it before commander jumong finds out. mari tells them to calm down, but mookgol is furious too and says they can't sit still while jolbon is ungrateful of their help. mopalmo speaks on behalf of soseono and says they can't forget the help she and gyeru offered them when they were in trouble. mari says even so, they can't be pushed off, and says they have to stop it to put their stance forward.



next day, mopalmo sighs heavily wondering if all their hard work is going down in vein. musong says it is their fault that they are changing their mind, but mopalmo scoffs him for pointing fingers and says this is why the nation is about to be ruined. next, mari and jaesa goes to jumong with the rules they have come up with. jumong thanks them and says he will take it to the tribal chiefs. jaesa then says there is trouble here with the gyeru and jolbon people wanting to put soseono as king. mari says they had thought soseono surrendered that title, but now that they are getting close to the throne they are getting greedy. jaesa states before they get shortchanged, they should stop them. jumong becomes furious at this, and throws the scroll onto the table. jumong says damul and jolbon are sworn brothers of same blood, how ridiculous it is for them to become suspicious of each other for greed over power. jumong says he came here to accomplish general haemosu's will of saving the migrants and reviving the glory of old joseon, that he did not come here for power nor to be king. jaesa and mari apologize, but jumong says he is heavily disappointed in them since if they can think these thoughts then everyone else will. jumong tells them he will not worry over whether he or soseono will be king. jumong says if soseono can lead goguryeo to bring back old joseon's glory then he and damul have succeeded. jaesa and mari relate jumong's words to the rest of the trios but ohyi is still angry and says the other people would not see it that way, and tells hyeobpo to act clearly and not get himself confused just because of sayong. hyeopbo is upset by this and mari tells everyone to calm and think about it more. back in buyeo, the ministers are rumoring about the king's health and their future. budeukbul tells them the king's health is great thus they needn't worry and tells the ministers not to overreact over false rumors. just then songju arrives to speak to budeukbul in private. budeukbul is shocked to hear that the king is now eating medicine that is poisonous. budeukbul then asks who else knows about it, and songju says no one else. budeukbul then says not to let anyone else know about it. next, budeukbul and songju go and meet with daeso, bringing with them a bowl of medicine syrup. budeukbul asks daeso to dismiss naro, and daeso tells naro to wait outside. budeukbul then tells songju to put the medicine down and leave. daeso asks what the bowl contains, and budeukbul states it is the medicine the king is taking. daeso asks why he's bringing it here, and budeukbul says the medicine is poisoned by slow brewing poison, and daeso is alarmed, asking who is behind it. budeukbul says daeso should know it well, and daeso asks what he means. budeukbul simply says, whether or not daeso knows about it, daeso is the only one who can solve the issue. daeso thinks over these words, while seolran is visiting w/ the mawuryeong oracle. seolran tells mawuryeong she is wrong in saying the king will reign for a long time, and seolran states soon the throne will be changed. just then, haochen arrives telling seolran daeso has summoned her.



seolran goes out to the courtyard and sees the doctor she hired bound and kneeling. seolran is alarmed but pretends to be calm and asks daeso what's going on. daeso wonders why she still doesn't know why he asked to see her when she already saw the doctor. seolran only calls out daeso's title, and daeso gives naro the okay and naro slashes the doctor to death right there and then. daeso tells seolran he knows why she did it but he doesn't want to be a son who kills his own father just to take over power. seolran says nothing, and daeso says he will forgive her this once, but if it happens again then he will not forgive her no matter what. back in jolbon, the chiefs are meeting with yeonchaeryeong and yangtak, as the two urge the chiefs to insist on soseono to be king of goguryeo or else it puts their tribes and their jolbon people in peripheral position since jumong and the damul are outsiders. sayong says damul was only able to find their success because they allowed them to come from bongae mountain, and gyepil also joins in to say they have to make their stance clear or else the future of jolbon people is uncertain. chansoo says they all think the same, but just then soseono comes in and scolds them for creating division. soseono states in order to create a big nation, they need someone like jumong who knows first hand the suffering and pain the people have felt. yeonchaeryeong asks if soseono is willing to sacrifice their tribes for it, and song yang states it is good to accomplish grand will of reclaiming old joseon's glory, he doesn't want to lose his people over it. sayong asks soseono to think twice, and soseono tells sayong to stop already. soseono goes out and thinks over these.. and gyepil comes pleading for her and wootae's children, and their future if they don't have a throne to inherit when they have suffered so much losing their father since early on. soseono goes to see yeontabal next for advice, and before she speaks yeontabal says she must be feeling apprehensive. soseono says she thought if she showed them her sincerity then they would follow but it isn't so, and asks yeontabal what she should do. yeontabal says it is not that the tribe chiefs don't trust jumong, but rather they are fighting for their power. soseono says at this rate they will be divided before their nation is built and yeontabal sighs. in the meantime, the gyeru folks are frustrated that soseono isn't easily persuaded, and gyepil scoffs sayong saying if jumong becomes king then he can't even close his eyes when he dies. just then ohyi comes with hyeopbo and moogol and ohyi confronts gyepil over his words. hyeopbo says gyepil shouldn't say something like that when jumong shed so much blood for jolbon. sayong is upset by this and says jolbon also sacrificed and without their sacrifice, jumong and damul would not have come this far. hyeopbo and sayong yell at each other next, and moogol comments they are being ungrateful when damul saved them while they were just dying like dogs. yangtak is furious and draws his sword toward moogol who also brings his sword out. just then jumong comes to stop them, and tells them go ahead and slash each other to death. the men are silenced, and jumong shouts for them to go ahead. moogol apologizes but jumong tells him to shut up and tells mari and jaesa to summon all the chiefs and generals at once.



in front of soseono, the chiefs, and damul generals, jumong apologizes for failing to teach his subjects. soseono also apologizes for her group's actions, and jumong continues to say he will make his stance clear. jumong announces he will not be goguryeo's king. everyone's shocked, and jumong says in his heart, there are 2 lingering wills, one from his father haemosu who fought for the migrants and one from his mother who died while he was in the process of fulfilling the will. soseono appears sadden by this, while jumong continues and states he did not come this far to greed over power to be king, and as long as he can reclaim their lost land to reclaim their glory then that is enough for him, and he will ride on horse til he dies to complete the will, and he is not made up for leading a nation, and that position is better suited by soseono and yeontabal. soseono says that is not her wish, as she already told him she wants him to be king. jaesa also states even though they have heard jumong's words, the throne of king is set by the heavens and it is not something a person can take or give. mari asks jumong to think about what the heavens want and then to make his decision, but jumong says he has already revealed his will and tells the people not to be divided anymore over the matter. jumong leaves the room, and soseono follows him. soseono tells jumong the people in the room are not receiving his or her wish, and at this rate they themselves will become a greater enemy than the hans. jumong says in order to avoid that, soseono must agree to his wish, but soseono says the will of the heaven and the hearts of the people are with jumong instead. next, yeontabal goes on a fishing trip and jaesa, mari arrive by the river. yeontabal tells mari and jaesa the reason he has asked them to come, is because he believes in jumong and soseono's sincerity for giving up the throne to each other, but mari and jaesa reply they have to overcome the issue now and later. yeontabal says a solution is for jumong and soseono to marry. mari asks if that is possible, as the two cannot marry just for political reason. however, yeontabal says that is not so, especially since both jumong and soseono are alone, and mari and jaesa should know that jumong and soseono have a fate that goes far into the past. yeontabal says he will persuade soseono, and asks jaesa and mari to persuade jumong, saying this is their only solution at this time.



in han's chang-ahn city, yeongpo arrives and meets with minister hwang who are both happy to see each other again after the war. majin asks hwang to help yeongpo now, and hwang says he will, but he wishes to avenge the shame jumong put on him during the war. yeongop says he will help him, and when hwang says he will soon become yeodong fort's governor, yeongpo asks hwang to take him with him when he goes as he will serve him. hwang puts his hand on yeongpo's hand and says he will do so, and yeongpo and majin are overjoyed as they have a way to survive now. back in jolbon, jaesa and mari worry as they are about to go and talk to jumong, and jaesa says they shouldn't worry as it will go smoothly if that is what the heaven's want. however jumong tells them to leave even before they are allowed in, and the two go and see mopalmo next. mari tells mopalmo they need his help, and mopalmo is shocked to hear about the plan to marry jumong and soseono. mopalmo says marriage is set by the heavens for people who are fated for each other, and jumong is still grieving over yesoya and yuri's deaths. mari says he can't be grieving forever, and he must move forward. jaesa says jumong won't even see him, thus they need mopalmo to help. yeontabal is also talking to soseono and soseono says no one will know jumong's sorrow over his loss of mother, wife and son, and they can't force him to marry just to avoid division. yeontabal says he has long wished jumong and soseono could join their destiny, and even though they marry to avoid internal division, he believes soseono can comfort jumong who has wounds in his heart that he cannot express to anyone else. soseono appears moved by this but she continues to be fretful. mopalmo goes to see jumong who allows him in, and mopalmo says he came to pour some wine for jumong, and jumong invites him to sit. they two drink together, and mopalmo says when they drink like this he is reminded of the past, when jumong stole geumwa's wine to bring to mopalmo asking him to make a sword for him, and jumong ending up getting into big trouble when he was caught. jumong smiles and says if it hadn't been mopalmo who believed in him when he was still immature he wouldn't have come this far. mopalmo says his life-long sorrow is his guilt over leaving yoohwa, yesoya and yuri behind when he escaped buyeo palace. jumong says that is not his fault and tells him to forget it. mopalmo then says jumong is someone who will accomplish big things in the future, and in order to do so, he needs someone next to him to help him, and in his assessment that person is soseono. mopalmo urges jumong to marry soseono, and jumong asks if he is already drunk. mopalmo replies he is asking with a clear mind, and says there's another reason for jumong and soseono to marry, which is that the marriage will stop the threat of division among them, and it is the only solution for jolbon and damul to remain one. jumong is speechless, and mopalmo says he knows well that jumong still has yesoya and yuri alive in his heart, but jumong must move on, and yesoya would want him to marry again. jumong states he understands his words, but he has no intention to do so. mopalmo pleads saying if they are divided, then the sacrifices of yoohwa, and yesoya, and the lives of deceased damul people will all go in vein and at this mopalmo weeps, while jumong watches...



soseono spends the night thinking over the matter, while jumong goes out to the river alone the next day to contemplate the future. jumong returns and finds soseono who is standing alone in the courtyard. there, jumong walks up to her and soseono tells him once jumong proclaims goguryeo a nation, she will leave with a merchant group for trade. jumong looks at her, and soseono says since she was a child her father told her to be a merchant who can support a nation and if she can unite the tribes for jumong's nation then it is just as meaningful to her. jumong replies soseono is already a merchant who built a nation, and she needn't leave with merchant group to help her people anymore as she can remain in the palace to do so. jumong then asks soseono if she will marry him, and soseono is surprised. jumong says even if they marry it might be difficult for them to revive their past fate which has been long crossed, but if they can marry and together build goguryeo and pull it to be the strong nation which can stand against han, then that is perhaps the will of the heaven. jumong then asks soseono if she will accept his proposal and soseono with tears filling her eyes says nothing. meanwhile, yesoya arrives in jolbon holding yuri, and soya tells her child to hang in there just a little longer as they will soon meet his father. soya sees many ppl passing through and she stops a man asking where everyone is going. the man replies today is the day when commander jumong and chief soseono will proclaim the founding of goguryeo nation, and furthermore today is when jumong and soseono wed thus it is the most spectacular day. soya is shocked and dismayed and tears, while yuri calls out to his mother. soya embraces yuri more and looks toward the goguryeo palace gate. next, the sounding of drum is resonated, as jumong and soseono march down the isle toward the holy shrine, while the jolbon and damul people are gathered to witness inside the goguryeo palace, among them a weary yesoya holding yuri, weeping as she tries to spot out jumong from afar. jumong and soseono kneel before the shrine and offer their wine to the shrine, before they stand to face each other, then the crowd. jumong tells the gathered, he is king who will, until death, follow the will of the gods with queen soseono. soseono then swears before the citizens that she will serve king jumong who was chosen by the heavens, to reclaim the glory of old joseon. yesoya is tearful but smiles and nods through her tears, and she turns to leave holding yuri. jumong speaks again and tells his people he will accept the direction of the three-legged crow to build goguryeo into a strong unbeatable nation. the gathered cheers as soseono looks at jumong.

jumong ep. 74 (monday 02-12-07 broadcast):


15 years later. somewhere in the middle of the night, yuri gives the okay for his group to deal with the opposing group, after the two groups confirm each other's identity. the opposing group asks to see the merchandize first, and yuri's man opens the sac of salt which they have brought. the man offers to pay 30 yang for each unit of salt, and yuri becomes angry while his assistant shouts at the man saying they had previously agreed on 50 yang for unit. the man shrugs off and says the buk-ok soldiers will soon arrive thus it is best for them to finish the business now. yuri speaks and says to forget the deal since he will not do business with him, and the man replies if the deal falls through it will be trouble and yuri's men urge him to go through with the deal. however, yuri is firm and says he will not deal at that price and tells his men to prepare to leave. the opposing group starts to attack yuri's group, and yuri's men fight back. yuri's group appears to be quicker with their sword and soon the man stops the fight and shouts out he will do business at the originally agreed upon price. meanwhile, in jang-ryeong village near buk-ok country border, yesoya who is working as a maid at the eatery coughs up some blood and the inn woman comes to her, but yesoya says it is nothing, and tells the woman not to tell yuri about it. yuri and his two assistants are sitting across from the merchant lord who pays yuri for going on the business for him, and yuri looks at the bag of money and asks the lord if he plans on stop using them and states perhaps they should stop going on these life-risking trips for him. the lord hands yuri another bag of money and tells yuri to come work under him from now on. yuri says nothing, and the lord promises yuri if he comes in as his apprentice then he will be entrusted w/ the merchant group and given opportunity to make big money. yuri says he won't come work for him and the lord says he is offering to give yuri a powerful position in their merchant group, but yuri replies he cannot work under anyone.


the merchant lord's assistant is about to pull out his sword, but the lord stops him and tells yuri to come back if he ever changes his mind. yuri leaves, and the assistant asks why he let yuri go, but the lord says they still need him since no one else can go on such dangerous trips for them. yuri and his two boys walk back, and one of the boy thanks yuri and says it was a great thing for him and the other boy to work for yuri even though yuri is younger than them or else they wouldn't have such opportunity to make money, and the other boy agrees. at the eatery, a drunken man lusts after yesoya telling her to spend the night with him, dragging her by the wrist toward a room. just then yuri comes and stops the drunkard and kicks him away. the inn woman tells yuri to escort yesoya away, and afterwards the woman scolds his son for hanging out with yuri saying she told him it was a bad thing already. yuri and yesoya are walking away, and yuri tells yesoya to stop working. soya says nothing, and yuri calls out mother to her. soya says in order to buy scrolls she will have to work, and tells yuri she is happiest when he is learning to read and write. yuri hands her medicine, and soya asks him where he got the money to buy such medicine, asking if he is really hanging out with lord waipyo. soya becomes upset and yuri says it is no use for him to study since while he studied her illness only became more severe. yuri says as long as he can earn money to make her life more comfortable he is willing to do any work.


in goguryeo palace, king jumong has returned with a shoulder wound. king jumong drinks some alcohol to ease his pain and tells the doctor to operate on him, as queen soseono and guard commander hyeopbo watch. afterwards, soseono asks jumong if he is aright and he says it's fine. jumong then asks hyeopbo if their group from haeng-in nation has sent news back yet, and hyeopbo says not yet. jumong says something must have gone wrong in haeng-in and tells hyeopbo to prepare for his departure as he will check on the group in haeng-in himself. soseono says the king must stop fighting in battle himself and take care of his body instead. jumong says if he doesn't show up in battles then the generals and soldiers will be disheartened, and goguryeo is a nation which has a long way to travel yet. just then mari comes in with news that their generals who went to haeng-in nation have returned. jumong and soseono go out to welcome them back, and ohyi, together with moogol, buwuiyeom and bubunno report to jumong they have conquered the nation of haeng-in as jumong had commissioned and since they use the tactic of assassins they were able to avoid grand loss of lives. jumong says they did well, and soseono tells the king she will prepare a feast to celebrate. meanwhile, in the goguryeo weapon factory, prince ohnjo, the 2nd prince of goguryeo nation, asks mopalmo to come and check on his newly made sword. mopalmo easily breaks it to the prince's dismay but mopalmo laughs and tells the prince not to be too disappointed as he did the same many times over when he first started. gyepil comes to scold the prince and afterwards gyepil tells mopalmo there is a celebration feast for the returned generals in the palace, thus mopalmo should hurry and attend. during the feast ohyi thanks mopalmo for his contribution and mopalmo says it is also thanks to prince ohnjo. ohnjo says he is now captain mopalmo's assistant captain and jumong tells ohnjo to take on greater tasks in the factory for goguryeo. ohnjo smiles and agrees, calling jumong, father king. jumong then asks where prince biryu is, and hyeopbo replies prince biryu is at the border and they have already sent messenger to fetch him. minister jaesa tells jumong his sons are working so hard for the nation and this is all due to the great fortune of jumong. jumong raises the goblet and the gathered drinks, and then sayong speaks up and tells the king they are pestered by the buk-ok tribe and they should conquer buk-ok next. jaesa agrees with sayong's assessment and says unless they conquer buk-ok they won't have peace with their southern neighbors. however jumong states he will come up with a plan to acquire buk-ok without bloody fight, and just then prince biryu returns and asks the king to send him to buk-ok. prince biryu states he will find a way to conquer buk-ok without battle, but soseono says she won't allow it since biryu is still too inexperienced and the matter is too serious. biryu complains he wants a chance too since he has nothing to do when all the other ministers and generals are taking care of all matters. jumong thinks over it and announces he will send biryu on the mission.


later, yeonchaeryeong says she can't understand the king, and tells soseono and the gyeru group that they have to stop it. soseono asks biryu if he still insists, and biryu says he will go. yeontabal arrives and says if biryu wants to go then they should let him, and reminds queen soseono she went on merchant trips when she was a young'in too and through her experiences gained she eventually rose to be the queen of goguryeo, and in the same vein, prince biryu must gain experience in order to be future king of goguryeo. soseono says she was short-sighted, and tells biryu to go and be cautious. chansoo says he will accompany biryu thus the queen shouldn't worry too much. next, mari, ohyi and hyeopbo visit with king jumong, and jumong says he called them so have another cup of wine together. jumong pours wine in the trio's goblets and says he can't even remember when the last time they sat together like this was, and mari says they have been busy building up their nation's power. jumong agrees they have lived under much pressure and now they can take a breather finally. hyeopbo says they have become a strong and flourishing nation, and jumong agrees saying now all that is left is to go against han nation. ohyi tells jumong they are prepared for the king's order and once that's given they will seize yeodong fort and attack toward chang-ahn capitol. jumong drinks more with the trio, and tells ohyi he still worries for ohyi who is still single. ohyi apologizes for making him worried, and jumong says hyeopbo is not in a position to marry, but all the other ministers and generals are married with heirs, and ohyi should marry too. ohyi says nothing, and hyeopbo asks ohyi if he is single because he can't forget buyeong, and ohyi says that's not the only reason, and tells jumong he is content just serving the king. jumong tells the trio even though they don't share the same blood they are brothers deeper than blood and thus they should put everything aside and drink to their content on this night. back in jang-ryeong, yesoya sit alone in a dark room, remembering the image of jumong marrying soseono on the day the nation of goguryeo was proclaimed. soya thinks over this and tears roll down her face..


in yeodong fort, governor hwang gets news that goguryeo has conquered haeng-in and hwang's advisor states yeodong is goguryeo's next target. afterwards, prince yeongpo comforts governor hwang, telling him he has a plan to seize goguryeo without moving yeodong army. hwang asks how and yeongpo says hwang has been taking care of him and it is time for him to repay hwang back. next, yeongpo tells majin he has worked really hard to earn all this money in han and now it's time for him to go back to buyeo to show them his success and be acknowledged for his skills at last. back in buyeo, the doctor checks on sleeping king geumwa, and the doctor reports to prince daeso it will be hard for geumwa to recover from his ailment. daeso asks mawuryeong if she can help and she says she will put up a shrine but it seems difficult. daeso looks at budeukbul who says he will gather the ministers and alert them about the king's condition. just then naro comes w/ news prince yeongpo has returned. yeongpo wanders around the buyeo palace and states the palace is more gloom then before. majin replies since all of buyeo's subject tribes have gone over to goguryeo it is only natural that buyeo is suffering in its condition. the queen comes out weeping and yeongpo says there was never one day when he didn't miss her. the palace minister asks yeongpo if it's true that yeongpo really brought lots of treasure and textiles to buyeo. yeongpo says indeed and majin says yeongpo is a great successful merchant in chang-ahn and what they brought is nothing for yeongpo. yeongpo smiles and tells the queen now he will step forward and find a way for buyeo to survive. daeso comes and asks yeongpo what he can really do for buyeo when he is already a han person. yeongpo greets him with a smile and says it's been a long time. daeso asks again why yeongpo is here and yeongpo says he is still a prince of buyeo and since buyeo is in trouble he is here to help, and daeso stares down at him. the queen breaks the tension and tells yeongpo to hurry and pay geumwa a visit and thus yeongpo moves on. songju helps geumwa sit up as yeongpo enters and yeongpo blames daeso for letting geumwa's health fall. geumwa says he had heard that yeongpo became a big merchant in han, and yeongpo presents precious medicine he brought from han for king geumwa. just then yang seolran hears news of yeongpo returning, and seolran tells haochen she has waited and waited for daeso to be king, and she will not stand anyone who gets in the way including yeongpo. in court, yeongpo assures deputy king daeso he will persuade the han imperial to join alliance with buyeo again so that they can conquer goguryeo together. daeso wonders if yeongpo has such skills, and yeongpo laughs saying he does thus daeso needn't worry. daeso tells yeongpo to stay out of buyeo as he will decide for himself its future, and tells yeongpo not to bribe buyeo with goods just to spy over buyeo for han. yeongpo is pissed and warns daeso he will regret this and yeongpo leaves.


meanwhile, in jeong-ryeong village, yesoya is working again at the inn again and the merchant lord's man comes telling yuri he is being summoned. yuri goes w/ the man and yesoya calls out yuri worried, but yuri tells her not to worry. yuri arrives by the merchant lord's base, and is told he will be given a great opportunity to earn a ton of money and asks yuri if he will accept the job. yuri asks what job it is and the lord says to say yes or no first. yuri says he will take the job, and the merchant takes yuri out the mountain where prince yeongpo is waiting. the merchant goes up to yeongpo and whispers something, while yuri wonders who yeongpo is. the merchant returns with a box of armors and yuri asks again what the task is. the merchant says yuri needn't know the details but just to follow what he is told. the merchant tells yuri and his group that the armor is buyeo soldier attire, and orders yuri et al to put it on. next, at night time, yuri and and his group dressed in buyeo soldier attire wait as they are told by buk-ok merchant. after some time pass, a group of goguryeo soldiers pass by, led by biryu, sayong and chansoo. the buk-ok merchant tells yuri and his group to attack and a fight breaks out. yuri wounds biryu in the process and yuri proceeds nearly killing biryu, but is stopped by chansoo. as the goguryeo group is about to be eliminated, yeongpo watches from afar nodding in satisfaction. next morning, biryu returns to goguryeo with a deep wound in his arm, accompanied by sayong and chansoo. jumong and soseono go out to meet them and jumong shouts asking what happened. biryu only apologizes and sayong speaks up to say their merchant group was attacked by buyeo assassins. a court session is held next, and jumong's ministers and generals are furious that they were attacked by buyeo, saying the two nations were able to avoid war because goguryeo never attacked buyeo, but now that they attacked first they must attack back at once. jaesa states since geumwa is ill daeso must be behind it, and hyeopbo urges jumong to give the order for attack at once. jumong is hesitant, however, and meets w/ his advisors in private next. jumong tells the trios he does not wish to engage in a bloody war with buyeo, and wonders if there's something else going on behind the attack. jumong tells ohyi to go down to buk-ok border to find out if it really was buyeo soldiers who attacked biryu and tells him to be cautious on his trip. meanwhile, in buk-ok, yeongpo hands a box of silver to the buk-ok merchant for his job well done, and the merchant drops his jaw seeing how much silver he has been paid. yeongpo warns him again to keep the incident a secret no matter what, and after the merchant leaves, yeongpo tells majin once goguryeo attacks buyeo, he will bring han army to help buyeo, but once he has buyeo in his grasp he will seize control of buyeo.


ohyi, moogol, and mookgeo arrive in buk-ok border and search through the war zone where goguryeo merchant soldiers were attacked. they find the arrows used by the buyeo soldiers different from typical buyeo arrows, and ohyi is suspicious. they go through the border village of jang-ryeong to find more info, and they determine han nation must be behind the attack. mookgeo and moogol urge ohyi to return to goguryeo at once to report their finding to the king. just as ohyi is about to leave he sees yesoya passing by from a short distance away and ohyi is shocked. ohyi then tries to follow her to find her but after running around for a while he is unable to find her again. ohyi returns to goguryeo to report to jumong the attackers were not buyeo soldiers and han nation seems behind it, just like jumong had suspected. jumong nods and tells ohyi he will write a message thus ohyi is to send it to the king of buk-ok afterwards. ohyi says yes, and gets up to leave, but hesitates and turns back at last. jumong asks what ohyi wants to say, and ohyi pauses, then reports he saw yesoya in the village near buk-ok border. jumong is startled, and asks ohyi to repeat what he just said. hyeopbo asks ohyi if it's true that yesoya is alive, and ohyi replies, though he was not able to find her again due to the people passingby, he is certain he saw yesoya.

jumong ep. 75 (tuesday 2-13-07):



after some hesitation, commander ohyi tells king jumong he is certain he saw lady yesoya in the village at the border of buk-ok nation. just then, a group of soldiers arrive at the buk-ok merchant ja's base and captures him, confiscating all his merchant goods then dragging him to the police court. yuri's friend sees the happening, and runs to tell yuri about it. yuri's other friend asks what happens to them now, and he is sure that merchant ja will tell the authorities about them. the three boys run to the inn where the mothers are, and yesoya asks yuri what's happening. yuri says he must leave this place immediately, and yesoya says there must be a reason and yuri insists he must leave or else. yesoya asks if he committed crime and is being chased by soldiers, and to her shock yuri states yes. soya turns and says if he committed crime then he must be punished, but yuri kneels before her and states it is not that he fears punishment, but he fears leaving her alone in the world and that is why he must flee now. meanwhile, before ohyi, moogol and mookgeo, the captured merchant ja is tortured as he is forced to reveal who was behind the attack on prince biryu, but merchant ja will not confess... inside the palace, jumong remembers the last time he saw yesoya, when she insisted she couldn't leave with him since she must stay to care after yoohwa, and how she urged him not to forget yoohwa's words to never come back to buyeo in order to accomplish the grand will. jumong remembers this and the way she wept in his bosom. night time in buk-ok, yuri and his friend, together with their mothers flee, as ohyi and his soldiers come searching for them. when ohyi discovers he was one step too late he is flustered but says they must not have gone too far thus they must go after them to find them no matter what. jumong is solemn as he gazes out from the palace balcony, sighing in between, and soseono watches from distance. she summons hyeopbo next, and says hyeopbo is one who is closest to jumong and someone who knows everything about jumong. hyeopbo agrees, and soseono says it is her role to share jumong's burden, and asks hyeopbo to tell her what is troubling king jumong. hyeopbo is reluctant and says jumong is worried about their army and nation as usual, thus she needn't worry, but soseono asks if there's something else bothering him, and hyeopbo says nothing else. soseono says fine and sends hyeopbo away, but she is wondering what's really going on.



commander ohyi returns from his trip and reports to jumong the king of buk-ok nation welcomes jumong's offer to be an alliance. jumong then asks about the other task he sent him on, and ohyi apologizes, saying he was unable to find yesoya and yuri despite thorough searching. jumong sighs and ohyi comforts jumong saying he is certain that the two are still alive and jumong needn't worry as he will surely find them soon. jumong tells ohyi not to be burdened and to go and rest since he has traveled a long distance. after ohyi is dismissed, jumong takes out the baby shoe once belonging to yuri and while holding to the shoe, jumong becomes tearful. outside in the goguryeo palace courtyard, prince biryu practices swords with general bubunno as gyepil and moogol watch. gyepil is pleased to see biryu's improved skills and as he laughs he says biryu is one who will pull their nation in the future thus he is indeed different. as the two finish their match, jumong comes out to watch, and tells biryu his skills have greatly improved. biryu says no, and that if his skills were great he wouldn't have suffered loss in the hands of assassins in buk-ok nation, biryu then asks jumong for a new opportunity in the future. jumong says it is astonishing that biryu already knows to take blame for his group and encourages biryu to keep up his skills and responsibility over his army, and that if so, he will be entrusted with another important task in the future. jumong then goes to the weapon factory, where prince ohnjo works hard in making sword. jumong tells mopalmo instead of teaching ohnjo how to make strong steel, he should teach onhjo how to win over the citizen's hearts. mopalmo says he doesn't have that skill, but jumong looks at moplamo and states mopalmo has the skills to be a great teacher to ohnjo and mopalmo says he will do his best. jumong thanks him and leaves, and mopalmo sighs afterwards, telling musong how heart ached jumong must feel every time he sees the great environment that ohnjo was able to grow up in, as he surely misses the deceased yuri who never had a chance.



majin rushes to tell yeongpo it's been found out that the men they hired were not buyeo army, and yeongpo is upset saying he spent so much money on it, and he already bragged to daeso about taking care of things. meanwhile, in yeodong, a minister of han court comes and scolds yeodong governor hwang about not being able to stop goguryeo while they are busy with their conquests. hwang summons yeongpo and asks about the so-called plans he had bragged about, and yeongpo says he had some plans but things haven't panned out yet and asks hwang for more time. hwang is upset and says he is getting heavy pressure from chang-ahn and if it keeps up he wont' look favorably at yeongpo either. next, governor hwang goes to buyeo to meet buyeo king, and daeso welcomes hwang then glares at yeongpo who came with hwang. daeso tells hwang the king is ill thus he should just talk to him instead. then, during court session, before the ministers, yeongpo urges daeso to join hands with hwang, or else buyeo's future will be destroyed by goguryeo. daeso tells yeongpo to shut up and states yeongpo is already a han person, thus he should be worried about the han's future as goguryeo is gaining power, instead of buyeo. hwang says he understands daeso's state of mind but he should face the reality, and budeukbul speaks up saying goguryeo has never attacked buyeo thus they shouldn't make things up, and budeukbul tells the two to leave. hwang and yeongpo leave, and hwang tells yeongpo one day buyeo will come to regret not joining his hand. yeongpo apologizes and hwang says he will go back to yeodong first. majin tells yeongpo they should follow, but yeongpo scolds majin instead. songju tells geumwa about yeodong governor's visit, and that daeso declined hwang's offer of alliance. geumwa laughs cynically and states at least daeso isn't selling out on buyeo, and goes outside to get some fresh air. geumwa overlooks his palace, as he walks around pausing here and there. next, daeso tells his subjects that though he declined yeodong's offer, the reality is that they must find a way to protect their nation and asks his subjects for any ideas. general heukchi says they must scatter some of their central army to the border by goguryeo, and daeso agrees and order him to alert the sachuldo with the matter. daeso then tells the wae minister and the jaeboo minister to increase trade including those nations who are aligned with goguryeo, and cut down on their palace expenses. daeso then addresses the court and says when the nation is in difficulty everyone should make little sacrifices to endure through together. just then king geumwa arrives and sits on the throne. geumwa says he is here to make a revelation, and asks the court not to go against his will. geumwa states he wishes to give buyeo throne to daeso, and everyone's surprised. geumwa then tells budeukbul to prepare for coronation and to announce it to other nations. daeso says he can't receive that since geumwa is still alive, but geumwa says daeso has earned that right and tells him to follow his will. the palace minister runs to the queen to tell her about the news and both the queen and seolran are shocked. the palace minister says now the queen's long time wish is finally becoming true, and seolran congrats the queen, who is overjoyed and states since a day like this has come now she can die without regret.



in goguryeo, jaesa and mari report to jumong the news that geumwa has given the throne to daeso, and jumong asks if geumwa's health is that bad. jaesa says it is, but not enough to leave the world yet. jumong then calls court session, and before his minister and generals, queen soseono says their nation has been able to survive in friendly terms with buyeo due to king geumwa, but now that daeso has power, their nation is at risk. sayong speaks up and says the biggest difference between geumwa and daeso is their attitude toward han nation. since daeso has joined hands with hyeonto before, he can easily join hands with han nation again in the future. jaesa speaks up too and tells jumong instead of waiting for buyeo to attack them they should conquer buyeo first. jumong is surprised, but sayong says he agrees with jaesa's assessment and says since buyeo is still in trouble it is an opportune time for them. buwuiyeom agrees and asks jumong to consider it. after walking through the night, yesoya tells yuri to rest for a while. yuri agrees and goes to fetch water, while yesoya tries to regain her strength. the inn woman laments her fate saying she worked over 14 years for that place in jang-ryeong and now she has to start over again. the woman pulls her son aside and tells him not to befriend yuri anymore since he will bring more trouble in the future. yuri comes back from getting water and overhears the conversation, then goes to his mom and hands water to her to drink. yuri then gives water to his friend, and apologizes to soya for giving her such a difficult life when he wanted to make things better for her. soya says nothing, and yuri asks her why he doesn't have a father and asks her what kind of man he was for her never to mention about him. soya says when the right time comes she will tell him about it thus he shouldn’t' ask about it again. soya then sighs and asks where they're going and yuri says he has not yet decided on that. soya suggests they should go toward buyeo, and yuri asks why. soya answers there's something they need to find in buyeo, and yuri appears puzzled. jumong is thinking in his chamber, when soseono comes in to see him. soseono looks at him intently and tells jumong not to be concerned too much by what his subjects said since they are only looking out for his and the nation's best interest. jumong smiles and nods, and soseono then says she knows his heart toward buyeo, just like he wanted to send goods to buyeo when jolbon was fighting with buyeo. jumong then tells soseono if she understands his heart then she should understand one more thing, and jumong tells her he wants to go to buyeo during daeso's coronation. soseono is against it saying it is too dangerous since buyeo is still their enemy even though they haven't fought all these years. jumong says he will not be harmed when many leaders of the nations will be present, and jumong tells soseono not to worry.



back in buyeo, the ministers are getting ready to send out invitations to their allied nations and the jaeboo minister wants to keep it simple to save money, but the palace minister argues it is their opportunity to show the world their glory thus they should make it fancy. heukchi scolds the palace minister saying that is not what daeso wants. budeukbul agrees and says daeso has ordered them not to be wasteful, and tells jaeboo minister to handle the matter. budeukbul then gets up to leave, and jaeboo minister asks if they should invite goguryeo, but budeukbul says it's not like they would come if they invite them, and jaeboo minister says he understands. meanwhile the queen gives daeso some advice about becoming a king who is loved by the citizens, and daeso says not to worry and that he will avenge her sufferings once he is king. the queen replies the way to avenge her suffering is to destroy goguryeo. haochen comes to seolran and announces the oracle mawuryeong has come to visit her now that seolran is about to be queen. mawuryeong comes in and presents a gift to seolran as token of her sincerity and seolran asks why she is here. mawuryeong says she has a request from her, which is that there's a rumor going around saying the oracle section would be rid of once daeso is king, and seolran says she had heard such rumor as well. mawuryeong asks seolran to stop that rumor, and seolran only glees at the oracle saying nothing. meanwhile, yuri and his friends arrive by the street near buyeo, and they wonder what they will do now to survive. yuri says they shouldn’t' hurt their mothers anymore just to earn money, and just then they notice a post on the buyeo gate, with the announcement of a martial arts competition will be held to commemorate the coronation of new king, with gifts to be awarded to winner. yuri's friend says yuri should go since he is skillful, but the other friend says it would be difficult, and yuri thinks over it. meanwhile, soya who is transporting some bark for cooking fire falls and coughs up blood again. the inn woman is startled, and yuri return just in time to escort soya to her room to rest. yuri wipes sweat off of soya's forehead while she is resting on the bed, and soya awakes to see him both feeling bad for each other..



in goguryeo, jumong's subjects plead with jumong not to go to buyeo for it is too dangerous, and soseono speaks up to say what they subjects are worried is not without ground, and jumong's body does not belong to himself, for if something happens then it will be devastating for goguryeo. jumong tells everyone in court that he is going to buyeo in order to make goguryeo a stronger nation, and he will go and persuade daeso to join hands together in order for them to face han together. jumong tells everyone to trust him, and the people are silenced. however biryu speaks up and says he will accompany the king, and jumong agrees, then tells yeontabal to take care of everything in his absence, and yeontabal says he will follow jumong's order. next, in buyeo, yuri has fetched some medicine for soya to drink, and upon taking it, soya asks yuri if he misses his father, but yuri says since he has never seen his father's face even for once, he can't even imagine it, but he wants to know how his father lived. soya answers his father is still alive, and yuri is shocked. yuri then asks where his father is, and soya says if he wants to meet his father then he needs a proof, and yuri asks where that is. soya replies it is hidden deeply inside buyeo palace. yuri is surprised again and asks what his relation to buyeo palace is. soya replies once he finds the proof then she will tell him. afterwards, yuri who is surprised by these revelations makes up his mind, and tells his friends he will go on the fight competition stage. on the day of the coronation celebration, leaders of many nations bid their congratulations as they arrive in buyeo, and a soldier runs in to whisper something in budeukbul's ears and the prime minister is shocked. budeukbul then goes to daeso, and inform daeso with the news that jumong from goguryeo is on his way here. daeso is surprised, and budeukbul states he is unsure why jumong has decided to come. daeso thinks about it and tells budeukbul to welcome jumong like the other leaders. outside the palace, king jumong, together with prince biryu, jaesa, mari, and their group of soldiers arrive marching toward the buyeo palace, and yuri and his friends are standing among the crowd watching. as jumong passes by from his horse, he catches yuri's eyes from the crowd and both father and son appear startled.

jumong ep. 76 (monday 2-19-07):



for daeso's coronation, jumong and biryu arrive in buyeo with their goguryeo generals and soldiers, but at the palace gate naro tells them the generals and ministers must shed their weapon and soldiers at the gate. mari complains, but naro insists that is the buyeo law and there's no exemption to it. jumong orders his men to follow the rule, and naro leads them into the palace, where daeso and budeukbul meet up with jumong and his men. jumong congrats daeso for becoming king, and daeso thanks jumong for coming to congratulate him. daeso then glances at the young men opposite him, and mari explains the young man is prince biryu. jumong then tells daeso he had heard about geumwa's health and states he will visit him first. meanwhile, buyeo queen finds out jumong has come and she becomes furious, shouting out she will go see him herself, but the queen appears shaken and nearly faints before she can run out. songju informs geumwa about jumong's arrival and songju asks geumwa if he should tell jumong to come next time instead, but geumwa says to allow jumong in. jumong comes in and geumwa dismisses songju, then invites jumong to have a seat. geumwa is stern-faced and asks jumong why he came when goguryeo wasn't invited. jumong replies he knows his trip to buyeo is more dangerous than ever, and geumwa asks why he came when he knows it is foolish, but jumong states it is not a foolish trip as he is here to find a way for both buyeo and goguryeo to survive. geumwa looks at jumong and jumong states geumwa knows well too that at this rate only one of them can survive. geumwa replies he knows that the two nations have lived without confrontation for over a decade, and it is due to jumong's greatness that goguryeo never attacked buyeo even when it was capable of. however, jumong says now even if he wants to maintain peace with buyeo he can't because han nation has inserted itself between them. jumong then states he is here to join alliance with buyeo, but geumwa says everything is now in daeso's hands thus jumong should discuss it with daeso instead. jumong asks geumwa to persuade daeso however geumwa replies he will not make daeso do anything, and at this jumong is disheartened.



daeso discusses with his advisors what to do with jumong, and budeukbul replies jumong has come as the supreme emperor of goguryeo to congratulate daeso, thus there shouldn't be a problem, but the jaeboo minister says soon the governor of yodong fort will arrive and once governor hwang sees goguryeo ppl here there will be trouble. the wae minister agrees, but budeukbul says the ministers misjudged the situation, and says daeso has control over the situation and he just needs to decide whether to join alliance with han or goguryeo after figuring out which is better for buyeo. budeukbul then says at current situation buyeo is not strong enough to defeat either han or goguryeo, thus they must build alliance to escape crisis. daeso agrees, but just then naro comes in with news that the queen has passed out. daeso rushes to her who is gasping in bed, and the palace doctor says he is unable to find out what's wrong with her since she is too upset, and a frantic daeso yells at him, then tells the maid to go and fetch the oracle mawuryeong. just then, yang seolran watches as jumong and his men pass by in the palace. haochen tells her jumong has come to join hands with buyeo, and seolran states unless jumong is killed her fury over her father's death will not be avenged. at this haochen tells her she must remain calm. next, jumong meets with his men, who are worried about protecting jumong's danger since they have no guards or weapons with them, and mookgeo says he will go back to goguryeo at once to prepare their army, but jumong says nothing will go wrong in the time being, and ohyi then says they should at least gather some soldiers by the border to show buyeo that goguryeo is strong and not easily rid of. moogol agrees, and urges jumong to give them the order. however jumong says there's no need and states all the leaders are gathered in buyeo right now and he wants the world to know why he is here and daeso won't be able to scheme anything easily. at night time, jumong is outside in the courtyard, as the trio guard him. biryu comes and tells jumong he doesn't understand why jumong is doing this since buyeo is an enemy, and jumong says buyeo is a nation that raised him and their enemy is not buyeo, but han nation instead. biryu then asks jumong for approval to engage in the fighting competition during the coronation festivities to test his skills. moogol says biryu is skilled enough to enter and jumong agrees, with biryu saying he will do his best.



meanwhile despite being ill, yesoya fetches a bundle of laundry to wash for work, and the inn woman rushes in telling soya not to do hard work. the woman then tells soya ppl are celebrating all over buyeo and even the emperor of goguryeo has come to congratulate daeso's coronation. soya is startled to hear about jumong, and the woman then goes on saying how the king of goguryeo used to be a prince in buyeo and such.. nearby the palace, men are lining up to sigh up for the fight competition, and yuri puts down his name on the list, when prince biryu arrives accompanied by ohyi and moogol. yuri recognized biryu's face and hides himself. ohyi tells the guard that biryu is a prince of goguryeo and he will join in on the fight competition. yuri overhears from the distance but turns his face again so he is not seen. in buyeo palace, naro tells daeso the prince of goguryeo wants to enter the fight competition and how embarrassing it would be for jumong if the prince was outfought by someone with much better skills. at this daeso tells naro to allow biryu to fight on stage and to round up highly skilled buyeo guards to enter in the competition as well. next, the oracle mawuryeong arrives to see daeso, and daeso asks what is wrong with the queen when the doctor can't even find any illness. mawuryeong says the queen's sick because jumong is here and he has brought bad emanation with him that is damaging buyeo's radiance. daeso asks if this means the queen will remain ill while jumong is here and mawuryeong says she will put up a shrine for the queen as to restore her health. meanwhile, prince yeongpo wanders around the fort drunk when majin comes to tell him jumong himself went to buyeo to join hands. yeongpo is dismayed and says buyeo and han nation must join alliance instead in order for him to survive and orders majin to prepare for departure immediately. yeongpo meets up with governor hwang who says if buyeo and goguryeo join hands then han nation will attack buyeo, and the army in chang-ahn and yodong are prepared for war. back in goguryeo palace, bubunno urges queen soseono to dispatch army toward buyeo border in order to protect king jumong, but yeontabal says they can't do anything without jumong's order, and soseono agrees saying they should trust in the king and wait.



in buyeo palace, the chiefs of seon-san tribe and yang-maek nation pay their respect to jumong and the leaders say they want to be allies with goguryeo. jumong greets them back and accepts their proposal. naro overhears such and goes to report to daeso about it. just then governor hwang arrives with message from han imperial. daeso reads the scroll and hwang asks daeso what he will do about goguryeo's offer of alliance. daeso says he is not yet the emperor of buyeo but hwang says daeso is already like the emperor since he has all the power now, and hwang warns daeso to make a right decision with the warning that if daeso joins hands with goguryeo then the han army will be heading toward buyeo. hwang leaves and runs into jumong and the goguryeo men, and hwang tells jumong he is hwang ja-kyeong, and asks jumong if he remembers him. jumong says hwang is the governor of yodong, and hwang says he will never forget the ridicule he received then, but jumong is firm and states hwang will end up like the deceased governor of hyeonto, and if hwang fears death he should flee to chang-ahn now. jumong then moves on and hwang remains standing with hatred in his eyes. meanwhile, yuri is fighting in the preliminary round of competition, and biryu who watches from the gathered crowd recognizes yuri, and tells ohyi and moogol yuri is the one who attacked him when he was heading toward buk-ok previously. moogol says if that is the guy then they should get rid of him, but biryu says they are now standing on buyeo land thus they shouldn't do anything here. yuri wins the first match and smiles, but his smile halts when he sees biryu staring at him. biryu walks up to him and yuri bows gently. biryu asks yuri if he recognizes him and yuri says nothing. biryu then says he endured suffering last time they met but this time he won't suffer the same loss again and tells yuri to be sure to make it to the final round. yuri's friends come up to him and they are worried biryu might do something to them since he remembers them, but yuri says seeing that he hasn't done anything he won't do anything here. the friend then says since yuri won 2 rounds, he only has 3 more men to beat before going on the final stage. thus, yuri and biryu continue their individual rounds and both make it to the final round.



ohyi and moogol escort biryu to jumong and report to jumong biryu has made it all the way to the final round. jumong compliments biryu, who says since the final round is performed before all the nations he will surely win to bring glory to goguryeo. naro brings news of biryu making to the final round to daeso, and daeso is upset that none of their guards beat biryu yet, however naro says biryu's opposing match is highly skilled thus they shouldn't worry too much about biryu wining in the end. outside the palace, yuri and his friends bring the good news to yesoya who smiles when she hears of yuri making to the final round, but when she hears that yuri will be fighting against goguryeo's prince biryu, her face becomes frozen. yuri vows he will surely win to accomplish the task his mom has asked him to do, and the inn woman asks what that task is, but soya brushes off saying it is nothing important. that night, soya checks up on yuri as he is asleep, and soya gazes at her son with tearful eyes... next morning, before the holy shrines, and all the leaders of buyeo, goguryeo, and other nations, hae daeso and yang seolran are crowned emperor and empress of buyeo. the queen remains ill and as she lies in bed she pleads her maid to bring her out to see daeso crowned since she has waited for this day all her life. the maid apologizes saying that is too much for the queen at current state and the queen says this is all jumong's fault. after the coronation, geumwa tells daeso since daeso is now the emperor it is time for him to retire and leave. daeso asks geumwa where he would go and says he shouldn't leave when he still has much to teach him, but geumwa says he will live peacefully among the people but before he leaves, geuwma says he will heed one last warning to daeso which is not to let his emotions get in the way when he makes decisions for the future of buyeo, especially in regard to jumong. daeso says he will heed the advice with his heart. next, the inn woman tells soya she should hurry and go to the competition stage to watch her son fight in the competition and soya gets up to go after some hesitation. meanwhile, naro assures daeso prince biryu isn't skilled enough to win, and daeso warns naro if he wins he will put all the blame on him.



at last the final round of fight competition is held with the newly crowned king of buyeo, and king of goguryeo watching.. daeso gives naro the signal to start and drums are rung as the competition begins, with prince biryu faced against yuri. as the two young men begin their exchange, the crowd cheers. among the gathered is soya, who notices jumong sitting high up by the stage. soya begins to weep but she wipes her tears away as she turns her eyes on yuri. however, just then jumong catches her face among the crowd, and jumong is startled. suddenly soya meets his eyes and she too becomes startled and frantically she leaves her place to hide. jumong tells ohyi and hyeopbo that he thinks he saw yesoya and tells the two men to go find her. next, ohyi and hyeopbo comb through the crowd looking for soya, but she has disappeared and jumong appears lost. just then, yuri wins against biryu, and daeso bursts out laughing. hwang laughs along but looks over at jumong who is preoccupied. afterwards, biryu apologizes to jumong for losing, but jumong says not to worry about it and to rest. ohyi and hyeopbo return and report to jumong they were unable to find her and perhaps jumong was mistaken. meanwhile, daeso has invited yuri to the palace and offers wine to yuri telling yuri he did a great deed for him. daeso then tells naro to make yuri a palace guard to be close to him, and naro is surprised. daeso then tells naro he will go and meet with jumong next. just then, governor hwang and yeongpo are meeting wondering what they can do to stop jumong and yeongpo says the only sure way is to kill jumong. daeso and jumong talk in private, as their respective men guard from outside. daeso who sits across from jumong tells jumong from now on he will acknowledge goguryeo as a nation and jumong as its king, however that does not mean buyeo will join alliance with goguryeo. jumong asks daeso if that means buyeo and han will join hands, and daeso says if necessary then he will. jumong warns daeso if buyeo joins hands with han then goguryeo will have no choice but to attack buyeo and buyeo citizens will suffer. daeso says not to threaten him, but jumong states buyeo is a nation which has killed his father, and his mother, but he is willing to join alliance with it, throwing away his hatred in his heart, because he wants to destroy han nation, and he wishes to do so together with buyeo.



yuri tells yesoya he is now a personal guard of buyeo king, thus he can wander around the palace without trouble, and yuri asks soya what it is that he must find. soya says inside the buyeo palace there exists a chamber where the deceased concubine yoohwa used to live, and inside that chamber is where the proof yuri is to find. yuri asks what the proof is, and soya says it is a broken knife. yuri asks what exactly is the meaning of such broken knife and who was the one who gave it to him, but soya answers once he finds it she will explain it to him. next, yuri who is now a palace guard dressed in guard attire wanders around the buyeo palace at night, but prince biryu spots him out and asks yuri what he is doing. yuri says he is new and got lost, and biryu goes up to him to ask him why yuri let him live in buk-ok. yuri pauses and replies he is not sure. biryu wonders why, but says he is impressed by yuri's skills, but if they meet again then he will surely win next time. meanwhile, jaesa and mari meet with jumong, to tell jumong that king daeso is now meeting with yodong's governor. jaesa says he is concerned by such meeting, but jumong says he already made clear his stance, and mari says they have to hurry and return to goguryeo since things are uncertain. jumong says since they came to buyeo he must visit cheon-moo mountain. afterwards jaesa asks mari why jumong wants to go to cheon-moo mountain, and mari explains cheon-moo mountain is where general haemosu died. budeukbul checks in with daeso and asks if he's made a decision yet. daeso says he is still considering the options and budeukbul says whatever daeso decides he will follow it. next, naro comes in with news that the goguryeo ppl have asked for permission to go to cheon-moo mountain. daeso says to allow it, but naro summons yuri and tells him to go and spy on the goguryeo ppl by the cheon-moo mountain and to come back and report anything suspicious. prince yeongpo finds out jumong took a trip to cheon-moo mountain and yeongpo is elated thinking this is an opportunity from heaven. hwang asks yeongpo if he is confident he can kill jumong, and yeongpo says not to worry.



jumong and his men arrive atop cheon-moo-san where haemosu was killed, and jumong sets up a memorial by the cliff and begins bowing before his father's spirit, while yuri is watching the actions from afar. jumong takes some time to remember his master and father haemosu and his teaching, to become one with the weapon as if it’s your own body and blood the moment you grab the weapon. jumong tells his father he is here today fighting a difficult war, and jumong confesses to his father that he is unsure whether or not he is doing the right thing by offering to join hands with buyeo emperor who killed his father.. jumong asks his father to help him make the right decisions and get on the right path, as yuri continues to spy on him from distance.. jumong leaves the cliff, and yuri stands, but just then ohyi has a sword on yuri and ohyi brings yuri back to jumong. ohyi report to jumong the boy has been spying on jumong and jumong asks if daeso sent him. the trios say daeso must be scheming something against them thus they should kill the boy and return to goguryeo at once. jumong tells yuri to go back, and ohyi tries to stop jumong, but biryu says the boy has no one with him thus he is not a real threat. jumong looks at yuri and tells him to leave, and ohyi gives yuri his sword back. yuri leaves as jumong and his men watch, but as yuri gets away, he notices a group of masked assassins heading up the mountain, and yuri turns around. jumong's men asks jumong what he will do and jumong says he will return to buyeo palace to make another attempt for truce with daeso, and the group starts to leave the mountain, just as the masked assassins are nearing and yuri is running back as well. the assassins catch up to jumong and his men and the two groups begin fighting each other, when yuri arrives and starts to fight off the assassins as well. jumong notices yuri as he continues to fight off the men, and soon, jumong and yuri are facing the assassins, with their backs against each other....

ep. 77 {tuesday 2-20-07}:



the assassins hired by yeongpo are fighting against jumong and his men, when yuri joins in to help jumong. during the brawl, prince biryu is slashed in the arm, and when an assassin is about to kill biryu, yuri comes to rescue biryu by kicking the assassins away. the assassins begin fleeing but ohyi and moogol capture two remaining men. while jumong and mookgeo tend to biryu's wound, ohyi and moogol demand the captured to confess who is behind the attack. the men will not confess and only asks to be killed without a fuss. jumong then tells mookgeo to escort biryu back to goguryeo to nurse his wound, while jumong takes the captured assassins back to buyeo palace. jaesa and mari urge jumong not to endanger himself like that, and jumong glances at yuri instead. yuri looks back without saying anything, and moogol pushes yuri onto the ground asking him to reveal where the assassins came from. yuri answers he doesn't know, and ohyi threatens to kill him, but yuri insists he doesn't know. biryu glances at yuri, and jumong tells yuri he believes in yuri's words, and jumong tells yuri he can leave. afterwards, jumong tells hyeopbo and mookgeo to hurry and take biryu back to goguryeo while the rest of them return to buyeo palace. meanwhile, in buyeo palace, geumwa comes to visit queen wonhu, and wonhu asks why geumwa is leaving now when his health is dire. geumwa says he only gave pain to his people and before he dies he wants to make it up to them. queen wonhu looks at geumwa and asks him if he realizes she is one who has been hurt for decades and asks geumwa why he won't see her pain. geumwa says nothing to comfort her, and queen wonhu begins weeping saying she too is a woman who wanted to be loved and cherished by her husband. geumwa then asks her to forgive him as he wont' be able to make it up to her in this lifetime. queen says nothing only weeps silently as she glares at him, and geumwa takes her hand, smiling at her, and his queen begins weeping aloud. next, geumwa is about to depart from the palace as he takes a last look around the chambers. daeso, yeongpo, and the ministers bid farewell to him as they bow in unison and geumwa smiles at them, and tells songju it's time to leave. songju helps geumwa climb on the wagon, and at last geumwa is taken away, as seolran smiles and daeso worries.



in buyeo town, yuri drinks at an inn, as he remembers the words of king jumong saying he trusts him and that he is free to leave. just then yesoya comes by and asks yuri what he is doing there alone. yuri is surprised to see her, and next soya asks him if he has found the proof yet. yuri replies not yet, and soya says he must rush as they have to leave buyeo soon. yuri wonders why they are in a hurry to leave when he is gaining daeso's favor and they finally have the opportunity to have a good living, and soya simply states buyeo is not a place where they can stay. back in the palace, seolran urges daeso to use the opportunity they have to kill jumong, and daeso says no. seolran gets pissed and storms out, and tells haochen to prepare a group of assassins with high fighting skills. just then, majin returns to yeongpo and yeongpo is wondering why they still haven't heard back from their assassins. jumong passes by with the captured assassins, and yeongpo is startled and dismayed. naro reports to daeso about jumong suffering attack on cheon-moo mountain, and daeso is surprised. daeso goes out to the courtyard where jumong has the two captured men kneeling. jumong says the assassins must be buyeo soldiers, and daeso says he never gave that kind of foolish order. jaesa shouts asking who did such in that case, and says since they are in buyeo daeso should get to the bottom of it, and jaesa states if daeso doesn't get to the bottom of it then goguryeo will not forgive buyeo over it. mari shouts as well and says if daeso doesn't solve this issue then goguryeo will go to war with buyeo. daeso is pissed saying how dare they threaten him, and jumong says his men are not threatening him, but merely giving him a warning. afterwards jumong leaves with his men, and daeso orders naro to find out about the assassins at once. meanwhile, budeukbul is angry at his ministers who try to figure out whether it is more advantageous for buyeo to join hands with han or goguryeo, saying goguryeo is progressive and han is still strong. budeukbul yells at them and says han or goguryeo, they can use both to their advantage. just then head general heuchi comes in with news of the assassins on cheon-moo mountain and budeukbul is surprised.



governor hwang is worried that it would be revealed that they are behind the attack on jumong and majin tells hwang not to worry since there is no way anyone would find out. hwang says he can't easily believe that but yeongpo laughs and says he is not someone who handles things like that lightly and thus they shouldn't worry. meanwhile haochen tells seolran the timing isn't right for them to send assassins since someone already sent them and failed. seolran is shocked and asks who sent the assassins, and haochen says they haven't found that out yet. naro continues to torture the 2 captured assassins and force them to reveal who was behind the attack, but the two men will not budge. moogol watches the torture and goes to tell jumong it seems not right to continue the torturing but jaesa says even so they have to get to the bottom of it and find out who is behind it. mari urges jumong and hurry and retrieve back to goguryeo before they are met with more danger, and jumong tries to figure out who is behind them himself. jumong says they should all think who has the best interest to get rid of them, and to be patient and wait just a little longer. meanwhile in goguryeo, soseono and her aunt and father wonder what buyeo will do as far as joining alliance, when sayong comes in with the bad news that biryu has returned with heavy wound. soseono rushes out and asks what happened and what about king jumong. hyeopbo says the king is fine thus she shouldn't worry. yeontabal orders the servant to hurry and fetch the royal doctor at once. as the doctor tends to biryu, gyepil cries by biryu's bedside. soseono asks about the wound, and the doctor replies though the cut is deep there is no major trouble. next, hyeopbo and mookgeo update the ppl about what happened during court session, and sayong says they must put the responsibility on buyeo to get to the bottom of it. buwuiyeom asks soseono to give him order to head toward buyeo, and soseono orders buwuiyeom and bubunno to bring the iron army to stand by buyeo border immediately.



when heukchi tells buyeo about goguryeo's iron army stationed at buyeo border, daeso asks budeukbul for advice saying buyeo is not prepared to go to war with goguryeo's iron army. budeukbul says han nation must be behind the attack on cheon-moo mountain, and daeso says how would they know for sure when the captured won't confess. budeukbul says he at first thought it was king daeso but since he is not behind it, then the only one who has enough power to scheme such is han nation. budeukbul says han nation is trying to prevent goguryeo and buyeo becoming allies, and budeukbul says what they must do right now, is to kill the captured assassins and to say that it was han nation who did so. daeso asks if budeukbul is telling him to join hands with goguryeo, and budeukbul says they have to keep king jumong under control for now until they can buy more time, thus they should follow jumong's offer first. next, as yuri watches, naro comes in and kills the captured men. daeso then meets with jumong and tells them the assassins were hired by han nation. budeukbul apologizes to jumong saying since it occurred on buyeo land they are not without blame either. jumong says if han nation is behind it then they will seek blame from them. daeso says he will open trade between goguryeo and buyeo, and jaesa asks what about their alliance as nations, and daeso replies he will accept jumong's offer and join hands with buyeo. jumong says daeso made a great decision and as allies, goguryeo will help buyeo develop better weapons and to give buyeo medicines. daeso puts away his pride and says thank you. afterwards, budeukbul tells daeso he did well suppressing his emotions, and daeso says one day he will return to jumong the shame he endured today. ohyi, mari, and moogol congratulate jumong for completing the alliance truce, but jaesa says he is doubtful about daeso's sincerity. jumong agrees with jaesa and states even so one day daeso will truly want to follow their wish, and thus they just have to work toward that day. jumong then tells his men once they return to goguryeo, they will prepare to go to war with yodong fort.



as jumong and the gogoryeo unit march out of buyeo palace to return to goguryeo, a group of gathered people watch. among them stands yesoya, with yuri next to her. yesoya begins to weep silently as jumong passes by, and yuri asks her why she is crying. soya says it is nothing and they should hurry and go back home. as they walk back, yuri tells soya tonight he will go and find the proof. yuri goes back to the palace as a guard, and as he passes by the oracle mawuryeong she stops him. mawuryeong gets a strange vibe from him and asks yuri what his name is. yuri pauses, and replies his name is sam-cheon. then, mawuryeong says that's enough and dismisses him but continues to glare at him for a moment. at night time, yuri sneaks into byeol-gong (star chamber) where yoohwa used to live, and waits for the right opportunity to begin his search. yuri remembers his mother's words telling him what he must find is a broken knife, and yuri begins digging here and there around and under the chamber. after some time, yuri discovers the broken knife hidden inside a fabric piece under one of the railings, and yuri brings it back to yesoya. as his mother looks at the knife, yuri asks her to tell him at last who his father is. at last, soya tells yuri that his father is the first king of goguryeo. yuri is shocked, and asks her if she means king jumong of goguryeo. with tears in her eyes, soya tells yuri now he should take the knife and go to goguryeo, and that when jumong sees the knife he will believe that yuri is his son. yuri becomes upset and asks why they are living like this and suffered the pain they did all this time, when they are jumong's wife and son. soya says there was reason behind it, but yuri says he won't believe nor understand a father who abandoned them to suffer and yuri storms out as soya weeps. yuri goes and gets drunk, and his friends ask why yuri is so upset. a friend asks if it's because his mother is so ill, and the other friend says if yuri drinks so much then his mother will get even more upset. the friends try to stop yuri, and yuri shouts at them telling them to leave him alone.



as yuri drinks out in the inn, soya thinks over yuri's words of anger asking why the mighty king of goguryeo didn't come looking for them if they are his family and how could he leave them living under suffering. meanwhile, in yodong fort, majin rushes to tell yeongpo the news that buyeo has decided to join alliance with goguryeo thus they must flee before governor hwang finds them. the two run out and hwang arrives. hwang tells his men to capture yeongpo and majin at once and to take them away, despite the two begging for forgiveness. around that time, geumwa is riding on horse accompanied by songju and songju tells geumwa he should go back to the wagon. geumwa says not to worry about him and tells songju they should head toward cheon-moo mountain. atop cheon-moo-san, geumwa looks over the cliff, and tells haemosu if he is looking down from above, to see that jumong is accomplishing the grand will that geumwa and haemosu tried to do together a long time ago. next, geumwa asks haemosu to forgive him for trying to stop jumong. as songju escorts geumwa off the mountain, geumwa says to halt, and tells the guards to wait while he goes somewhere alone. songju insists he will escort him, but geumwa waves him off and starts walking away. geumwa then remembers words spoken to him by yoohwa saying what he has done to deceive himself is to make her life worse than living, and how yoohwa begged him to let her leave buyeo. geumwa becomes tearful and he then remembers the way yoohwa was killed by him the last time she tried to escape buyeo palace, and how she asked geumwa to kill her, saying after he kills her, her soul will rest nearby haemosu. geumwa becomes overwhelmed by these painful memories and he falls to his knees.. as he calls out to yoohwa trembling as he weeps... back in goguryeo weapon factory, mopalmo is wearing a newly developed steel vest, and orders his apprentice to go ahead and shove the sharp rod into his vest. the man is nervous but mopalmo urges him to go right ahead and if he doesn't survive it is because he is a failure. just then musong runs to him with news that jumong gave the order to attack yodong fort next. mopalmo is elated that they are about to go against han nation, and he tells his men to hurry and work on more weapons immediately.



in buyeo palace, mawuryeong tells naro not to let 'sam cheon' get too close to the king, since sam-cheon has a bad omen written on his face and if he gets too close to the king for too long he will bring evil to the king. naro then goes around looking for sam-cheon (yuri) and when the guard tells naro he has not yet come to work naro gets angry saying how in the world can a guard still not show up, and naro orders the men to go and capture sam-cheon (yuri) at once. meanwhile, yuri tells soya he will go to his father jumong and soya says yuri made a good decision, but yuri says he is going there to ask jumong why he threw them away to leave him living in such misery. yuri then stands and says he will go now, and soya calls out to him with lingering tears. next yuri leaves, and soya weeps alone. yuri's friends ask him why he is going toward goguryeo, and yuri just starts walking away as the two friends follow. after they leave, the guards arrive at soya and yuri's home, and the guard asks soya why sam-cheon hasn't gone to work, and soya says he went on a delivery and she didn't know why he still hasn't gone to work yet. the guard says when he comes back to send him immediately to the palace, and after the guards leave, soya tells the inn woman they have to leave immediately or else they will be in danger. in goguryeo, buwuiyeom and bubunno are training the soldiers for war, as jumong watches from the palace balcony. meanwhile yuri finally tells his friends that he is going to goguryeo to meet king jumong, and the friends ask why he is going to meet jumong. yuri says because he is his father, and the friends think yuri is crazy. yuri proceeds forward and arrives by the goguryeo palace gate demanding to see the king. the guard won't allow it, and just then mopalmo comes by with prince ohnjo. mopalmo asks yuri why he wants to see the king and yuri hands the broken knife to mopalmo telling him to give it to the king, and when he gets it he will know why he is here. mopalmo opens the fabric with the knife in it and mopalmo is startled to see the knife. he then goes in the palace and gives it to king jumong saying someone has come with the item asking to see the king. jumong opens it and is shocked to see the broken knife. hyeopbo asks mopalmo why someone would want to bring a broken knife to the king, and jumong is frantic and tells mopalmo and hyeopbo to hurry and bring the visitor in.



next, ohnjo goes to visit his mom, and ohnjo tells soseono that something strange happened and a guy brought a broken knife to ask to see the king. hyeopbo comes out the gate, and sees that the visitor is yuri (sam-cheon) and asks yuri why he is all the way here. yuri replies once he sees the king he will find out. yuri is brought before jumong, and yuri with an angry face bows gently before the king. hyeopbo reminds jumong yuri is the boy who won during the fight competition, and jumong looks at yuri intently and asks yuri if he is the one who brought in the broken knife and yuri answers yes. jumong then asks what his name is. yuri says it is yuri, and jumong is startled. he then asks who his mother's name is, and yuri replies it is yesoya. shocked, jumong stands up and asks yuri if he is really yuri, as hyeobpo wonders if this is a dream or reality. jumong walks closer to yuri, and yuri asks the king if he is his father. jumong replies he is indeed, and yuri shouts, asking why he threw them away and let them live in such dire condition in that case.

jumong ep. 78 (monday 2-26-07):


king jumong looks at yuri with tearful eyes, and hyeopbo asks aloud whether it is a dream or reality happening before them. yuri is also tearful and asks the king if he is his father. jumong replies he is indeed his father and yuri then shouts out asking why he abandoned him and mother in that case, and asks jumong whether he did so because he didn't want them to block his future. jumong is startled and calls out yuri's name, but yuri continues and laments his childhood saying he is still haunted by the fear of being chased and thinking they would die any minute. jumong pauses and says it is all his fault, and accepts he is the one who sinned against yuri and yesoya. yuri shouts again asking jumong to explain why he did such thing, and jumong is unable to say anything. hyeopbo cannot stand it anymore and he explains to yuri the king did not abandon them rather he thought his wife and child were killed during their war with hyeonto. hyeopbo pleads yuri to forgive the king, and hyeopbo brings out the infant shoe they found from the field 15 years ago, and hyeopbo tells yuri king jumong has been living in pain and guilt for failing to save his own wife and child, but yuri states he cannot and will not forgive the king, since his mother never tried to look for him when she knew where he was and it is all because she felt they were abandoned by the king. tears roll down jumong's face, and jumong closes his eyes to weep silently. yuri also weeps. jumong finally speaks again and asks yuri where his mother is, and yuri says nothing, and hyeopbo urges yuri to reveal where yesoya is. next, ohyi and moogol are summoned by jumong at night, and when they are allowed in, ohyi is upset to see yuri there thinking he is sent by daeso of buyeo. hyeopbo tells the two to calm down and explains the young man is prince yuri and that yuri and yesoya survived the war 15 years ago. the two are shocked, and jumong tells the two he will go to buyeo to look for yesoya thus they should prepare to depart. the generals tell jumong to wait while they go and bring yesoya back, but jumong firmly states he cannot wait in the palace thus he must go, and orders the generals to prepare for departure immediately. meanwhile, yuri's two friends are waiting by the gate and wonder if something went wrong with yuri. hyeopbo arrives and tells the two to follow him in, and the friend asks where yuri is. hyeopbo scolds the friends for calling out the prince’s name so carelessly, and the two friends gasp, then asks if yuri is really the son of goguryeo's great king. hyeopbo says yes and goes back into the gate, and the two friends follow.


next, in the middle of the night, jumong, yuri, together with moogol, ohyi, and the two friends leave on fast horse headed for buyeo. queen soseono who is alone in her room wonders who the visitor is that ohnjo saw, and why he brought a broken knife asking to see the king. next morning, soseono goes to jumong's chamber and the guard tells her the king is not inside. soseono asks where jumong went and the guard says he doesn't know. soseono angrily asks how a guard who serves the king doesn't know about it and orders him to go and fetch the head of guard immediately. hyeopbo alerts mari, jaesa, and mookgeo about what happened and the newly informed are worried about the king's safety. mari is upset that hyeopbo allowed the king to go himself on such a dangerous trip and hyeopbo explains he had no choice. jaesa and mookgeo state even though they have joined alliance with buyeo, king daeso cannot be trusted and he could turn against king jumong anytime. mari continues to scold hyeopbo for failing to stop the king from going, and hyeopbo shouts out even he was shaken by the news that yesoya is alive, and imagine how king jumong must have felt. hyeopbo says he cannot believe the boy who fought in the fights competition in buyeo was none other than prince yuri himself. next, jaesa tells them once yesoya is here things will get messy at the palace, since they have already swore themselves to serve soseono as their queen, but they can't make yesoya a concubine either since she was the first wife of jumong. jaesa sighs and says prince yuri's presence will also be a challenge here in terms of their future. just then, the king's servant comes in telling hyeopbo queen soseono has summoned him. hyeopbo goes to soseono who is angry when hyeopbo says nothing about where jumong is. soseono scolds hyeopbo for such and orders him to go and find out where the king is this very moment. soseono is about to leave, but hyeopbo stops her, and explains the king has gone to buyeo. queen asks why he would go there, and hyeopbo says yesoya and yuri are still alive. soseono is shocked, and hyeopbo continues to say the king has left for buyeo to save yesoya. startled, soseono then asks about the young man who came with the broken knife, and hyeopbo confirms he is prince yuri, and the broken knife was a proof of identity the king gave yesoya a long time ago. soseono is rendered speechless, and after a pause she says if the king only left with ohyi and moogol then they will be in danger and soseono tells hyeopbo to send more men to buyeo right away, but hyeopbo says since the matter is sensitive they should not make a public deal just yet. soseono then goes out the palace balcony where she feels her body shake.


meanwhile in yodong fort, yeongpo and majin are frantic trying to find a way to escape from the prison. yeongpo summons the prison ward and tells him he is a rich merchant and if the ward saves him he will be awarded with enough money to live on for the rest of his life. the ward says the governor is furious thus what could they do, and yeonpgo says he just needs to follow his instructions and the ward seems moved. back in buyeo, queen wonhu tells daeso yeongpo is about to be killed in yodong thus they must save him, regardless of what mistakes yeongpo has done in the past, especially since yeongpo already redeemed himself by helping buyeo with the money he earned in han nation. the queen begs daeso to help yeongpo, and daeso thinks over it, and takes the matter to his ministers. budeukbul announces he will go to yodong himself to meet with the governor to save yeongpo, and daeso tells heukchi to escort budeukbul to yodong fort in that case and the head general agrees. afterwards, daeso asks naro why the guard named san-cheon is missing and asks naro to bring him before him and naro goes to find san-cheon (yuri). outside buyeo city center, yesoya and the inn woman are trying to escape but yesoya falls to her feet and coughs up blood again. the woman becomes frantic wondering what she can do, and yesoya loses consciousness as she faints to the ground. jumong and his men have arrived in buyeo, and yuri's friends return from yuri's old home telling the men something must have happened while yuri was away as yesoya and the other woman have left already with all their stuff gone as well. yuri's friend then tells yuri the buyeo palace guards came by looking for yuri, and yuri then tells jumong he will go back to look for mother, since they have been on the run many times before and in a time like this mother always left him a sign, thus she must have left something for yuri about her whereabouts. jumong tells yuri he will go too, but yuri says not to and tells jumong not to worry. yuri then leaves with his two friends, and when yuri arrives at his old home, he finds a scroll note left in a barrel for him by yesoya. however, just as the three are about to leave, naro arrives with his group of guards and scolds yuri for not showing up to work and demands yuri to go with him at once. yuri states his mother is ill thus he cannot agree to it, and naro gets furious, and as yuri tries to run the guards stop them and naro tells the guards to drag yuri and his friends to the palace at once. naro warns yuri if he tries to disobey again then his friends will be killed as well. next, ohyi and moogol arrive with their faces masked and they attempt to save yuri and his friends from naro's men. yuri joins in as he kills off buyeo guards, and ohyi injures naro, and the goguryeo ppl escape.


naro returns to the palace, and reports to daeso some unknown men came to save yuri and yuri attacked their guards as well. daeso is angry and demands why san-cheon would do such, and naro says according to the oracle the boy san-cheon is a bad omen for king daeso. daeso wonders angrily how a mere boy like san-cheon could block his future, and just then, yang seolran has come to see the oracle, and she asks mawuryeong if she can do a curse on someone. mawuryeong replies that depends on who, and yang seolran says who else would it be, and it is none other than jumong who killed her father. seolran says unless jumong is dead she cannot live one day in peace, and seolran asks mawuryeong to put a deadly curse on jumong, and when mawuryeong begins to shake nervously, seolran asks again if she will agree to it, and mawuryeong replies yes. meanwhile, it is nighttime, and in a cave somewhere the inn woman has yesoya resting in her arms and the woman cries out asking where yuri is, as yesoya is still unconscious. yuri, jumong, and the men arrive and yuri runs to yesoya calling out mother. soya barely opens her eyes and sees that yuri has come, but next she opens her eyes more and she sees jumong walking towards her. at last jumong stands before her, and jumong calls out yesoya as his wife. soya is overwhelmed and as she weeps she tries to call out jumong as the king, but she soon faints again, and jumong with his eyes tearful grabs onto her face as he calls out to her. back in buyeo, yeontabal and sayong meet with soseono upon hearing the news that yesoya and yuri are alive. soseono tells the two king jumong is now in buyeo to bring yesoya here. yeontabal says if that is the case then it is fortunate since the king has been in pain over them all these years. sayong says though it is fortunate he is worried about the future and the disarray that will occur, saying prince yuri might be one who will be favored over biryu and ohnjo, but soseono stops him from talking as she glares at him, and soseono warns sayong if anyone should cause trouble over yesoya and yuri's existence in goguryeo she will not forgive that person. sayong sighs and says nothing, and soseono tells yeontabal she asked to see him because she was worried that the goguryeo ministers might have some worry like sayong does, and soseono asks yeontabal to make sure that doesn't happen.


in the goguryeo weapon factory, mopalmo shows the hwang-to (yellow earth) to prince ohnjo, explaining to the prince that the yellow earth is what helped him succeed in making steel swords, and just then musong runs in and pulls mopalmo to the side and whispers in mopalmo's ears about yesoya and yuri. mopalmo asks if that is really true, and musong says the king already brought yesoya back. next, the palace doctor checks on yesoya as king jumong watches, and outside in the courtyard, the trios wait as prince yuri changes his attire. when yuri comes out, the trios tell him his chamber is ready. just then mopalmo comes and the trios introduce prince yuri to mopalmo, who weeps as he calls out to prince yuri. mopalmo kneels before yuri and says he has sinned against him, and thanks yuri for being alive like this. mopalmo weeps aloud more, as yuri appears puzzled. the trios watch as mopalmo cries out his guilt and emotions as yuri continues to watch in puzzlement. back in yodong fort, governor hwang watches as a group of assassins are getting trained, and governor hwang tells the assassins that their duty is to go to goguryeo to destroy goguryeo's weapon chamber. just then, a messenger arrives telling hwang an envoy has come from buyeo. hwang meets with budeukbul and heukchi, but hwang is furious over buyeo joining alliance with goguryeo and says there is nothing else to talk about. budeukbul reminds hwang he is at fault for it as well, and hwang appears puzzled. heukchi reminds hwang the attackers who tried to kill jumong in buyeo mountain were organized by hwang, and hwang says nothing. budeukbul says since hwang tried to do such but failed, buyeo had no choice but to join hands with goguryeo for the time being, thus han cannot blame buyeo for their action. budeukbul urges hwang to make a clear judgment in regard to buyeo, and hwang asks what it is that they want from him. budeukbul says first is to free prince yeongpo and allow him to return to buyeo palace. next, budeukbul and heukchi arrive in the yodong prison and yeongpo is elated to see them there. yeongpo pleads them to save him, and budeukbul says there is a condition to save him, which is that after yeongpo is saved, he is to give up all his riches to buyeo. yeongpo is reluctant but majin says who cares about the money if they are dead then there's no use, and yeongpo agrees to budeukbul's condition.


out by the river, soseono thinks over the recent events alone as her guard watches from distance. sayong and the two princes come, and soseono asks her sons to walk with her. as they stroll, prince ohnjo says things are strange in the palace and asks soseono if something's happened. soseono turns around and faces biryu, and tells biryu the river they are standing by is called biryu river, and when the jolbon goguryeo people were thirsty it quenched their need, and thus they named biryu after the river hoping he would be like the river. ohnjo asks about the meaning of his name, and soseono replies he was named ohnjo so that he would be a man with warm heart. soseono asks her sons if they know who the one who named them was, and ohnjo replies it was their deceased father. soseono says that is correct, and prince biryu states even though their deceased father is the one who named them, the father who raised them is the king. soseono asks the two if they know that the king has another son, and biryu replies he had heard that the son was held hostage in buyeo palace and later died. soseono says the son is alive, and biryu and ohnjo are shocked. soseono continues, and states the king had thought his wife and son died, and thus he married her, but the wife and son were alive all this time, and now, they have come to the palace. biryu asks what they are to do then, and soseono tells them not to waver, and to remember the meaning behind their names, as they must welcome the king's first wife and son warmly. soseono asks if they understand her words, and the two princes say nothing. just then hyeopbo arrives telling her the king is looking for her. hyeopbo escorts soseono to jumong and jumong dismisses him. jumong asks soseono to sit by him and jumong states there is something he wants to tell her. soseono says she already knows yesoya and yuri are in the palace. jumong states he should've told her sooner but he didn't have a chance. jumong says yesoya has gone through years of hardship and is now in dire health, and if she should die like this, then he has no way to atone his sins. soseono tells the king not to worry, and that yesoya will surely recover. soseono then states once yesoya is recovered, she will serve yesoya as the queen, and she believes that is her fate. jumong is speechless and watches her as soseono continues and states the king needn't worry about biryu and ohnjo either, as goguryeo will surely prepare to battle han nation with one united heart. jumong is touched but he only calls out soseono as his wife, and soseono is also without words... next, soseono visits yesoya who is still unconscious, and soseono watches soya, then tells the sleeping soya that no matter how hard she thinks, she is not sure what the will of the heaven is for the two of them to be like this, but soseono says regardless of what the will of the heaven is, the person before her must get well. soseono grabs yesoya's hand, and tells soya that the king is waiting for her to awake and thus she should hurry and regain her strength.


the palace doctor tells the king yesoya has awaken, and jumong is happy telling the doctor he has done great. the doctor says however, since her illness is deep, it will be hard for her to recover. at this, jumong pleads telling the doctor to heal her no matter what it takes. jumong goes by yesoya's bedside, and soya says she has caused burden on him yet again, and asks him to forgive her. jumong says that is nonsense and asks yesoya to give him opportunity to repay his debt to her. at this yesoya looks away as she sighs tearfully. meanwhile inside the palace, yeonchaeryeong, yangtak, and chansoo watch as the newly arrived prince yuri moves about. yeonchaeryeong says soon there will be announcement of who will be crown prince and thus they must keep a close eye on the matter. next prince ohnjo asks biryu what they should do now that prince yuri is here, and biryu assures ohnjo not to worry, saying ohnjo has gained an older brother, while he has gained a younger one. hyeopbo brings prince yuri to biryu and ohnjo and the princes bow to greet each other. biryu tells yuri he didn't know their fate was so special, and tells yuri since he is older than yuri he will cherish yuri as a younger brother from now on. yuri says nothing, and biryu tells ohnjo from now he is to serve yuri as an older brother. ohnjo replies yes but he appears hesitant, and hyeopbo laughs saying how pleased he is that the princes are welcoming prince yuri so warmly, and hyeopbo urges prince ohnjo to call prince yuri 'older brother' once and ohnjo calls yuri 'older brother' while yuri says nothing. next, the inn woman and yuri's friends are brought before prince yuri and the inn woman calls out to yuri happily, but the friends hold her back, and jaesa scolds the woman and reminds her prince yuri is the prince of goguryeo thus they should be respectful. the woman and the friends bow before prince yuri, and mari tells the friends from now on the two friends will be guards in the palace serving prince yuri, and mari then tells the woman she will be a maid to yesoya from now on. next, mari tells prince yuri he must begin training in arts scholarship, and jaesa tells yuri they have prepared martial arts master and scholar to help him.


however, yuri goes to mopalmo in the weapon factory, and asks mopalmo for help. next, mopalmo tells the king and the advisors that prince yuri has asked to work in the iron factory, and mopalmo says it seems the prince is not yet comfortable in palace life. mari says that cannot be, but jumong tells them to allow it, and says yuri must still harbor some resentment toward him, thus he is unable to let his heart free yet, and they have to give yuri some time. king jumong then asks mopalmo to help yuri, and mopalmo agrees to order. thus, prince yuri begins laboring away in the iron factory and on this night, king jumong comes by and watches quietly, with a satisfied look. mopalmo goes up to the prince and tells yuri he can't stop him from working at the factory but yuri shouldn't sleep there like the workers, but yuri says he is comfortable here thus mopalmo needn't worry, thus yuri sleeps in the worker's chamber inside the iron factory. the group of assassins from yodong arrives and after sneaking into the goguryeo palace factory, they kill off the guards and lights the factory up in fire. musong and mopalmo arrive to escort the prince out since they can't let him sleep in the humble worker's chamber, and suddenly they notice the guards killed on the ground and the fire burning up in the factory. as jumong is out in the courtyard thinking, mopalmo rushes with news that the factory is on fire and prince yuri is still inside.

jumong ep. 79 (tuesday 2-27-07):



the goguryeo iron factory is burning in flames as men frantically try to save the fire to no avail. jumong rushes there and is told none of the blacksmiths survived the flames. jumong asks if it means yuri is still inside the fire, and mopalmo nods saying yes. jumong cries out yuri's name and is about to throw himself into the burning fire but he is stopped by his generals. sayong brings the news to soseono and she asks where the king is. sayong replies he is still by the weapon factory and soseono goes out toward it with sayong following. when she arrives she sees the factory gone with only black ash and small flickers of flame remaining. soseono looks at jumong who has fallen to his knees in despair, and soseono asks how it happened. jumong ignores her and gathers himself up, but mopalmo kneels before him and proclaims it is all his fault and asks to be killed. jumong gathers small strength and asks jaesa to take care of yuri's death, and at this jumong drags himiself away as he shakes in despair. the gathered watch with tears, soseono orders ohyi to investigate and find out who was behind the event, and ohyi agrees to her order. jumong returns to his chamber and weeps alone after such shocking tragedy. meanwhile, ohyi and mookgeo begin their investigation and when they realize the deceased outter guards have no knife wounds on them, ohyi asks mookgeo who he thinks it could be, and mookgeo replies it is hard to determine as of now. jaesa asks musong to see if they can find yuri's body, and musong replies the blacksmiths are burned to disfigured status thus it is hard to see who is who, and moogol yells asking him to figure it out, but musong yells back and says moogol should go and figure it out in that case. moogol shouts out his frustration and mari scolds both for their indiscretion. however just then, moogol watches as prince yuri comes out from the bushes with his sword on an assassin. the men rush to yuri in shock, and yuri looks at them with a smile. hyeopbo rushes to king jumong with the news and jumong rushes out to the courtyard where yuri stands. jumong is in disbelief and touches yuri's face once and asks what happened. yuri apologizes for causing king to worry and states when the fire broke out he saw the assassins flee so he ran after them and caught one man, and confirmed the assassins are from han army unit.



in court, the king and jaesa put the blame of the fire on chansoo, who is the head minister of royal palace defense unit. jaesa asks jumong to punish chansoo and jumong orders chansoo to be imprisoned, as chansoo's mother yeonchaeryeong gasps. mari then says they have to do something about letting everyone come into their nation's border until they finish their war with han nation in order to prevent assassins and spies from easily coming in and out, and jumong agrees, and tells mopalmo to search through the weapon factory and report any findings to him. prince ohnjo and biryu watch as chansoo is taken away, and ohnjo asks biryu what will happen to their uncle chansoo, and biryu says since they lost their entire factory and crew it will be hard for chansoo to escape the blame. ohnjo then says everyone in the palace is praising prince yuri right now saying if it hadn't been him they wouldn't have known who set the factory on fire. just then yuri arrives and the two are startled. ohnjo greets yuri as yuri bows gently before them, and biryu asks yuri if he's been hurt, and yuri says he's fine. biryu says if something had happened to yuri the king would've been devastated and tells yuri he should act like a prince from now, and yuri replies yes. next, yeonchaeryeong goes to see queen soseono and asks her to talk to the king to set chansoo free, and soseono becomes angry and states they are about to go to war and they have suffered the loss of their weapon factory and blacksmiths, and chansoo is one who failed them, and he must be punished for his mistake. yeonchaeryeong is surprised by soseono's rejection, and soseono says even if it had been biryu or ohnjo she still couldn't ask the king to forgive them, and orders yeonchaeryeong to leave. meanwhile, mopalmo reports to the king and the head generals that their biggest problem is that they lost their experienced blacksmiths who have more than 10 years of experience in weapon making, and it is not possible for them to recover that in short time. jaesa says that is exactly what the enemy had hoped, and hyeopbo asks mopalmo if he can work in the factory too to help making swords, and mopalmo scoffs him saying not everyone can do such just cuz they want to. jumong asks mopalmo if it is possible to make swords they need if they borrow the blacksmiths from buyeo, and mopalmo replies it is. jumong then order jaesa and mari to bring salt and medicines to buyeo to ask bring back manpower. jumong then tells mopalmo to give the deceased blacksmiths a proper burial and to take care of their survivors.



afterwards jaesa confesses to mari that he didn't understand why the king wanted to build alliance with buyeo to help buyeo develope their weapon in the first place, but now he understands the king's forethinking. mari replies if king daeso knows why they're asking for blacksmiths then he would refuse the loan. at this jaesa says they must hurry and go at once. in yodong fort, the assassins return from their mission, and governor hwang finds out the goguryeo blacksmiths were killed and the factory burned up. governor hwang laughs in satisfaction, and orders his general to award the assassins with 50 units of silk. hwang then tells his ministers and generals they must use the opporunity to conquer goguryeo to bring glory to the han imperial. yeongpo returns to buyeo palace, and daeso tells him to stop worrying their mother from now on. yeongpo states he will give up all his riches to buyeo for the king and for the nation, and daeso says that was the agreed upon condition anyway and orders yeongpo to leave. yeongpo leaves looking angered. next, daeso asks budeukbul how the meeting with governor hwang went and budeukbul replies it went well as daeso hoped. daeso says he did great and states he will use han and goguryeo to buyeo's advantage, and orders budeukbul to cultivate the ministers to follow their plan. just then naro comes in with news that goguryeo envoys have arrived. jaesa and mari arrive in buyeo court, and announce to king daeso they have come to offer their alliance agreement as promised. jaesa says king jumong has sent medicine and salt to buyeo, and daeso says thanks. daeso then asks about weapon development as promised, and mari and jaesa put on a fake worried look. budeukbul asks if goguryeo intends to forgo that promise, and jaesa says if buyeo sends blacksmitsh to goguryeo then they will keep the promise of training buyeo blacksmiths. daeso then orders his subject to send their experienced blacksmiths to goguryeo with mari and jaesa, and afterwards, jaesa and mari laugh at successfully tricking daeso, but mari says they have to hurry and leave before they find out the truth.

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back in goguryeo, yeonchaeryeong visits her son chansoo in the prison and yeonchaeryeong complains they can't sit still at such suffering, and chansoo tells yeonchaeryeong to calm down and sit still or else she will create bigger problems. yeonchaeryeong says what has happened is proof that the king still doesn't think highly of the gyeru people, and yeonchaeryeong swears she will do something about it. yeonchaeryeong then goes and meets with yangtak with her plan, and yangtak says it is too dangerous and if something goes wrong then it is the end, but yeonchaeryeong states even if they don't do anything they will be ruined anyway and asks yantak what he will do. meanwhile jaesa and mari return from buyeo, and they have brought with them buyeo minister and naro, along with a group of experienced buyeo blacksmiths who are in awe of the greatness of goguryeo palace as they pass through. the minister and naro arrive before king jumong and ask about jumong's well being. jumong welcomes them, and the minister states they have brought with them blacksmiths who will learn the secret of steel making. jumong says he will keep his promise to buyeo, and naro states in that case, buyeo will send soldiers and horse to assist goguryeo in the attack against yodong fort. jumong states if goguryeo and buyeo can join together then they will surely conquer yodong. jumong then tells sayong to prepare a feast for the buyeo envoys, and sayong agrees to the order. as naro turns to leave he suddenly sees san-cheon (yuri) standing among the ministers and naro is startled. afterwards, naro's guard finds out sancheon is king jumong's son yuri, and naro is in disbelief that yuri is alive. mopalmo reports to jumong that the blacksmiths from buyeo are all experienced and skilled, and thus they should be great assistance in their weapon making, and mari says it is a will from the heavens to help them beat han nation. back in buyeo, head general heukchi states if their blacksmiths can learn to make steel swords, then their nation will benefit greatly from it. budeukbul agrees the reason why goguryeo was able to become such a strong force in such a short time is all due to their steel advancement, and once they can catch up, their nation will also be a great force. daeso is happy to hear such, and just then a messenger arrives with news that the governor of yodong has arrived.



governor hwang comes in, and daeso asks what brings him. hwang states yodong has already prepared itself for war, and soon 20,000 soldiers will be dispatched from chang-ahn city to assist yodong in the war. daeso asks if chang-ahn is really sending 20,000 men, and hwang replies yes. budeukbul states it takes a while for 20,000 army troops to arrive from chang-ahn to yodong and wonders what yodong will do if goguryeo should attack the fort before the reinforcement arrives. hwang says not to worry about it as that will not happen, and heukchi asks how he can be so sure. hwang says not long ago, the han assassins went to goguryeo and killed their blacksmiths and destroyed their weapon factory. hwang glees as he states no matter how goguryeo rushes to build new factory they will not have weapons in time for battle, and daeso is dismayed. afterwards, daeso says he was tricked by the goguryeo people, and daeso yells asking what happened to their spies in goguryeo for not reporting such big event, and the jaeboo minister wonders if they can recall their blacksmiths, and heukchi says since they have already sent them there they don't have an excuse to ask them back, and budeukbul suddenly tells daeso to think of it as a good thing and daeso is surprised. afterwards, daeso thinks over budeukbul's words, that this could be an opportunity for them as they watch goguryeo and han weaken one another. next, naro returns from his trip, and naro tells daeso the boy chansoo from the fights competition is in goguryeo and daeso is surprised to hear such. naro explains sancheon is jumong's son yuri and daeso is shocked and angry. meanwhile, yeongpo drinks his sorrow away again, and majin comes in to ask him to go outside and see what is happening. yeongpo scolds majin saying everything is his fault, and majin persuades yeongpo to go and see a spectacular thing happening. yeongpo goes out and watches from distance as the oracles put up a shrine of something. majin whispers something in yeongpo's ears and yeongpo asks if it is true. yeongpo says if that is the case then he should join in too and yeongpo goes to mawuryeong and yang seolran.

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yeongpo tells empress yang seolran that he had heard that she was putting up a cursory shrine against jumong, and yeongpo says he wants to join in as he too wants to get rid of jumong. next, mawuryeong, togehter with seolran and yeongpo, kneel before the shrine and mawuryeong asks the heavens to kill jumong who is blocking buyeo's future. yeongpo recites the prayer for the curse, and suddenly strong gusts of wind begin to blow and lightening begins to strike down the shrine, and mawuryeong, killing her instantly. yeongpo and seolran are frightened and yeongpo pushes majin to go and see what has happened to mawuryeong and majin nervously goes to mawuryeong and states she is dead. yeongpo flees from the scene as seolran is shocked by the happening. haochen tells her to flee and mawuryeong is in dismay. the queen wonhu is told that mawuryeong has been killed by lightening during the ceremony putting a curse on jumong, as directed by empress seolran. the queen goes to see daeso and asks him if he knows what happened, and daeso says he does. queen wonhu states even though she too despises jumong, jumong must be protected by the heavens thus daeso should not go against jumong anymore, and daeso tells her not to worry and that he will not perish so easily.



in goguryeo, mopalmo oversees the blacksmiths labor away as they make more steel swords and jaesa and mookgeo come and check on the work. mookgeo asks about bomb making and mopalmo says the explosives are being manufactured smoothly as well. the two report the status to jumong in court saying the blacksmiths from buyeo are getting the work done smooth, and buwuiyeom also states their soldiers from borders are prepared for attack against yodong. jumong asks mari to send message to haeng-in and bu-gok nation to prepare for yeon-na army and mari says he will. just then, yuri speaks up saying he has something to say, and everyone is surprised. yuri states the hans killed their blacksmiths and he thinks they should avenge their deaths, and ohyi agrees they should do something as well. yuri states from his findings, chang-ahn is sending governor hwang ja-kyeong's brother hwang ja-seong toward yodong fort, and jumong listens intently. yuri states if jumong gives him a group of army he will go and kill governor hwang's brother. jumong compliments yuri saying it is a wise judgment, and tells the court he will go on the assassination mission himself. prince biryu appears upset by it, and sayong states it is too dangerous for the king to go. jaesa says sayong is right and asks jumong to send ohyi instead. jumong says he will not sit back and orders ohyi to prepare for departure. at this yeonchaeryeong and yangtak see an opportunity before them, as biryu wonders what all this means. yeonchaeryeong and yangtak visit with biryu and yangtak tells biryu for sure the way king jumong looked at yuri was different from the way the king looked at biryu and biryu asks what he means. yangtak states it means the king cherishes yuri over him, and yeonchaeryeong warns biryu the difference will only get bigger in the future, and that there's a rumor going around once yesoya recovers she will be named royal queen. biryu is surprised to hear this and yeonchaeryeong states once that happenes, prince yuri will be named crown prince over biryu and asks biryu if he will sit still for such. biryu states as he knows it his mother contributed greatly to the founding of goguryeo thus he doesn't believe the king would demote her such. however yangtak and yeonchaeryeong say that is not so and that soseono already gave up the position of goguryeo's monarch back when the title should've been hers instead of jumong's. yangtak and yeonchaeryeong explain soseono gave everything to jumong and damul army and that is how damul was able to defeat hyeonto and become goguryeo, and it is nonsense that soseono would have to suffer again because of yesoya and yuri.



next, prince biryu goes to see soseono and says he wants to ask something. biryu says a strange thing is going around the palace that once yesoya is recovered mother would be demoted while yesoya promoted to queen. soseono says she doesn't know where he heard such, but that is what she wants. biryu is surprised and asks what will become of her and him, and ohnjo. soseono says their ranking isn't that important as long as they can serve the king, and biryu states he won't sit still for that, and that yuri is younger than he and he will not allow yuri to be crown prince over him. soseono calls out to biryu worried, but biryu gets up and leaves, and outside yangtak and yeonchaeryeong watch biryu looking troubled in thought. meanwhile, jumong and his group of army, together with ohyi and prince yuri leave for their mission against governor hwang's brother en route to yodong, and as the hans pass through, jumong and his goguryeo people begin a surprise attack on hwang and his han soldiers. during the fight, hwang has sword up against yuri's throat and jumong who witnesses it rushes to yuri's aid, killing hwang with his sword. afterwards, in yodong fort the general rushes to the governor with news that his brother was attacked by goguryeo assassins and hwang frantically asks about his brother. the general apologizes and hwang is furious about his brother's death. hwang asks who did the attack, and the general states it was king jumong. hwang vows he will not let anyone in goguryeo survive, as he curses out jumong's name. meanwhile back in goguryeo soseono thinks over biryu's words and she is worried, when her guard comes in with news that yesoya has regained her consciousness. soseono goes to yesoya's side, and yesoya tries to stand to greet soseono, but soseono tells her not to get up. yesoya's maid leaves, and soseono sits by yesoya's side. soseono says it is great fortune that yesoya has awaken like this, and yesoya apologizes for the burden she has caused. yesoya says not to say such thing and states if yesoya did not recover then the king would've been in deep despair and soseono thanks yesoya for waking up. yesoya calls soseono the queen, and states now that she has awaken she will leave. soseono says that is nonsense, and yesoya explains all she wanted was to find yuri's father for yuri before she died, and her existence here will cause trouble for the king and the queen, thus she will leave for fear she will get in the way of the queen and the king accomplishing their great will together. soseono states yesoya is the rightful wife of jumong and the rank of queen belongs to yesoya. yesoya states that cannot be, and just then the guard comes in with news that jumong has returned after killing hwang's brother.



soseono asks yesoya if she can walk and if so to go out to welcome the king together. thus, with help from the maid, yesoya walks out following soseono, to the courtyard where jumong, yuri and the soldiers return. jumong and yuri focus their gaze on yesoya, and jumong calls out to yesoya, as yesoya calls out to the king. yesoya gazes at yuri next, and soseono who feels biryu looking upset by it looks down to the ground. next, jumong and yesoya are alone, and jumong thanks yesoya for raising yuri so greatly. soya says she did not do anything for yuri as his mother, and jumong disagrees saying yuri will surely be a great contributor in their cause against the hans. yesoya appears touched, and jumong who is also moved grabs her hand, and jumong tells yesoya he will repay the misgiving he has caused her and yuri with the rest of his life. yesoya says nothing and the his continues to hold her hand as they spend a moment together. meanwhile, yangtak and yeonchaeryeong tell biryu the king will soon be going to the border with yuri and that is their opportunity to get rid of them so that biryu will inherit the throne for certain. biryu is hesitant and afraid but he does not reject either. thus, as king jumong shows prince yuri the goguryeo border with a group of soldiers, yangtak and yeonchaeryeong stand before their private group of assassins and yangtak tells the men if they succeed in their attack mission they and their offsbrings will be met with riches for generations to come. at this the men cheer, and biryu watches from distance. next, yeontabal tells soseono that yangtak and yeonchaeryeong have moved a group of men and horse and for sure they must be scheming a coup. sosoeno is shocked and asks yeontabal where jumong is. yeontabal says he is at the border and soseono asks yeontabal to prepare a horse for her at once. while jumong and yuri are with their group of men at the border, yangtak and yeonchaeryeong are nearing with their group of assassins, as soseono and sayong, together with yeontabal are trailing with their group of soldiers...

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jumong ep. 80 (monday 3-5-07):



jumong, together with yuri and goguryeo's commanders arrive in the goguryeo border, and commander ohyi instructs the soldiers to be on extra alert as the enemy could attack them at any time. just then moogol comes with news that according to their spies in buyeo, emperor geumwa is currently wondering about near goguryeo and buyeo border and ohyi is surprised and asks why geumwa is here but moogol is unsure. at night, jumong and his commanders and generals meet, and jumong says the news of their pending war with han has been spread all over and the citizens who live nearby the border are living in fear. buwuiyeom suggests they should build a signal-fire and everyone is surprised. buwuiyeom states when he was living as a pirate in eomnu he learned how to build it. jumong orders the men to get on it, and hyeopbo compliments buwuiyeom saying for a pirate he sure is useful, and everyone bursts out laughing. jumong then tells yuri to read about the history of goguryeo, and just then ohyi comes in with news that in the small village called yang-cheon nearby the border, emperor geumwa has arrived. jumong asks why geumwa is there, and ohyi says geumwa has left buyeo palace and spends his days visiting the people. jumong thinks alone afterwards, and next, in yang-cheon, songju brings news to geumwa that king jumong has come to visit. geumwa asks why jumong is all the way here, and songju says jumong is currently visiting the border. geumwa tells songju to escort jumong in, and jumong comes in with his son yuri. geumwa glances at yuri, and jumong tells yuri to bow before geumwa, then jumong tells geumwa the boy is yuri. geumwa is shocked and stands up before yuri, asking yuri if he is really yuri. yuri nods saying yes, and geumwa asks yuri if his mother is alive, and yuri replies yes. geumwa grabs yuri's hand, and tells yuri he has done wrong to him and to his mother, and geumwa asks yuri to forgive him. yuri says nothing as jumong watches. next, jumong talks to geumwa alone, and geumwa says he had heard about goguryeo and buyeo's alliance. jumong replies it is so, but it is only in name, since king daeso appears to have joined hands with goguryeo on the surface but daeso only did so in order to escape from a crisis, and thus the two nations have not really joined alliance. geumwa is silent, and jumong continues to say the war with han is nearing, and if buyeo continues its current state it may suffer even greater loss soon. jumong says goguryeo and buyeo must be on the same side in order to destroy han, and jumong asks geumwa to help him persuade daeso in making the right decision. geumwa sighs and states he is unsure what influence he has on daeso but he will do his best to relate jumong's message to daeso.


next day, jumong and his troop are moving through the mountain road, as yangtak and yeonchaeryeong's spies watch them from distance. they return and report to yeonchaeryeong that jumong's group has left taebong and is en route toward hacheong village. yangtak unfolds a map and states in order to reach hacheong, they must first pass through seonnu and the palace, thus their opportunity to rid of them lies in seonnu, and yeonchaeryeong nods in agreement. yeonchaeryeong and yangtak approach prince biryu to report to him that they will surprise attack jumong in seonnu before he can return to the palace and biryu appears uneasy. yangtak reminds biryu they have already crossed the river and unless they kill jumong and yuri, they will die. yeonchaeryeong tells biryu not to forget that everything they are doing is for biryu and for queen soseono. yangtak moves forward with their plan as he puts on mask and gives his army the okay to attack, but just then, yangtak's men are shot by arrows and as yangtak looks up he is startled to find a group of soldiers led by soseono and soyang. the two groups begin to battle each other, and soseono goes after yangtak, throwing his sword into the tree. next, with most of their men loss, yangtak and yeonchaeryeong are brought kneeling before soseono and yeontabal, and soseono says to yeonchaeryeong she clearly warned her not to create any more upheaval and asks her what she has to say. yeonchaeryeong replies she is merely trying to do something that soseono is unable to, and yangtak states they are offering to bring her the throne without putting blood on her hands, and yangtak asks soseono why she is stopping them. yeontabal is furious and draws his sword out ordering them to shut up. yeontabal has his sword pointing at yangtak's throat, and soseono tries to stop him, but yeontabal states he will finish them with his own hand. yeonchaeryeong is frantic but she tells them before they kill them, they should find out who is behind all this. yeontabal asks who else is behind it and just then, sayong arrives, bringing with him prince biryu. soseono is shocked to see biryu there, and yeontabal calls out to the prince, who looks up with sorrowful eyes while saying nothing.



afterwards, in an army tent, yeonchaeryeong and yangtak are bound by ropes, sitting across yeontabal, sayong and soseono. yeonchaeryeong says their task was to put prince biryu on the throne, but yeontabal says she merely used biryu to try to gain power for herself, and she would've eventually killed biryu to take the throne for herself. yeonchaeryeong complains but yeontabal says he should've killed her a long time ago, and yeontabal tells soseono it is all his fault and asks her to punish him. soseono tells sayong to alert everyone that from this moment forward yeonchaeryeong and yangtak are exiled from goguryeo, and soseono looks at her aunt and warns her if she should be seen on goguryeo land again she will surely be killed. thus, sayong escorts the two out, and yeontabal then tells biryu to go inside as his mother is waiting for him. biryu comes in and soseono tells him to sit. biryu follows order, and soseono asks him if he really planned on killing the king, and biryu replies that is the road to survival she has panned out for him. soseono is surprised and states she has so far trusted him so much, as has the king, and soseono shouts asking if he was this weak and low all along. biryu is tearful, and he states he was afraid.. at the way king jumong looks at yuri, and at the thought that mother would abandon him as well. soseono is stunned, and biryu states he has worked very hard in order to be goguryeo's king, and biryu asks soseono why he must give up everything. soseono calls out biryu's name, and biryu continues saying if mother had worried about his future even for once, she would not have agreed to give up her queenship. biryu shouts maybe she can give up her future for the king, but he cannot. soseono is tearful, and a crying biryu asks her why she must impose her choice on them, and why must she stop his and ohnjo's future. soseono is speechless as tears roll down her face.. and the mother and son say nothing more. meanwhile, in goguryeo palace, jumong has returned and heads to the iron factory where mopalmo shows him the newly made steel sword made by the buyeo blacksmiths. jumong takes a look at it and tells mopalmo it is great and he has done great. mopalmo says they will go full force to produce these weapons, and jumong turns to face the blacksmiths. jumong tells them they have suffered greatly not sleeping for many nights working in the factory, but they must remember their sacrifice will accomplish success for goguryeo, and the men reply yes.



next, jumong watches his men train for battle, and afterwards he goes over his war strategy with his ministers and commanders. soseono returns to the palace, and gyepil runs to her asking where she's been and that the king has been looking for her. soseono walks away, and gyepil grabs onto sayong asking what happened. sayong replies chaeryeong and yangtak have been exiled from goguryeo, and gyepil is startled. sayong states the two tried to scheme an undertake and since no one else knows about it gyepil is to keep it quiet. soseono comes to see the king, and jumong says they are almost all prepared but there is just one problem and soseono asks what. jumong states the were told that their help in haeng-in and buk-ok does not have enough supplies, and soseono says she was in fact planning on sending a trade group to the south for supplies. jumong says he will put that task in her hands and asks her to take care of it. soseono replies yes, and jumong who senses her loss of energy asks if something is troubling her. soseono pauses and replies she has exiled chaeryeong and yangtak. jumong is surprised, and soseono asks him to forgive for her for not consulting him first. jumong says he trusts her judgment and decision, but chaeryeong is her relative and asks what sin did she commit to be exiled. soseono replies the two of them committed a great offense against goguryeo's peace, and soseono states that will not happen again thus the king should focus all his energy on the war.



meanwhile, prince yuri visits his mother yesoya, who asks him what he's been doing. yuri replies he's been reading about the record of goguryeo in its founding years, and soya nods in approval. yuri then states as he read them he realizes how much his father suffered, and this has been an opportunity for him to undo his lament toward his father. soya tells yuri their existence in goguryeo could bring unrest to goguryeo thus they must not cause any trouble to stir the king, and yuri replies yes. as the mother and son walk off, soseono arrives and watches them leave, as she thinks over the words of biryu.. when he lamented his fears and despair.. with these thoughts soseono is brought to tears again. yeontabal catches up to her and watches her weep and soseono confides in her father she never realized how deep biryu's despair was.. and as their mother she failed in detecting their internal torment. soseono states while her sons were in shock by yuri's presence, she failed to do anything to comfort them, and instead she forced them to give up everything when they were innocent. yeontabal states one day the princes will understand her heart as well, but soseono says she is not sure why she has done what she did and what she hopes to trade for the wounds she put on biryu. soseono continues to weep and she states she is not sure what she must do, how she can accept the king and goguryeo, while protecting her children. soseono wonders how she can protect biryu who is lost in anger and despair, and yeontabal says he cannot relate to her torment but he believes she will make the right decision as set by the heavens.



mari goes to see king jumong, and mari asks jumong if he knows about chaeryeong and yangtak's exile. jumong replies he heard it from the queen, and mari then asks if he knows why they were exiled. jumong is silent and mari sighs. jumong tells him to speak up, and mari says the two of them try to overthrow the throne with a surprise attack, but the queen stopped them, and that is why the two were exiled. jumong is shocked by the revelation and asks mari who else knows about it. mari says just him, and jumong says not to mention to anyone. mari complains the issue is grand and ppl should know about it, but jumong says to think about why the queen wanted to take care of it quietly and he too does not want to see talk of internal strife in goguryeo. mari sighs and says he understands and jumong thinks over the matter. in yodong fort, governor hwang finds out goguryeo has continued its weapon manufacturing and governor hwang is shocked asking how when their blacksmiths were killed. hwang's man states daeso sent buyeo blacksmiths to help goguryeo and governor hwang becomes furious that daeso tricked him. in buyeo, yeongpo drinks his sorrow away, and majin urges him to stop drinking and get some fresh air at last. yeongpo says he cannot after mawuryeong's death and every night he dreams about jumong strangling him. just then naro arrives telling yeongpo the king is looking for him. yeongpo goes to see daeso, who asks him if he is already drunk in the bright daylight. daeso allows him to sit and asks him how much longer will he carry this on, and asks yeongpo isn't it time for him to wake up. daeso asks yeongpo if he knows where their father is, and yeongpo replies no. daeso then says despite being ill, their father is going around buyeo border to greet their citizens and daeso orders yeongpo to go and serve their father instead of drinking nonstop in the palace. yeongpo complains saying it is difficult task to travel from village to village, but daeso says their father who is ill is doing it thus he can too and orders yeongpo to leave immediately, and warns him if he disobeys the king's order he will not be forgiven.



in goguryeo, prince yuri practices fighting with commander ohyi, and ohyi gains upperhand. moogol and mookgeo watch, and yuri tells ohyi he is not good enough to be matched to commander ohyi. ohyi replies yuri has improved a lot, and moogol says he will help yuri, and yuri thanks him. just then, prince biryu arrives, and asks yuri if he is practicing fighting. yuri replies yes, and ohyi asks biryu if he will try a match with yuri. biryu states it is no use since he will not beat yuri anyway, but yuri says he has a lot to learn and he wishes to learn from biryu. however biryu states he is no longer interested in fighting and tells yuri he should work hard and commit a great achievement for goguryeo. biryu then walks away, and the gathered wonder what's going on. next, soseono sits before jumong and she says she has a request from him. soseono says their trade group is ready to depart to south, and she wishes to put prince ohjno and biryu in charge of the mission. jumong says it is a dangerous mission and asks her if there is a reason she must send them. soseono says they can handle it and asks him to approve it. jumong says to do it as she sees fit and next, soseono gathers her sons to talk. soseono faces her sons, and tells them she has something she wants them to be in charge of. she states soon a trade group will be heading south with supplies, and she asks biryu and ohnjo to lead the mission. sayong says gyepil is supposed to be in charge of it, but soseono tells him to stay out of it. soseono calls out biryu and states it will not be an easy task, but it is a mission that he is more than able to accomplish if he puts his passion in it. soseono asks her sons if they can do it and ohnjo replies they can. soseono then tells them to prepare to leave, and the two boys step out. sayong tells soseono he cannot understand her will as to send them to onto such a dark dangerous path, and soseono replies she wants her sons to see that there is a wide world out there. in yodong fort, governor hwang is told that buyeo's emperor geumwa is going around buyeo's border villages and hwang plans a scheme.


in this buyeo village where geumwa is, he asks the villagers how they are able to survive as their village is so poor and the village man replies in the summer they sell medicinal herbs, but in the winter many of them starve. another villager states king daeso sends rations to them but the villagers don't get to most of it, since the soldiers who are in charge of dispensing the food confistigate it first. the village men plead to geumwa to take on their plight and geumwa says he will. just then a young boy comes forward to give something he prepared for geumwa. geumwa opens the jar to see an eel, and the boy's father says the boy caught it himself for the king, and geumwa thanks the boy warmly. songju calls geumwa's attention to the arrival of prince yeongpo, and geumwa smiles as he is happy to see yeongpo. yeongpo bows before geumwa calling out fahter king, and next, the two drink together at night. yeongpo looks at the humble place his father is staying and yeongpo urges geumwa to return to the palace, but geumwa laughs, and says all his life he has never lived so peacefully, and geumwa tells yeongpo he knows he still has misgiving in his heart and geumwa urges yeongp to set his heart free. yeongpo complains he cannot understand why daeso will not give him an opportunity to redeem himself, and geumwa says unless yeongpo frees his heart he will not be able to see where his path is, and geumwa asks yeongpo to keep him company as they travel around and thus yeongpo will get a chance to decipher what it is the path he should go on eventually. however, outside the inn, masked assassins from yodong arrive, and the assassins kill off the guards. majin watches and runs into to report the happening to geumwa and yeongpo, and majin urges them to flee at once. as they try to escape the assassins catch up to them, and yeongpo draws his sword to fight off the attackers while majin hides in a corner. geumwa tries to fend off the attackers as well and yeongpo calls songju to go protect geumwa but before songju can get to his aid, the assassins surround geumwa and one of them stabs him deep. yeongpo runs to geumwa who has fallen with blood gushing out, and geumwa puts his hand on yeongpo and calls out to yeongpo while trembling.



in buyeo palace, the queen mother tells seolran how she is worried since they still don't have an heir for the throne, and seolran looks down, then says since none of the concubines are pregnant, they should find a new method. just then the palace minister runs in saying a horrible thing has happened. seolran asks what and the minister says geumwa was attacked and has returned to the palace. daeso goes to geumwa's bedside and while geumwa is unconscious the queen mother and queen seolran both arrive. the mother queen is about to faint seeing geumwa like so, and she regains her stance and tells geumwa to hurry and wake up to do what he said he would do. geumwa begins to regain his consciousness, and both yeongpo and daeso call out to him. geumwa calls out to daeso, and as he stutters geumwa asks daeso to finish his dream of making buyeo a strong nation who can destroy han. daeso says he will surely do so, and asks geumwa to hurry and recover, but geumwa continues to speak in his weak voice and geumwa says daeso must join hands with goguryeo or else buyeo will not be able to defeat han. daeso grabs geumwa's hand, and suddenly geumwa's hand drops as he dies. at this daeso weeps aloud, as the ministers, generals, and servants kneel outside as they weep over geumwa's death. in goguryeo, jumong's advisors report to him about yodong is about 5000 soldiers, but soon chang-ahn's 20,000 soldiers will arrive. jaesa says they should attack yodong before the reinforcement reach yodong and jumong tells mari to notify haeng-in and buk-ok to have yeonna army watch over the situation. just then hyeopbo comes in with news that commander ohyi wishes to see him. ohyi is let in, and ohyi reports to jumong the death of geumwa. jumong says he saw him not long ago and it is hard to believe he died so soon. ohyi says geumwa was assassinated by han attackers, and jumong is dismayed. jumong orders jaesa to send a gift of condolence to buyeo. at night, jumong steps out on the balcony and thinks over geumwa's death as hyeopbo watches. in yodong fort, a messenger from chang-ahn arrives and tells hwang their reinforcement is on the way. the messenger than says the han imperial has heard about the assassination of geumwa, and the imperial is worried that buyeo might join hands with goguryeo because of it but hwang says not to worry.



buyeo is mourning over the death of geumwa, and daeso tells budeukbul he will go to goguryeo now. in goguryeo palace, prince biyru and ohnjo return from their trip to the south having accomplished their mission successfully and a smiling soseono says they did great. gyepil compliments on biryu's great skills and soseono exchanges a look of approval. afterwards soseono talks to her sons alone, and asks about their impression of the south. biryu says he was shocked to see how wide and great the world is, and ohnjo agrees saying even the climate is warmer and more livable than goguryeo. soseono says it is so and one day they will live there. biryu asks what she means and she says they will find out soon. meanwhile, hyeopbo birngs news of daeso and budeukbul's arrival to jumong and jumong is surprised. hyeopbo says the two came quietly under disguise in order to escape the eyes of the han spies. jumong goes to the courtyard to greet daeso and comforts him over geumwa's death. daeso thanks him for sending condolence. next, musong tells mopalmo about daeso and budeukbul's visit and mopalmo asks why they came. musong says he has no idea what scheme daeso is up to next, but mopalmo says daeso would not come all the way here himself unless it is something really important. daeso talks to jumong alone and daeso tells jumong he has come at the wish of buyeo's deceased emperor. daeso says he wishes to defeat han together with jumong and even though he was not sincere when he said he would join alliance with goguryeo previously he is sincere this time and asks jumong to trust him. daeso states he wishes to destroy han to avenge the deceased emperor's death, and jumong says daeso has made a righteous decision as the two of them will surely defeat han if they work together. daeso says their nation of buyeo is in dire state as of current with shortage in grains and goods, and jumong says goguryeo has prepared amply for supplies and there is enough to send to buyeo for buyeo to prepare for war. jumong then calls hyeopbo in and orders him to send grains and supplies to buyeo at once.



next, jumong goes over their war strategy with daeso, showing him the map the goguryeo spies have prepared sacrificing their lives. daeso says he will put everything in jumong's command, and jumong tells ohyi to prepare their armies for war.

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jumong ep. 81 (final ep.; 3-6-07):



in goguryeo palace, king jumong steps onto the palace courtyard as he asks his commanders if they are all prepared for departure. they reply yes, and jumong asks mari to announce their next step. mari tells the commanders they must first capture all of han's spies in goguryeo thus he orders moogol to head the task. hence, moogol and bubunno together w/ a group of soldiers take the han spies into custody. next, jumong and the goguryeo generals begin march off from goguryeo toward the battle. meanwhile, in goguryeo palace, queen soseono asks musong and mopalmo about their war supplies and musong answers they already sent supplies to buyeo and their own supplies will follow after the armies soon, and mopalmo states they have sent the buyeo blacksmiths back to buyeo already and should be able to develop steel weapons in buyeo from now on. yeontabal says the success of their war depends heavily on their supply unit and if the supply unit does not reach the king in time then it will cause grave trouble. soseono agrees and orders sayong to tend to the protection of the unit. afterwards soseono says they must not let their guards down from this moment forward as if they are holding swords in their hands themselves. in yodong fort, governor hwang orders his commander to attack buyeo border, and one of the commanders say while their armies are absent goguryeo could attack them, but hwang says that will not happen, since their spies in goguryeo told him goguryeo does not plan on attacking yodong until a month later thus they can use that time to attack buyeo, and the commanders compliment on his plan.



in buyeo, king daeso announces in court he will join goguryeo to attack yodong army. daeso's subjects are shocked, and yeongpo asks daeso if he really plans to do so, and daeso replies in the past he has worked with han for their nation, but from now on han is their enemy, and they must destroy han to avenge for the resurrected emperor (geumwa). yeongpo complains joining force with goguryeo means they are acknowledging defeat to jumong, but daeso firmly states in order to destroy han, he is willing to join hands with anyone, and budeukbul watches intently. daeso orders prince yeongpo to assist him in the war, and just then naro comes in with news their border has been attacked by han's yodong army. at this, daeso remembers his conversation with jumong in goguryeo, when jumong warned him that yodong will surely attack buyeo first, and when it does, goguryeo will attack the yodong fort. the ministers are frantic asking daeso to do something or else they will be ruined, but daeso tells them to calm down, and that he already anticipated this attack and he already came up with a strategy with king jumong thus everyone is to follow his order. daeso calls heukchi and tells him to prepare their army for departure and heuckhi obeys. haochen relates the happenings to seolran and asks her to send the king off to battle, but seolran is unwilling to do so since daeso is joining force with jumong. haochen comforts her saying she should think about how the king must be suffering in his heart to have to succumb to help from jumong and at this seolran goes out to send daeso off. daeso and yeonpgo bow before the mother queen who tells them they must come back safely. yeongpo says not to worry, and daeso looks over to seolran with glossy eyes, and daeso states he knows she must resent the war efforts but he needs her to understand the situation and seolran asks daeso to come back safely.



in goguryeo army camp, king daeso and the buyeo force arrive, and king jumong greets the newly arrived. daeso tells jumong as jumong predicted the yodong army attacked the seonmu border of buyeo. jumong states the han does not realize the buyeo-goguryeo join armies are about to attack them, and while the enemy is focused on attacking buyeo, goguryeo and buyeo will attack han's goyeon fort. budeukbul says goyeon fort is central to the han dynasty thus it will be a big blow should the fort be toppled over. jumong agrees and states the goguryeo army will lead the attack, but daeso says he will succeed at it, and jumong approves. thus, as governor hwang feasts with other han leaders, news of goyeon fort's fall arrives. hwang asks how that happened, and the general reports goyeon fort was attacked by a joined goguryeo - buyeo force. hwang is furious and curses at jumong, and another han leader says since they thought goguryeo was not prepared for attack for another month, their spies in goguryeo must have been captured, thus jumong was able to trick them. hwang orders his man to report the crisis to central army at once. next, when hwang does not hear back from central command right away, he sends his general to send another message to them to state if yodong fort topples over them chang-ahn will be in danger as well. afterwards, hwang tells general jin to return to yodong and prepare their army there for battle.



bubunno reports to jumong about yodong's mobilization, and jumong gathers daeso and the generals, and jumong says han will focus on protecting yodong fort thus that will not be an easy battle to win. the gathered are silent but daeso speaks up and says yodong still have more soldiers than the have combined, and if chang-ahn should send more armies it will be very difficult for them to defeat yodong, thus they must topple yodong before reinforcement arrives. jumong nods in agreement, and budeukbul says the best strategy is to cause panic within the enemy thus they should attack yodong from different angles in 3 or 4 stages. jumong agrees, and says he and daeso will first lead a troop to ignite explosives among yodong to create panic, and in the meantime, ohyi is to lead a second group to attack them head on. next, the battle between goguryeo - buyeo vs. han's yodong begins, with jumong's group leading as the yodong soldiers are burned by the explosives then attacked head-on. hwang realizes they are losing their men and he begins to flee the scene at the urging of his commander. hwang retrieves, but moogol sees him and moogol shouts as he goes after hwang. thus as hwang flees with his small group of army, moogol chases after with his group. however, as hwang passes through, a new group of han army appears from behind the fields, and the new group begins to shoot arrows at moogol's group. as moogol's men begin to fall one by one, moogol halts his group to stop the chase, however the han soldiers surround moogol's group and soon, moogol's men are all slaughtered. the han soldiers surround moogol who is alone and governor hwang walks toward him, telling him to surrender. moogol tells hwang to shut up and to surrender instead and moogol begins to fight off the soldiers encircling him.



moogol puts up a strong fight but the han soldiers slash and stab him in multiple places, and at last moogol falls to the ground, and as he perks himself up holding onto a spear rod, moogol shouting out hwang ja-kyeong's name with hatred. hwang ja-kyeong glares at him, and gives his men the okay to behead moogol, but just as the man is about to cut off moogol's head, jumong and his team arrive and they stop the beheading by shooting hwang's man down with an arrow. hwang looks up and gets back on his horse to flee, and while they run, jumong and ohyi run to moogol's side. the two of them are holding onto moogol who is about to die, and moogol glances at jumong and calls out to ohyi as brother first, then turns his head to king jumong and moogol utters he wanted to kill hwang ja-kyeong for jumong but he didn't succeed and he apologizes for it. jumong says no, and moogol looks back at ohyi and thanks him for everything and apologizes. ohyi weeps and tells moogol to be alert that he isn't going to die, however, moogol dies in jumong and ohyi's arms. both jumong and ohyi are in disbelief as they shout and hit trying to wake moogol up.. moogol remains still with his eyes open but without a breath, and jumong who is furious stands to shout out his anger.



in yodong army camp, governor hwang watches in satisfaction as the soldiers from chang-ahn arrive. the commander of the newly arrived soldiers bow before hwang and apologizes for coming so late, but hwang says it's okay since now they can beat the enemy. hwang tells his subject to prepare dinner for the soldiers right away to welcome them. meanwhile, in goguryeo army camp, soseono, sayong and the material unit busily tends to the injured soldiers, while mopalmo and musong hand out more swords to the soldiers. next day, nearby yodong, jumong, together with daeso, biryu, yuri, and all the generals are faced off against hwang and his group once again in their second battle. during the war, jumong is thrown off his horse as a han soldier attacks jumong's horse, and just nearby prince biryu goes to yuri's aid when yuri gets surrounded by multiple enemy men. ohyi, jaesa, buwuiyeom and naro continue to fight off the enemies valiantly.



hwang joins in on the battle himself, and mari calls jumong's attention to it. with a determined look, king jumong moves toward governor hwang, but jaesa stops jumong and says he will avenge for moogol, but jumong tells jaesa no, that he will kill hwang himself and jumong moves closer to hwang. with a few strokes jumong kills hwang and as he falls, the yodong commander is in panic as he shouts for their group to retrieve. daeso yells out to stop the enemy and not to allow any one of them to survive. some time later, jumong and daeso stand before the fallen enemy soldiers, and jumong raises his sword to the sky to shout out hooray for goguryeo and the men follow. daeso raises his sword to the sky next as he shouts out long live buyeo and the soldiers follow as well. afterwards, jumong tells the men their victory today was achieved because buyeo and goguryeo were joined, and daeso replies without jumong's wise direction it would've been difficult. jumong says buyeo and goguryeo will share the achievement, and daeso thanks him. jumong then tells everyone tonight they will have a feast of celebration in thus they are to prepare plenty amount of wine and meat to replenish the soldiers. during the feast, yuri thanks biryu for saving him in the battle field, and biryu in turn tells yuri he already saved him first a long time ago. yuri smiles and biryu says they should go and congratulate the king for the victory.



prince yuri and biryu appear before king jumong to congratulate him, and jumong replies he is proud to see them fight in the war against han since they are the future leaders of goguryeo, and jumong tells the princes to go and share their victory with the soldiers, and the princes agree. jumong raises his cup to the men before him, and daeso who watches from distance becomes solemn. budeukbul calls out to king daeso, and daeso says today it was his first victory in a lifetime and the only reason he won is because of jumong. budeukbul says that is not so, and just like jumong has said victory was only possible because buyeo joined in. daeso says regardless he cannot shake away the resentment he feels toward jumong, and budeukbul replies king daeso's despair will soon weigh down buyeo and that a new beginning has just begun. daeso says budeukbul's words are true, and that this is only the beginning of his and jumong's competition. king jumong walks away from the celebration for a moment, and jumong grabs upper chest where he was wounded. soseono notices him and rushes to him asking if he's alright. jumong says he's fine and soseono says she will fetch the doctor, but jumong says he's okay and tells soseono she has worked hard. soseono congratulates jumong for the success, but jumong says it is all because of soseono's contribution. however soseono says it is only because of jumong's strong will that they have achieved this. soseono says from the time she first met him, til the time their fate were twisted, to the time she built jolbon and he damul, and to the time of founding goguryeo, until now, she watched him and he never lost his will and vision. jumong is touched and calls out soseono as wife, and soseono says the people of goguryeo are waiting and thus he should hurry and return to goguryeo to share the glory with the people. jumong nods as he looks at her, and soseono looks down and looks up again with sorrowful eyes..



jumong, soseono and their army return to goguryeo, and as they march in the palace, yesoya, ohnjo, yeontabal and gyepil stand by to welcome them back. next, the palace doctor treats jumong's wound and tells jumong he must relax in order to recover, and jumong says okay and tells the doctor to keep quiet about his wound. meanwhile, soseono meets with the gyeru heads, and soseono tells them she wishes to leave goguryeo with the jolbon people. gyepil wonders why she would want to leave goguryeo now that they have victory under them, and soseono states she realizes it is not an easy task to take the jolbon people to the south away from goguryeo, thus she is asking for her father's help to gather the hearts of the jolbon people. gyepil says that is nonsense and why should they leave their land where generations of their people have lived. sayong sternly asks if it is because of yesoya and yuri, and if king jumong is trying to push her out. soseono says not so, and sayong asks why she wants to leave now. sayong says if the king wants to push her out the jolbon people will gather their strengths to protect her, and soseono stops him. gyepil cries out and soseono says her choice is pave the path for her sons. gyepil says the path she should pave is the path to goguryeo kingship, and that is what they should do to avenge wootae's death. however, soseono says she does not want her children to fight over the throne, and since the south is big and wide, it is a good place to build new nations, and thus she will help biryu and ohnjo each build their own nation according to their ambition. yeontabal says he already thought of something like this when she sent the princes to the south before, and soseono says she knows it is a difficult task but it is the way to survival for them. yeontabal states it will be heart-wrenching for him to leave this land that he has lived all his life, but he will respect her wish and help her carry out her will. next, soseono summons her sons, and soseono states she will now leave goguryeo. ohnjo is startled and biryu glances at him. ohnjo asks how and why and where to, and biryu asks if she is going to the land in the south that he and ohnjo saw. soseono says yes, and that king jumong has achieved his dream, and like him, she wants her sons to work toward their dreams of their own nations. soseono says one must travel a dark road in order to build a new kingdom, but she believes that they can accomplish such. biryu says he will follow her will, and ohnjo repeats the same. soseono dismisses them, and afterwards she is overcome with emotions.



king jumong and his men travel to the new land they have acquired after toppling over yodong fort, and ohyi tells jumong the new annex consists of hundreds of miles, and mari says this is great opportunity for their people. jumong looks around the land and touches the earth with his hand. afterwards, jumong returns to the palace, and sayong comes to tell him the queen is waiting for him in her chamber. jumong arrives before soseono and jumong tells her he went to see the big land they acquired and soon they can move their people there. soseono smiles and pours a cup of wine for him. jumong asks if she has some worry, and soseono says no. jumong drinks the wine she poured for him, and soseono then says she believes her and his fate is very deep. soseono smiles and says a long time ago, as she went on a trade group she met him and he told her he liked her, but she in turn called him a pathetic fool. jumong smiles as he remembers it, and soseono says back then she did not need to hide her heart, and when she thinks about it now, that time back then was the most blissful time in her life. jumong replies though when he thinks about their twisted fate his heart aches, he too believes it was his most happy days. soseono is tearful, and she tells jumong knowing she exists in his heart is enough to make her happy, but now she plans to bury him in her heart and leave goguryeo. jumong is surprised and asks what she means when she says she is leaving. soseono looks at him, and replies now she wants to live for biryu and ohnjo, and she wants to help them build new kingdoms, thus she will take the jolbon people and go toward south. jumong calls out to her and she asks him to send her. jumong says he cannot and asks her to change her mind. soseono says in the future, he will be in torment over the relationship among yuri, biryu, and ohnjo, and she wants to protect both him, and her sons. soseono gets more tearful, and jumong calls her as his wife, but soseono looks down as they two say no more. afterwards, jumong returns to his chamber and his wound above his chest begins to ache again as he ponders over soseono's decision. soseono remains in her chamber sitting as she did not long ago across from jumong, and soseono weeps silently.



next morning, hyeopbo runs to sayong to ask him if it is true that the queen is really leaving goguryeo. sayong says yes, and hyeopbo says that makes no sense and he should stop her no matter what. sayong says the queen is determined, and hyeopbo asks sayong if he has to leave too, and sayong replies he should. hyeopbo looks down in despair, and sayong says even if he leaves their fate will not end, and until the day he dies he will not forget hyeopbo. hyeobpo is tearful, and sayong glances at him, then leaves when he becomes tearful. yuri tells yesoya about soseono's decision to leave goguryeo, and yuri states even though the king and the ministers are trying to dissuade her she seems determined. yesoya rushes out to see soseono, who tells her the wind is too cold for yesoya's health. yesoya asks her if it is really true that she is leaving, and soseono replies yes. yesoya says she can't, and even she and yuri are burdening her she will leave instead. soseono says she is not leaving because of her or yuri. soseono says she heard that on the day she and jumong married to build goguryeo, yesoya came with yuri to look for jumong but upon seeing the wedding she took yuri and left. soseono says when she thinks about how much she must have suffered all these years she is shameful and heart-ached, but now that the king has yesoya by his side, she can leave without worry, and soseono asks yesoya to take good care of the king. soseono says she is a person with many ambitions and she is leaving to pursue more dreams, thus yesoya should not blame it on herself. yesoya is in tears, and soseono holds her hands to comfort her. next, in court, mari and ohyi urge king jumong to stop soseono for leaving as she is the queen who has served him for a long time, and jumong says he thinks the same as the rest of them. jumong calls out yeontabal and states if they want to leave because of fear of internal strife then he can guarantee that will not happen, and jumong asks him to trust him and to help him persuade the queen to change her mind. yeontabal says nothing, but just then soseono comes forward and states her decision will not waver. soseono says she is leaving to pursue new will for biryu and ohnjo, and asks him to approve. jumong says nothing and soseono glances back.



meanwhile, in buyeo, daeso puts on a holy shrine, and daeso tells the gods that from this moment forward he will carry out the will of the resurrected emperor to bring together his people to build a strong nation together, and daeso asks he gods to help him and buyeo so. daeso then faces his people and tells them from now on buyeo will build a strong army who can go against goguryeo and han. back in goguryeo, jumong tells hyeopbo to bring mopalmo to him, and jumong tells mopalmo he is the only one who believed in him when jumong was still an immature prince in buyeo, and the strength that has carried him to this day, is the constant trust mopalmo has in him, and mopalmo says jumong is the one who believed in him, and if not for jumong he would not have developed secret formula to make steel or to make steel armors. jumong says he knows about mopalmo's loyalty, but he has a difficult request for him, and mopalmo says to go ahead. jumong says as mopalmo knows, the queen is determined to leave, and now he wishes to respect her wish. jumong asks mopalmo to go with the queen and mopalmo is tearful from shock. jumong says soseono will need someone like mopalmo as she builds new kingdoms, and jumong asks mopalmo to help her as he helped him. mopalmo weeps and says he cannot leave jumong and he wishes to serve the king til he dies, but jumong says if mopalmo is willing to help the queen then he can feel a little bit at ease, and jumong asks mopalmo to be the one to protect the queen. mopalmo kneels and weeps and says if that is the king's wish then he will accept it, and jumong calls out to him and helps him stand up again, and jumong thanks mopalmo, who continues to weep aloud.



on the day of her departure, jumong has gathered a group of soldiers for her, and as she comes out, jumong tells her the gathered soldiers are goguryeo's most skilled men, and these men will protect her on her voyage. soseono is touched and so is biryu and ohnjo, and jumong looks at them then calls mopalmo out. mopalmo tells soseono he will serve her, and soseono is emotional and she argues that cannot be as she knows full well how important mopalmo is to the king. jumong says mopalmo has been developing farming instead of weapon for some time, and soseono should bring mopalmo south to cultivate the new land. at this soseono is speechless as she calls out to the king. thus, the jolbon people are led by soseono as they begin their exodus. king jumong goes after them on fast horse, and upon a hill he watches from distance as soseono and her sons march away.. as he watches them leave, jumong's wound begins to ache again, and for a moment jumong who is tearful is about to go toward her, but he stops and watches from afar as he grabs onto his aching wound. next, before yet another battle against the han, jumong faces his commanders and soldiers and state goguryeo is not finished with war, and he will until he dies fight off the han. at this jumong turns to face off the enemy and he orders his men to attack.


biryu who has left goguryeo with soseono builds the kingdom of michuhol, and ohnjo builds wiryeseong in hanam, and eventually turns it into the kingdom of baekje, and soseono continued to play an important role in the founding and baekje. meanwhile, daeso and jumong's ill fate continued for a long time, and daeso is eventually killed by jumong's grandson daemushin. upon daeso's death, the kingdom of dong buyeo falls. after soseono leaves, jumong hands over goguryeo to yuri, and jumong dies, at the age of 40.

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