My Country: The New Age (My Nation / Naui Nara / 나의 나라)

THIS DRAMA IS A FICTIONAL STORY BASED ON HISTORICAL FACTS

SOME ORGANIZATIONS AND CHARACTERS IN THIS DRAMA ARE FICTITIOUS

You crush and trample on what you can't have.

Won't you do the same for the Crown Prince title?

You don't know me at all!

I will not back down until I have what I want.

I will not give up either. That is why

I will not even take a step.

You want me to step down?

A loyal subject would never suggest such a thing.

-Your Majesty! -Your Majesty!

A battlefield for Nam Jeon and Bang-won.

It's time we need it.

Prince Jeongan wishes to see you, Your Majesty.

He came all the way here?

EPISODE 12

Right now,

who am I to you?

Am I still just a subject of yours?

Do you want me to answer that as a father

or a king?

Both.

To a king, you were a sharp knife and a thick shield.

But to a father...

you were just

the fifth born son out of eight.

But do not despair.

There is nothing in the world that does not change.

I loathed you after what happened with Poeun,

but I will be proud of what you will do to Nam Jeon.

Who knows? Maybe your contribution

will make you into a Crown Prince.

It was the same with Poeun.

Poeun must die in Goryeo. "Everyone knows that

but no one is willing to do so."

So it has to be you.

It must be...

you."

I never gave you an order.

It was your choice.

I regret

and resent that decision.

Over and over.

Desperately.

All the blood and tears that will be shed from here on out

will start from you.

So...

Do not regret

or resent it.

You did well.

Cut off the bridge.

Cut off the bridge!

The only path that could lead me to the King is now cut off.

It will never be reconnected.

Now, what will happen to you and me?

My only goal is destroying Nam Jeon.

Apart from reaching that goal,

I have

no other objective.

Listen to my words!

We were all

born separately

and have been living separate lives.

We all come from different social ranks,

and all of us are here for different reasons.

However,

we were all abandoned.

Regardless of how it began and how it will end,

you must survive.

All of you must survive!

That is

my order.

You must survive too.

We'll go to the citadel!

Your Majesty, this is the chief guard.

You may enter.

I had someone tailing Prince Jeongan.

He demolished the bridge after crossing it.

He demolished the bridge?

I heard he had hundreds of private soldiers across the bridge.

That means Nam Jeon isn't his only target.

He wants to turn this country upside down.

I will return to the palace immediately.

Yes, Your Majesty.

The sound of the pipe must travel faster than horses do.

Look at me crawling like this.

Pick up the pace!

We must arrive at the palace before the day breaks.

Yes, Your Majesty.

Pick up the pace!

Halt.

They broke the bridge to lock in His Majesty.

He's not just after your father.

It's a revolt.

What will you do now?

Both of them must die while fighting.

If one side overpowers the other completely,

we won't be able to handle it.

Everything from the checkpoint to the beacon mound is blocked.

All routes from the palace to the outside world have been cut off.

Is that so?

Then watch carefully from now on.

See how I crush you to pieces.

When a war begins, you first disturb your enemy's messenger system.

Those scoundrels

want to start a war.

I must go and tell Sambong.

Sambong?

Is he the King?

I devised the plan, so I will execute it myself.

Issue a royal order

for the princes.

Tell them to come to the palace now as His Majesty is critically ill.

Are you going to fake a royal order?

Are you sure you can handle the consequences?

The Crown Prince is supposed to act as regent during the King's absence.

And it is the Fifth Royal Secretary's job to deliver the Crown Prince's orders,

so how could you call it fake?

Mobilize your elite unit.

I will greet the princes myself.

Father is sick...

To me, it feels like walking into a tiger's den.

What about you?

Tonight, I will slay

Sambong and Nam Jeon.

Well, this is exciting.

So, who else is going to die tonight?

-The Crown Prince? -It could be you.

So tonight,

make sure not to show your back to me,

or try to stab me in mine.

I will kill you.

You and me.

We were born from the same mother. We're brothers.

Trust me.

I trust you,

so you trust me.

Are you coming?

We're looking for justification that

Nam Jeon tried to Kill Prince Jeongan first.

If we gather our men and attack them, we will be giving them one instead.

Gosh, you and your justification.

The basics of fighting is to attack first

and the basics of war is a sneak attack.

I will guard the Sajeong gate and meet you at Sunhwabang later.

Give me your flag.

I will fight with you.

I accept.

Did you issue a royal order to summon the princes?

I will kill them the moment they enter the palace.

You gave them the cause to revolt.

I cannot revoke an order that has already been issued.

My lord.

You haven't even begun, but you already lost.

Were you going to fight me with such a weak mind?

Don't tell me to revoke the order. Go and fight.

Slay them all,

and then slay me as well.

After all, wasn't that what you wanted?

From now on,

don't do anything.

All orders will come from me.

If you disobey my orders,

I will slay you.

Are you all right, my lord?

Assemble as many palace guards as possible.

Half of them will escort Sambong and the Chief Scholar

all the way to Chwiwoldang.

That will be our last retreat.

The other half

shall assemble in front of Sajeong Gate.

Will you dispatch them out of the palace?

If Bang-won won't enter the palace,

we will leave the palace to kill him.

You are the most capable palace guards.

If I order you to slay someone, just do it.

Tonight,

you may slay anyone regardless of their ranks.

-Yes, sir. -Yes, sir.

All gates at the palace

are guarded by palace guards with torches at all times.

But today, there is no one here.

I'm not sure what to do.

If we don't enter, we'll be accused of being disobedient sons

and get framed for treason,

but I have a bad feeling about going in.

As they say, elders first.

In times of turbulence,

the strongest one rules regardless of age.

I'll call you my big brother.

We must ask Your Highness to disarm yourself prior to entering.

I can't keep my sword when you all have yours?

That is the law.

What if I refuse?

We will slay Your Highness.

Who will slay whom?

You will

slay me?

Yes, we will slay Your Highness.

You wish.