Cruel Palace: War of Flowers (궁중잔혹사 – 꽃들의 전쟁)

About January 30th, King Injo's 15th day in hiding

Let's go!

Come down!

Come down and walk!

He says for you to come down and walk.

How dare you!

How dare you!

Save yourself, Your Highness!

Put down your weapons.

Let me down.

-Your Highness! -Your Highness!

Strip him!

Let there not be anymore deaths because of me.

I...

am not a person worthy of such.

Episode 1

Your Highness!

Stand back!

[Crown Prince

[- Prince In Pyung (Injo's third son) - Prince Bong Rim (future King, Injo's second son)]

- Your Highness! - Your Highness!

To travel such a great distance on foot with a great victory ahead

shows you were risking your life and walked through hell.

To do such a thing means you are ready to fight to your death.

If Your Highness will fight to your death

who in this land will not be willing to do the same?

Your Highness! You must fight with us to the end!

How can we surrender to the barbarians?

You must not your Highness!

Your Highness!

- Father! - Your Highness!

[Hong Taiji- Emperor of the Qing Dynasty)

May all of Joseon hear this.

How can one lie when

he was warned and requested to

to find peace within and follow our requests?

We will place aside all wrongdoings of the past

and ask you to come forth honestly once again.

If you acknowledge your mistakes and agree

to surrender to our nation

an attonement for the men we have lost.

You will give up your power and

Write in our language that you will

Give us your two oldest sons.

Men with sons will send their sons

and those sons will be wedded to a woman without a husband.

You will not violate the terms of the agreement

and you will prepare your own swords and arrows

and share your food when the armies return to the land.

Following the First Manchu Invasion of Korea

Hong Taiji declared war on the Qing Dynasty and

invaded Hanseong with an army of 120,000 men.

After 45 days of being trapped in Hanseong

Injo finally surrendered.

Because it was an attack made by an enemy they'd considered a barbarian

the humiliation dug through the bones

and embedded itself deep within.

Joseon's King shall bow to the King

and accept the treaty.

Why is the Joseon King hesitating?

You shall begin bowing immediately!

What have you done?

We did not think it would come to this...

[Kim Ryu- Prime Minister of the Joseon Dynasty]

Your Highness! You must not!

You must not Your Highness!

You cannot Your Highness!

Please rethink this Your Highness!

- You cannot Your Highness! - You must not Your Highness!

What Hong Taiji wanted from King Injo was

for him to do a full bow three times

and then bow nine more times while kneeling.

As the leader of a country

there was nothing more humiliating.

Your Highness!

Don't cry

and remember this moment clearly.

What happened to our father today

we must engrave deep within our hearts.

Get away from me! Go away!

Go away!

Stop!

The village has been attacked

and they are making their way to the palace!

What should we do Prime Minister?

Why don't we first rest here

and enter once things have calmed down a bit?

It's our only choice.

What do you mean?

His Highness must enter for things to die down.

And what if he is injured?

He must be prepared for such a thing.

Those barbarians would not dare enter the palace.

Did you not hear them say they are headed that way!

Are you not a man of the palace?

Or do you lead with your fears?

What if they bear arms and attack with fire?

Let us go to the palace!

You must not!

The blood of innocent villagers are being shed

all because they have a worthless king!

Your Highness!

What are you doing?

I said let's go!

Your Highness.

Your Highness.

Please rethink this.

Why aren't you doing anything Prime Minister?

You must stop him!

What can we do?

His Highness would like to go.

Let's go!

How is the baby?

Well so you do not need to worry.

Please hang in there just a bit longer.

We will arrive at the palace very soon.

Do not leave your father's side.

You should not worry about the child more than your father.

[Hwanhaedo, Hwangju near the mountain fortress]

My Lord! We have a situation!

My Lord! My Lord!

Are you inside sir?

What is it?

They say His Highness has surrendered to Hong Taiji!

What?

Repeat what you just said.

Did you say His Highness has surrendered?

His Highness left the fortress to go to Samjeondo

and kneeled before Hong Taiji.

No way.

How dare he surrender when I, Kim Ja Jeom, am still alive.

Let's go.

We have to go and stop him.

Kim Ja Jeom has 30,000 soldiers. How can he surrender.

His Highness must have lost his mind.

The Prime Minister has sent a letter.

Lay your body close to the ground

and hide yourself.

Who else did you tell that His Highness has surrendered?

Only you my Lord.

Good job.

Don't open the door!

It's me! The acupuncturist!

Okay. Go go!

Hurry! Pack your belongings!

The barbarians are ransacking all the homes!

Oh my! What do we do?

Hurry before they come charging in here!

You guys all run away too!

If you're caught by the barbarians your lives are ruined

and you may also get taken away! Hurry!

Hurry!

Just get what's important!

We have to make it out alive for now!

Why aren't you packing?

You're so thoughtless mother.

Where are you going to run away to in all this?

Anywhere away from them!

Get up! Now!

I'd rather get taken away.

Who knows? I could marry into a royal family of the Qing Dynasty and become rich.

Hurry and come out!

What are you doing? Hurry and get up!

You're such a worrywart!

Who will take an old woman like you?

Oh my! They must be here!

Oh no!

Oh no! We have to go!

How can you try to escape alone you fool?

You said let's go together!

Let me go first!

Do you know who I am you fool?

My husband is a Lord you imbecile!

You bitch

I'll kill you!

Try this father.

The royal kitchen was empty

so we had to get the chicken from the village at the last minute.

The last time you've had a meal has already been...

Forget it.

[- Crown Prince So Hyun - Prince Bong Rim - Prince In Pyung]

Your Highness

you must restore your health

in order to protect the nation.

How can I face the nation?

I should have died in that fortress in the mountains!

That's right! I should have died there!

My Lord!

Where is His Highness?

Right now is not a good time to see His Highness.

You will have to take full responsibility for everything!

Right now is not the time for such things!

We must gather our soldiers

and face the barbarians head on!

Your Highness!

- Your Highness! - My Lord!

Where are you?

Your Highness

please think of our poor nation.

You must eat.