The King of Tears, Lee Bang Won (The Great King Yi Bang Won / Taejong Lee Bang Won / 태종 이방원)

Go on and tell us.

What are you to us, Right Prime Minister?

I am your subject.

We cannot hear you.

Please say it again.

Go on.

I am your subject.

And why do my subjects behave this way?

Never dare intrude your king's authority in the future.

We will not forgive it.

Do you understand?

- Yes, your majesty. - Yes, your majesty.

Damn it!

The bastard forgets himself and behaves unruly.

Does he believe he is the true king?

We are undone.

We must have slighted Prince Jeongchan too easily.

He may be a collateral family, but he is a Wang, after all.

We need an immediate measure.

Let us wait and see.

What is there to see?

You have seen it.

The man brought upon all kinds of insult to my brother.

And must we wait and see?

But we seated him on the throne only three days ago.

We cannot depose the king again.

Let us impeach Lee Saek and Byeon An Yeol first.

Good.

Let us do so.

Let us hope it shall awaken and make His Majesty...

understand his position.

Father.

How are you?

Did anything happen?

But...

(Lee Seong Gye, Lee Bang Won's father, Right Prime Minister)

That is power.

Anyone who has it wishes to wield it.

Do not worry yourselves and go home.

I wish to take some rest now.

Lee Saek conspired with Jo Min Su and helped Shin Don's descendant Chang...

to the throne.

Your Majesty has appointed such a man to the office of first prime minister.

The appointment will negate...

the legitimacy of your own enthronement to depose the false king...

and be the true king.

Byeon An Yeol was engaged in...

the conspiracy to restore Shin Don's son Shin Woo to the throne.

The fact was revealed by Kim Jeo, an assassin.

Should you appoint this man to the grand prime minister,

the royal family of Goryeo, the Wang family will be...

utterly disgraced.

Lee Saek and Byeon An Yeol are guilty of high treason.

We implore you to transfer them to the judicial court for questioning.

- Please question them. - We beseech you.

- Please question them. - We beseech you.

Every day, they try to break His Majesty's spirits.

But His Majesty is holding the ground.

If this should continue, they might abandon the cause...

and dethrone His Majesty.

He is only a stepping stone...

or a nominal king, is he not?

Therefore, it is plausible.

I am fearful.

(Royal Consort Jeong of the An Clan, King Gongmin's wife)

While I am proud of Your Majesty,

at the same time,

my heart flutters so much that I cannot find peace.

I feel the same way.

But I will resist as much as I can.

Yes.

You must.

All is on Your Majesty's shoulders.

I will never forget that, your majesty.

Is there anyone?

Is no one there?

Is there no one?

Your majesty.

Your majesty.

What is this noise?

I do not know, your majesty.

I will go and find out.

Who... Who is it?

Is Your Majesty surprised?

- You are... - Yes.

I am Lee Bang Won, Right Assistant Transmitter.

And I am the son of Right Prime Minister Lee Seong Gye.

What is it all this?

How dare you disturb this place?

Forgive me, your majesty.

Our family forces were moving.

What?

It will never happen again.

Please forgive me.

I will take my leave of Your Majesty now.

W... wait.

What is it that you wish to say?

Say it before you leave.

Say it.

And what did you say?

I convinced His Majesty.

Fortunately, he was easily convinced.

He will soon expel Lee Saek and Byeon An Yeol from the palace.

Well done.

I owe it to you, Bang Gwa.

I would never have mobilized the forces without you.

I sincerely appreciate it.

Withdraw your words.

I am my father's son.

I am as much enraged as you are.

I understand.

Do not talk about this to anyone.

It is our secret.

It is.

I will be silent.

Let us go now.

Should you wish to survive, please be prudent.

Should you create more disturbance,

you will meet the same fate as Shin Woo and Shin Chang.

Please tell me.

Do we have a puppet king?

Do you truly intend to take the throne someday, Father?

Enough.

You are drunk.

Please answer me, Father.

You have always told me...

to be loyal to Goryeo, Father.

I grew up engraving your teaching in my heart.

And what are you doing, Father?

Please tell me.

What should I do?

Who should I follow?

My father the traitor?

Or my father the loyal subject?

Please tell me.

Why can you not answer?

Why?

I am sorry.

Forgive me.

My lord.

My lord.

You must go to the palace.

How is Bang Woo?

He is sleeping.

I will prepare breakfast for him when he wakes up.

Please prepare his favorite dishes.

Yes, my lord.

We shall dismiss Lee Saek and Byeon An Yeol from office...

and order them to be banished outside the Gyeonggi area.

Your majesty.

It is indeed a sudden decision.

Your Majesty must not give way.

Your majesty, please withdraw your order.

Who else shall stand by Your Majesty if the two of us are gone?

Sinners must be silent.

Is anyone out there?

Your majesty.

- Your majesty! - Your majesty!

Master.

Your majesty!

And...

we order Shin Woo and Shin Chang...

to be decapitated.

Your majesty.

They are now commoners in exile, stripped of all royal titles.

Please spare their lives as they are no threat to the royal family and court.

You have a generous heart, Right Prime Minister.

But the two sinners of high treason are guilty of usurping the throne...

and deserve beheading.

So shall it be executed.

Your majesty, I beg your leniency.

We sent executors last night.

Let us close the conference.

Your majesty.

Your majesty!

You must dispatch a fast cavalryman...

to stop the execution.

My lord, it is too late.

We cannot catch up with the horse that left last night.

What is it, my lord?

I gave my word to Jeong Mong Ju...

to spare their lives.

What is the matter with them?

It is good riddance, is it not?

I agree.

Shin Woo and Shin Chang,

they must be beheaded someday.

But not now.

It is too early.

The people are watching us.

If we decapitate them now,

the sentiment of the people will be severely alienated.

Yes.

Even if we behead them,

we must wait until they disappear from the people's memory.

Consider what we suffered after removing Choi Yeong.

Then, are we not in trouble?

Is it true, my lord?

It is.

I told him to banish Lee Saek and Byeon An Yeol.