Gyebaek (계백)

Gye Baek

Episode 5

- The hunt has begun. - Give us our orders, sir.

So we have a new hunting dog?

I've used him for five years. He has never failed me.

We have a tiger to catch.

Where are you going?

To collect a debt!

It's the tiger's head you've been waiting for.

What is it?

- I'm here to see the Head Monk. - Not today. Go home!

- But I'm supposed to meet him today! - I said not today!

I guess we'll have to wait until you come out.

Episode 5

Please allow me to stay awhile.

Mountain God, let's say I don't get paid the 20 yang.

But I was there to help him and he pretended he didn't know who I was.

How could he have done that?

Even thugs don't do things like that.

People in the Palace are worse than thugs!

So what if he's a prince?

Today, I'm going to teach him the code of honor amongst people of the streets.

So don't just stand there. Make him come out quickly.

I'll put my faith in you and take a little nap.

- Where is Euija? - He never came in.

Fantastic!

The wind and moonlight adds flavor to the wine!

Your Highness, you're really going to get in trouble. Please get up!

Cho Reng, this is my way of remembering my mother.

Stop clucking like a chicken and have a drink!

Why are you acting like this? I don't want to die!

Please go and act like you're doing it even if you don't want to!

Cho Reng, how could you know how I feel?

Filial piety draws mountains.

Your Highness?

Nothing, nothing. Drink up!

What are you so happy about?

Why won't you go in?

I don't want to.

Are you saying you don't want to pay respects to your mother?

I don't like being here at Ho-Am Temple or this memorial.

She's dead and I'm alive. Why should I carry those horrible memories?

Scoundrel! You are standing before your mother!

How dare you be so disrespectful?

An ancestral tablet is not a person.

It's just a piece of wood.

Is that what you really think?

I only person I should pay my respects to is Her Majesty here.

Is that so?

Then set that ancestral tablet on fire!

You are being impudent!

Forgive me, Mother.

No, Your Majesty.

If it weren't for that ancestral tablet, I will never have to come here again.

Stop this instant!

- Your Highness! - Stand back!

He has lost his mind!

How else would he do something like that...?

No, he's right.

- It's just a piece of wood. - What?

Would you be able to burn my ancestral tablet in order to survive?

Mother, how could I possibly do something like that?

If you were Euija, you would have long been dead.

Maybe he left already!

Please forgive me, Your Majesty.

A ritual without reverence is worse than not observing it.

Leave immediately!

The only thing I'm dedicated to is you, Your Majesty.

Please understand.

Go.

Are you afraid to go alone?

There.... there are suspicious people about.

Foolish boy.

Gyogi, go and take him to the Palace.

Yes, Mother.

Thank you, Gyogi! I knew I could depend on you.

Let the first horse go. It's the one on the second horse.

- Are you from Wi Je? - Don't ask questions.

It is your misfortune that our destinies cross here.

Father!

Why are you trying to kill someone?

Stand back.

- Father, do you have a grudge against him? - I said stand back!

You told me not to fight.

I won't stand back unless you tell me what's going on!

Run away! Hurry!

You!

No!

Let go!

Your Highness!

It really is Prince Euija!

You...!

Who do we have here? I guess it's our destiny to meet!

Your Highness... You owe me something, don't you?

Did you...

... just call him Prince Euija?

Yes.

Do you recognize me?

General... Is that you, General Mu Jin?

Everything is over now.

I really didn't want this to happen, but it was too risky to let him live.

Now Baekje will be ruled by someone with pure Baekje blood.

Please be reunited with your son and rest in peace.

I can't figure it out. How does he know Father?

General... Why did he call him General?

Please use this, General.

Please use this, General.

I'm fine, Your Highness.

Take it.

I can't take it. I am not worthy.

It's just a handkerchief. How can you not be worthy?

Because you couldn't protect my mother?

You're a naive man, General.

She died such a long time ago. Why do you still observe loyalty?

You should forget about all of that and just live in the reality.

Look at me! My heart is light because I don't have any ambitions.

You don't need to hide your true self with me.

Hide? I've truly forgotten the past.

You saw how the Queen died.

Do you really mean what you said?

I know what you're going to say, General.

But revenge requires power.

Do I have any minister or army who supports me?

I have nothing. Do you want me to throw eggs against the rock?

And if I die doing so, will that make my mother happy?

I'm doing what my mother wants me to do.

Remove myself from evil, be healthy, live life in happiness.

That's filial piety.

Do you truly mean everything you said?

Yes.

You should live in peace too, General.

Buyeo Euija.

How dare you call my name!

Listen well.

If you really meant what you just said, then you are not the Prince I used to serve.

I too have lived a hopeless dream.

- Are you going to kill me? - How can I kill someone who is already dead?

- General! - Father!

Stand there!

I will ask you again for the last time.

Choose your words wisely.

Did you really mean what you said?

Did you?

It's been...

... a long time.

I should have forgotten what my mother looks like.

But as every day passes, my mother's face becomes clearer and clearer.

The moonlight was bright that day, just like it is tonight.

And I have never forgotten what I said to you that night.

"I will not run away."

"If I run away now, I will never be able to go back."

And finally, "I have too many reasons to go back."

"First..."

" ...I need to bring my mother back."

"Second..."

"...I need to go back and become King."

"And third..."

"...I will become King and tear them apart with my hands!"

General...

I'm so glad...

... that you're alive.

Is he your son?

Yes.

He was still in his mother's belly...

Yes.

Is your wife well?

Is she...?

She died during childbirth.

- I'm sorry. - No, Your Highness.

But he must have been born under a lucky star.

He met a kind and generous woman who gave him her breast.

We have met before.

Come and greet His Highness.

My name is Gye Baek.

I almost killed my own brother.

- Forgive me. - Are you really repentant?

- Don't be disrespectful! - No, it's all right.

I deserved that.

Yes, if you had been me...

"Wi Je"

They're from Wi Je. They are here to check if you're dead.

This is good. I'll take his head and enter Wi Je Headquarters.

You're going there by yourself?

No! It's too dangerous!

Stay there!

This is an opportunity sent from Heaven.

If we don't eliminate them tonight, you'll be in even more danger.

I still won't let you. Do you know how I have lived until now?

Swords were constantly being pointed at me. I even had to lie to my father!

I finally met someone I can trust.

How can I send you to your death?

No! I won't let you!

Your Highness.

I lost an arm and my wife.

But do you know what gave me reason to continue living?

It was the promises I made with you and the Queen.

And it was also the hatred I felt towards them.

I finally have the opportunity to get revenge.

How could I not go?

Please wait with my son until daybreak.