The Great Queen Seondeok (선덕여왕)

Queen Seon Deok

Episode 29

A person of Gaeyang must be established in order for Gyerim's Heaven to brightly shine once again!!

Mishil...

Is she really...?

It's Deokman!

Is she really...?

Yes, the one who has appeared to brighten Gyerim's Heaven once again is...

It's Deokman! Our daughter!

Episode 29

This person is...

the one that was prophesied by our founding father!

The one who will open the Heavens...!

She is one of the Gaeyang!

Wasn't I right?

She is one of the Gaeyang.

Yes.

You're right!

Our Deokman... is one of the Gaeyang!

She deceived me! Me...!

This world renowned Mishil!

She has calculated the solar eclipse! The solar eclipse!

Dear!

Mother!

Nunim!

Your Majesty!

Please tell us!

Was there twin girls?!!

That year when the Gaeyang star split into two...

Is it true that twin girls were born...!!!

Is she Princess Cheonmyeong's twin...!!!

Please.. tell.. us...!!!

We would like to know...! Your Majesty!

Please tell us...!!!

Your Majesty!!!

I would also like to know!

Please tell us!

Your Majesty! Please tell us! Your Majesty!!!

The day when the seven stars of the Big Dipper became eight,

That very day when the Gaeyang star split into two,

I gave birth to Princess Cheonmyeong.

And soon after...

I went into labor once again,

and I gave birth to a second princess.

At that time, the entire prophecy of our founding father has not been passed down,

and the only phrase that was left behind was about,

"if there is a twin birth, then all Songgeol (sacred bone) male seeds will dry up"

I was afraid of that.

I was also afraid that I was going to lose my child.

And I was afraid that I may be deposed as a queen.

I was also afraid that I would bring harm to His Majesty.

Therefore...

The other keeper of the Gaeyang star,

I had entrusted my second daughter,

to a palace maid and had them escaped.

All of it was due to my lack of virtue and it's my mistake,

for the sin of not knowing the entire prophecy.

And I, as a mother behaving so immorally.

In the end, I lost all my princes,

and ultimately...

I ended up losing Princess Cheonmyeong.

Our queen must have suffered so much...

You're right.

What a pity!

Mother?! Are you just going to allow this to happen?

Father! Please do something!

What can we do?

The royal family came together to come up with such a scheme,

and delivered a perfect showpiece on cue.

Uncle?!

If we don't do anything, then we will surely be defeated!

It seems like we have been defeated.

What!

I am the queen who should be the mother to all of our people,

so I should be punished for my lies, lack of virtue, and being immoral,

and restore everything to its rightful place.

Therefore...

As our founding father has prophesied, please allow our Gaeyang,

our Deokman to reclaim her rightful place...

in order to open a new Heaven for Shilla...!

Yes, you must!

I... like her.

Forgive us!

To the people of our nation, please forgive me and the queen for our lack of virtue.

All of these are my sins...

So, please forgive us.

Especially...

To my daughter, Deokman.

Please forgive us.

I will now proclaim before all of our people and to our guardian spirits from Heaven and Earth!

This is my daughter!

The Princess of our Heavenly Kingdom!

This is Princess Deokman!

Hurrah! Ten thousand hurrahs!

Hurrah! Princess Deokman, hooray!

Princess Deokman, hooray!

Princess Deokman, hooray!

Princess Deokman, hooray!

How could such a thing have happened like this?

I'm not sure myself.

When Princess Cheonmyeong passed away, I had an inkling that things weren't going that well.

And now look at where we are.

Then... what should we do about Sohwa?

For now, go to where she is.

Once things settle down, I will send you a message as soon as I receive an order from Lady Mishil.

OK then.

But, doesn't this mean that Sohwa will now become Princess Deokman's nanny?

How is she?

She was injured while she was already feeble, so it won't be that easy.

But I will do my best.

We'll leave it in your hands. She is someone that shouldn't die just yet.

Hey, this is no joke! This is really no joke at all!

From the time when she decided to appear, to the radiance on her face that illuminated...

But really, how could she even deceive me?!

You wretch!! She is a princess!

Are you going to continue with this behavior?

I got it, I got it.

I will show her my respect the next time I see her.

I now respect her! Completely respect her!

But really, she didn't even tell you the truth?

No, she didn't. You guys didn't know either?

She was foiled by Mishil once.

Thus, she deceived all of us in order to deceive Lady Mishil.

It was a brilliant strategy.

Although, Lady Mishil was able to see right through me and Bidam,

but she wasn't able to see through the princess.

That's what I'm saying. She was absolutely splendid.

My beautiful daughter.

This beautiful princess...

And even more beautiful as a woman.

If only you were brought up along with Cheonmyeong,

how great would have been if the both of you were able to share that sisterly bond.

Since we've met...

We haven't even had the opportunity to act as sisters.

Unlike other sisters, we have yet to fight over clothes.

As we are throwing rings around here... and there...

And saying either you want it or I want it,

we haven't even got the chance to argue about that.

Including all that belongs to Cheonmyeong,

I'm going to give you all that is entitled to a princess.

Your Highness.

I did not return to the palace in order to live happily as a woman,

nor did I return to the palace to live a life as a princess.

I'd abandon that thought before coming here.

I also gave Unni, Princess Cheonmyeong, my sworn oath.

Your Majesty? Princess has arrived.

Have her enter.

Have a seat.

I couldn't even come up with any words that I can say to you,

if we were to meet.

I am sorry.

Do you blame me?

Yes, Your Majesty.

Of course you would.

And you should.

But, please try to understand.

Yes, Your Majesty.

Now, I do understand.

Because you are the king,

and having that position of a ruler requires you to act as such.

In order to protect that throne,

it would become necessary to abandon one's child.

So I do understand.

However...

What I blame you is for the fact that if you had,

to take a path which included abandoning me in order to protect that throne,

then you should have taken measures to strengthen your power of authority.

Hence, you shouldn't have lost me again when I had returned,

and you shouldn't have had to lose my sister, Princess Cheonmyeong.

I'm sure you're harboring much blame for me.

How could you not be...?

I'd even gave an order to have you killed.

Your Majesty.

I have only one reason for my return when I had already intended to leave.

And that's for Unni, Princess Cheonmyeong...

I'm going to confront Mishil in her place.

After declaring that a solar eclipse will not occur, and now that it has....

Have you seen how the people have started to talk about her as the new Heaven's royal maiden?

Yes, and for that very reason...

Mother, let's mobilize our troops right now!

So who cares about being Heaven's royal maiden?

We have both the military and the nobles on our side!

Seju, he's right. I will gather the private soldiers from the nobles that are on our side.

What if the nobles we had initially thought were on our side started to sing a new tune.

Then, there would be an internal conflict, and we would have no way knowing the outcome.

That couldn't possibly happen.

Right now, we have no way of knowing.

If any troops were to be mobilized right now, then it will be seen as a coup.

It's already too late for that.

We had the throne within our reach!

I, too...

...am disheartened.

However, what important now is to ensure that no one person switches over to His Majesty's side.

Therefore, Daedeung Sang, please expedite the coronation for Princess Deokman.

Pardon?

Give them the impression that all nobles on our side are united under your authority,

and are being benevolent in overlooking the sins of the royal family.

Furthermore, we must obtain what we can get out of the royal family.

As for the levies that are collected from the people to benefit the royal court,

and the nobles will be readjusted from 60/40 ratio to 50/50.