ROYALS AND REBELS

"Doctor, what's wrong with my baby's milk?" Queen Sungman asked, "Will my son be alright?" She added.

"Your Highness, you must let go and I won't give you false hope, this child has already passed on because what he was given was not milk at all." The Doctor replied.

"What?" Queen Sungman asked and at that moment King Jinpyeong, Princess Deokman and Seungman walked into the room while the Doctor still hadn't noticed their presence as well as the Queen.

"If it wasn't milk then what did I feed my son?" Queen Sungman asked desperately.

"Your Highness, I believe that what His Highness consumed was white sap which was extracted from a very poisonous plant, given that it looked white I am afraid that you must have fed it to him thinking that it was milk." The Doctor replied.

"You are saying that someone definitely put it there with killing the baby as their aim?" Queen Sungman asked.

"Yes Your Highness." The Doctor replied.

Queen Sungman was utterly devasted as she turned around and noticed the presence of the other people in the room while King Jinpyeong himself was totally taken by surprise he tightly gripped his chest.

"I am afraid Your Highness my duty is to treat the and sick and where heaven is with them cure them but raising the dead is out of my profession, in other words the Last Seonggol male seed has also dried up." The Royal Doctor said as Queen Sungman looked at Princess Deokman and Seungman her eyes burning with so much anger and resentment towards the two.

"Deokman?" She said, "Seungman ." She added, "If I can't get even with you two witches for Killin my one and only son then what is the purpose of my life at all?" She asked as she angrily picked up the sharp knife that was in the doctor's kit and she sprang herself at the both of them angrily.

The closer she got Yushin Rang, Kim Yongsu and Alcheon Rang held her back and disarmed her.

"Your Majesty." Queen Sungman said, "Why can't you do anything for heaven's sake, it was your son?" She added.

"Sungman." King Jinpyeong called.

"How could the both of you be so heartless, how could the both of you even dare, I'd understand if we had our own grudge between us but my son was innocent.

He was just a child who had barely talked and even spoken, how could you as women do something that is this awful." Queen Sungman said.

"Take her away." King Jinpyeong said, "She is losing it." He added.

"No." Queen Sungman said as she was led out, "You are all murderers and the blood of my son is upon your hands." She added.

Princess Deokman stared at the corpse which was already on the bed and she was in a way moved.

"Your Highness?" Seungman called but she had moved her eyes to the golden cup that had been used to feed the baby.

"You shall all regret what you have done to me today, I shall become a vicious ghost and I shall haunt you all." Queen Sungman shouted until she was completely out of the room.

King Jinpyeong slowly walked towards the bed and there staring at the child that was lying down lifeless on those sheets he inwardly cursed himself.

Slowly he bent over and took ghd corpse in his grip, by that time it was already ice cold and it's eyelashes cringed.

"You must have died in so much pain." King Jinpyeong said as Princess Deokman and Seungman slowly moved to his side.

"You wouldn't even last more than a day and my enemies took your life." King Jinpyeong added as he stared at it closely while his grip around its body tightened.

"I had never thought that having a son would be the greatest labour of my life and now that I got you for once to embrace and feel warm just like that heaven took you from me without even thinking twice." King Jinpyeong said as he slowly started to shed tears.

"Father?" Princess Deokman called.

"Deokman, I fear that these men are unrestrained." King Jinpyeong said. "I fear that after your brother you'll be next." He added.

"I'll avenge him father, I'll get justice." Princess Deokman said.

"No." King Jinpyeong replied, "An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth." He added as he turned around and faced his daughter with his child at hand.

"Father?" Princess Deokman called.

"I understand that you value the talents of this Shilla so much with all your heart but when the tomatoes are rotten there is no use for them anymore.

How much more blood shall those monsters shed for you to be content, how much disorder shall they bring to force you to act up?" King Jinpyeong asked.

"A ruler has tough decisions every day and the toughest is to wake up each and every morning and choose to face it all with aggression and survive through it because if today it was your brother then tomorrow your sister shall follow and then your cousin and you would have deprived Shilla of just as much." King Jinpyeong said.

"Yes Father." Princess Deokman replied as he turned around and looked at Seungman.

"Your will is a lot greater than hers, your heart knows no hesitation where you do you must and where you can't you don't.

Your devotion for Shilla and for this heavenly kingdom is something that is irreplaceable and should Deokman dare to halt in the middle of the resistance then you must finish the job and slay all those men." King Jinpyeong said.

"Yes Your Majesty." Seungman replied.

"My whole life as King I have lost so much more first your mother and then your brothers and now even I feel like I have completely lost myself." King Jinpyeong said.

"But Galmunwang Baekban's supporters have done nothing." Princess Deokman said.

"That wasn't a request it was a command and if you still take yourself to be my daughter and the Great granddaughter of King Jinheung then you shouldn't but you must fulfill it because I can never go in peace and leave with this country the very men that will tear it." King Jinpyeong said as he felt a Sharp pain on his chest and he was immediately struck by another episode of his illness.

"Your Majesty." Everyone called while King Jinpyeong who was fainting was supported by Damhyeong.

"Go call back the Royal Physician." Princess Deokman ordered Boyeong.

"Yes Your Highness." Boyeong replied as she quickly rushed out of the room while King Jinpyeong was helped onto the bed.

"Father?" Princess Deokman called at that moment but there was silence as Seungman used her fingers to detect for warm breath under his nose.

"He is still alive." She said, "He just passed out though it is something that is very serious." She added.

Princess Deokman knelt down on his side of the bed while Seungman also looked at the King lying right there lifelessly.

"It's all my fault." She said.

"No Your Highness." Seungman replied.

"I have been headstrong all my life trying to protect those men." Princess Deokman said.

"But you have seen for yourself that they have already chosen this path." Seungman said.

"Then I have been forced and there is not much more that I can do." Princess Deokman remarked.

"His Majesty has every reason to be angry and he is right by the way, your benevolence outweighs your courage because to you they are still the people of Shilla." Seungman said.

"Why must you tell me this now?" Princess Deokman asked, "You are only rubbing salt in my wound." She added.

"This is the path that you have chosen and it is not one that you can choose to run away from all the days of your life." Seungman said, "To be the ruler of our Heavenly Kingdom in order to save most of it's people you must give up on some and abandon them because lest you embrace those villains with all your heart when they can not change then I assure you that one day they shall spell either the demise of the very people that you loved or the demise of you yourself." Seungman replied.

At that moment the Royal Physician rushed in and just at the same time the two stood up with the others returned having apprehended Queen Sungman.

"Your Highness." They called.

"What's with His Majesty?" Alcheon Rang asked.

"You must do something." Princess Deokman said to the Royal Physician who was already examining King Jinpyeong's body for a while.

He looked rather devastated.

"What's with his Majesty?" Seungman asked.

"I am afraid that His Majesty doesn't have that much time left and slowly his meridians are breaking, due to shock he couldn't handle the external pressure that followed the death if his son and he has now gone into a coma." The Imperial physician replied.

Princess Deokman felt weakend at that time that she sat down on her father's bed while Princess Cheonmyeong barged through the doors of the room and she hurried quickly to her father's side.

"Father, father?" She cried as she shook him violently.

Princess Deokman appeared to be searching for her own composure.

"What happened to him?" Princess Cheonmyeong asked as she turned around and looked at her sister who was speechless despite shaking her constantly.

She turned to Seungman.

"Tell me Seungman?" She said.

"His Majesty doesn't have that much time left and slowly his meridians are breaking, due to shock he couldn't handle the external pressure that followed the death if his son and he has now gone into a coma." Seungman replied.

"Impossible." Princess Cheonmyeong said as she turned and looked at her sister.

"Who did this to him, who did this to father?" Princess Cheonmyeong asked.

"Galmunwang Baekban." Seungman replied.

"Uncle?" Princess Cheonmyeong said a little bit too surprised.

"Yes Your Highness." Seungman replied.

Princess Deokman stood up.

"Your Highness." Everyone said in unison while she unsheathed Yushin Rang's sword and then she tightened her grip around it.

"I have made a promise." Princess Deokman said, "Shilla can do without Uncle's talents and his people." Princess Deokman added.

"Your Highness, we don't have any proof for his involvement in this crime." Yushin Rang said.

"And the child was just as important to him so why did he choose now to extinguish it?" Alcheon Rang asked.

"The Queen was something that he was supposed to use to gain the sympathies of the people and other Courtiers." Princess Deokman replied.

"But it was the justification that he had to stage a coup." Yushin Rang said.

"No, we all thought wrong." Princess Deokman replied.

"Galmunwang Baekban doesn't need any justification as the son of Crown Prince Dongryun and Lady Mano he is a Seonggol Prince so he is his own justification to this rebellion." Seungman added.

"Yes." Princess Deokman confirmed.

"All this time we thought that we had more than one enemy but it turns out that he is going to use the public opinion to try oust us from power." Seungman said.

"His claim is strong." Yushin Rang said and slowly Princess Deokman and Seungman walked ahead as they moved closer to their circle.

"Not if we can counter it." Seungman replied.

"How Your Highness?" Kim Yongsu asked.

"If he is going to use guilt then we are going to use fear." Princess Deokman replied.

"Your Excellency." Haek Ga said.

"Are they all here?" Galmunwang Baekban asked as he wore his finest robes.

"Yes Your Excellency." Haek Ga replied.

"It is nearly time." Galmunwang Baekban said.

"It's not that peaceful at the Palace and the King is in an indefinite Coma right now according to our sources in the Palace, Princess Deokman and Seungman however are not settled either and their movements have already been identified as a declaration of war." Haek Ga replied.

"With the King unconscious it is now the best time to strike." Galmunwang Baekban said.

"Yes Your Excellency, according to your orders I believe that the Royal seal is on its way from Cheolwon Mountain Fortress and it shall have arrived here in a very short while." Haek Ga said.

"Brilliant." Galmunwang Baekban said as he admired his own reflection in the mirror.

"You look Glorious." Haek Ga said.

"It's about time that Grandmaster Sal Su, no Boryun learnt that even I could change my own fate and the woman who in his dreams would vanquish me shall never rule Shilla." Galmunwang Baekban remarked.

"Don't worry about him Your Excellency, I took care of him and he'll have a very good view where he is right now." Haek Ga replied.

"Round up those cheap rioters that we paid off and let them storm the Palace at whatever cost and see how long those walls of Banwolseong can hold them off." Galmunwang Baekban Said.

"Yes Your Excellency." Haek Ga replied.

"Let the word go about as far as it can reach, to get rid of her competition for the Crown Her Highness Princess Deokman murdered her newborn brother with poison last night." Galmunwang Baekban said.

"Yes Your Excellency." Haek Ga replied.

"In the meantime when the Royal seal has arrived and it is in my possession then together we shall march to Banwolseong with our full force and as a Royal Prince I shall myself with the will of the people decide the fate of Her Highness and her cousin."Galmunwang Baekban said.

"Yes Your Excellency." Haek Ga replied as he escorted his master out of the room to the back of his house where there was another room where the Courtiers themselves had gathered.

"Your Excellency, what about Kim Chunchu?" Haek Ga asked.

"He's only here to jeopardize our operation so at the end of it all we shall take him as our captive because he shall be very valuable." Galmunwang Baekban replied.

"Yes Your Excellency." Haek Ga said as he bowed his head while Baekban appeared in front of all the other Courtiers.

"Your Excellency." They said as they bowed their heads to him.

"All you who are gathered here today are the brave statesmen of Shilla, all that have devoted Yourselves to protect her traditions and customs and can not stand by and watch as those two women tarnish everything that our ancestors Bak Hyeokgyeose and Naemul strived so hard to build over the past centuries." Galmunwang Baekban said.

"Our last hope of maintaining the male bloodline of the King has been poisoned and as I speak with you right now the young Prince's body turns cold within the walls of Banwolseong without justice if we let Her Highness Princess Deokman get away with her inhuman acts then he shall have died in vain." He added.

"Your Excellency, we have beheld for ourselves the prophecy and the Calamity of the Female Ruler Jin is before us all." One of the Courtiers said.

"It's not only that but the bane of the Hallowed bone I believe has come much quicker than we had both expected." Another added.

"If we can't restore order like Shao and Yun then I am most afraid that this is the twentieth generation in which Shilla is going to fall at the hands of a female Ruler Jin." Others seconded.

"I called you all here today because there is no turning back around for us." Galmunwang Baekban said, "If you also feared that there is nothing more that we can protect as long as those two women are alive then you are right to stand with me." He added.

"But Her Highness' power outmatches ours by far and I believe that at this moment as the Keeper of the Hwarang which is the most elite force of Shilla then we are no much against her." One of the Courtiers said.

The other Generals as I speak are preparing a joint force that shall reinforce us and you needn't worry about the Hwarang because we have people that have taken care of that on the inside.

When we charge to Banwolseong then it's gates shall be opened to us and we shall take the Princess Captive and to justify our rebellion in our possession there's not only myself but I also posses with me the Royal seal of our Heavenly Kingdom." Galmunwang Baekban said.

"Congratulations Your Excellency." The Courtiers said as they went down on their knees with Kim Chunchu kneeling at the back.

"At last before us the true blood of Crown Prince Bongryun and Lady Mano shall save Shilla the great humiliation and seal the fate of the Female Ruler Jin." They added as they bowed their heads.

"All of you that stand with me here and today shall go down in History as the Peers that defended Shilla's name and brought glory for the task of uniting all three Kingdoms of Samhan was never the duty of a woman and as men have long been superiors we can't burden the country and let women rule us all." Galmunwang Baekban said.

"Yes Your Excellency." The Courtiers said as they bowed their heads.

"Everything is ready, we attack when the excitement is complete." Galmunwang Baekban said.

"Yes Your Excellency." Everyone if his supporters said in Unison.

"Did you procure the token?" Princess Deokman asked.

"Yes Your Highness." Seungman replied.

"Gopheung Rang?" Princess Deokman said.

"Yes Your Highness." Gopheung replied as he bowed his head.

"We have discussed everything so I am going to ask you to escort Seungman out of Seoraebeol." Princess Deokman said.

"Yes Your Highness." Gopheung replied.

"Yushin Rang?" Princess Deokman called.

"Yes Your Highness?" Yushin Rang replied.

"You are going to protect the main gates of Banwolseong." Princess Deokman ordered.

"Yes Your Highness." Yushin replied.

"Kim Yongsu?" Princess Deokman called.

"Yes Your Highness?" Kim Yongsu replied.

"Protect His Majesty the King as well as my sister." Princess Deokman ordered.

"Yes Your Highness." Kim Yongsu replied.

"Alcheon Rang?" Princess Deokman called.

"Yes Your Highness?" Alcheon Rang replied.

"I trust Bidam so you shall protect me." Princess Deokman ordered.

"Yes Your Highness." Alcheon Rang replied.

Hardly had she spoken when Boyeong barged through the doors of her quarters.

"Your Highness." She said panickingly as she bowed her head.

"What is it?" Princess Deokman asked.

"There are rioters outside Banwolseong Palace and they are demanding justice for the dead Prince." Boyeong replied.

"What are they saying?" Seungman asked.

"Our last hope of maintaining the male bloodline of the King has been poisoned and as I speak with you right now the young Prince's body turns cold within the walls of Banwolseong without justice if we let Her Highness Princess Deokman get away with her inhuman acts then he shall have died in vain." Boyeong said.

"Are they armed?" Seungman asked.

"Most of them are villagers that are holding garden tools and they are quite enraged." Boyeong replied.

"About how many are there?" Princess Deokman asked.

"Not more than a thousand." Boyeong replied.

"For most people this is something that shall be very hard to believe." Seungman remarked.

"I agree with Her Highness." Yushin Rang said.

"It's just as we had expected." Princess Deokman remarked.

"Then the Royal seal must be on its way." Seungman replied.

"Don't worry about the Royal seal I'll take care of it, we should continue going according to our plan." Princess Deokman said.

"Yes Your Highness." Everyone said in unison.

"Seungman are you ready?" Princess Deokman asked.

"Yes Your Highness." Seungman replied.

"If I can not survive here today then you are the last hope of Shilla." Princess Deokman said.

"I won't let you down Your Highness." Seungman replied as she stood up and walked out of the room.

"All of you to your positions." Princess Deokman said.

"Yes Your Highness." Everyone replied in unison

"Your Highness, where are we going to go?" Alcheon Rang asked.

"We are going to the main gate." Princess Deokman replied.

"Your Highness, it's risky there?" Alcheon Rang remarked.

"That's why we must be there." Princess Deokman replied.

"If you say so Your Highness." Alcheon Rang replied.

"When you can resist then resist with everything that you have but should I give you an order to stop Alcheon Rang then please for my sake you must listen because if you don't that could besmirch us of everything that we have worked for." Princess Deokman said.

"Yes Your Highness." Alcheon Rang replied.

"Let's get going then." Princess Deokman said as she led the way out of the room.

Seungman and Gopheung arrived at the back of Banwolseong which was close to deserted except with a very small force.

"What are these guards doing here?" Seungman asked Gopheung Rang.

"They were designated by Her Highness to protect you on your way about twenty five kilometres north of Seoraebeol." Gopheung replied.

"Is there anyone else who is aware of this operation?" Seungman asked.

"No Your Highness." Gopheung replied.

Seungman held up her dress while she walked up to Ammal and she mounted her and Gopheung and all the other twenty Soldiers mounting on their horses, they rode through the back gate of Banwolseong Palace and they were on their way out of Seoraebeol.

Galmunwang Baekban was seated inside his side Chamber with all the other Officials there along with him when Haek Ga walked in.

"Your Excellency." He said happily as he carried a trunk in his possession, "It's here." He added and at once Galmunwang Baekban stood up while the other Courtiers who were standing there with him faced him at that very moment.

He opened the trunk slowly and the first thing that shone in his face was a large mass of gold with dragon like designs on top.

Kim Chunchu who was in the room was surprised as Galmunwang Baekban took out the seal and he raised it into the air.

"Your Highness." They said as they bowed their heads to him.

"I am now the Holder of the Royal Seal of our Heavenly kingdom." Galmunwang Baekban said.

"Congratulations Your Highness, May His Highness live forever." They all said as they bowed their heads.

Galmunwang Baekban took the seal and lowered it right when another man hurried into the room.

"Your Excellency." He said as he bowed his head.

"What is it?" Galmunwang Baekban asked.

"The masses are exited and the numbers of the villagers have only increased right now there are more than two hundred thousand people stationed outside Banwolseong." The man replied.

Galmunwang Baekban smiled.

"Your Highness, with the seal and the masses on your side this is our best time to attack." The man said.

"No one knows that the King is unconscious so once we storm the Palace there you must go to Ilsan where he is lying and there you must cease him alive or dead." Galmunwang Baekban said to one pair of the Generals.

"Yes Your Highness." They replied in Unison.

"Minister Han and Minister Moon you shall command another group and your task will be to capture all the Princesses including Lady Seungman and Lady Manmyeong." Galmunwang Baekban ordered.

"Yes Your Highness." The two acquisced in unison.

"The rest of us, ours shall be to round off Princess Deokman and her supporters along with the help of the people." Galmunwang Baekban ordered.

"Yes Your Excellency." They all replied in unison.

"Gentlemen, now we march onward to Banwolseong Palace." Galmunwang Baekban ordered.

"Yes Your Excellency." The Courtiers cheered him on as they stepped out of the side Chambers with him and there outside there was a large number of soldiers that had gathered in his Courtyard.

"How many are there?" Kim Chunchu asked.

"Five thousand men." Galmunwang Baekban replied and Kim Chunchu turned to look at him and he smiled.

"How happy you must be!" Kim Chunchu exclaimed.

"Why exactly?" Galmunwang Baekban asked, "To have known that you are a spy of Her Highness?" He asked.

"Yes." Kim Chunchu replied.

"You might have heard everything but the question is do you have enough time to warn her Highness, and even if you did would I just let you go?" Galmunwang Baekban asked and at that moment a group of his guards surrounded Kim Chunchu and pointed their swords at him.

Kim Chunchu smiled.

"What's funny?" Galmunwang Baekban asked.

"Do you think that I need to tell Her Highness?" Kim Chunchu asked.

"It doesn't matter when with myself I have the hearts of the people and now the Royal seal is in my possession, heaven is on my side so there is not much that you can do to me because I have to quench the thirst of the people and cleanse the Palace and the only way that I can reach that expectation they bear towards me is to give them the blood of those two cruel women." Galmunwang Baekban said.

"Have you not even the slightest consideration that your aspirations are much too vexatious?" Kim Chunchu asked.

"I have planned for this day for fifty three years of my life and I always prayed and waited on the very moment that I would lead without having to rely on anyone for any form of justification and as I speak I assure you that it won't be that hard to get into the palace because rather than being repelled I along with the people shall be welcomed." Galmunwang Baekban replied.

"I hope to see Your Victory very soon." Kim Chunchu said.

"Don't worry, I assure you that it shall be the very last thing that you'll ever see." Galmunwang Baekban said. "Take him away." He ordered the guards to lead him to the side having confined him with thick nylon ropes.

"Brave warriors of Shilla." Galmunwang Baekban said and the soldiers stood at attention.

"We march to Banwolseong now." He added as he personally unsheathed his own sword and raised it in the air while his private soldiers cheered him on as he led the way with the other Courtiers through to the gates of his residence.

Princess Deokman arrived in the courtyard that faced the main gate and there she watched as the Royal guards prepared themselves along the walls for an impact with the people.

"Your Highness." Yushin Rang said as he bowed his head.

"What's the situation?" Princess Deokman asked.

"The numbers of the people have increased greatly and Ganglyeoghan Palace is still bracing itself for an attack as well." Yushin Rang replied.

"Is everything else ready?" Princess Deokman said.

"Only the Hwarang still aren't in place." Kim Yushin replied.

"It must be because we have traitors amongst them." Princess Deokman replied.

"Do you have any suspicious people in mind?" Kim Yushin asked.

"I know them." Princess Deokman replied.

"Your Highness, we should do something about it now." Alcheon Rang said.

"Go get Ichan Chilsuk and Achan Seokpum along with a few of their members and place them at the gates." Princess Deokman replied.

"Why Your Highness?" Yushin Rang asked.

"You shall resist and Ichan Chilsuk has some remarkable strength and he is the Wonsanghwa." Princess Deokman replied.

"But those two are supposed to monitor the Hwarang and without them there shall be no order amongst them." Alcheon Rang said.

"Do you trust in me?" Princess Deokman asked.

"Yes Your Highness." Both Yushin and Alcheon Rang replied.

"Then you would know much better than anyone else that if it is absolute trust that you mean you'd be willing to listen to my every command and put your lives on the line." Princess Deokman Said.

"Yes Your Highness." They both replied In unison.

"Now go and get Ichan Chilsuk and Achan Seokpum along with a few of their members and place them at the gates." Princess Deokman ordered.

"Yes Your Highness." Yushin Rang replied while Princess Deokman smiled.

"The time is at hand, on this very day my enemies shall be delivered into my hands." Princess Deokman said to herself.

The people were already gathered outside Banwolseong Palace when they heard the sound of marching grow louder and louder and a large mass of them were forced to look behind and see what was going on when at that moment leading a few aristocrats and Courtiers along with a large mass of private troops, Galmunwang Baekban marched towards the gates as well.

The people murmured amongst themselves as they watched him progress until he stopped right in front of the gates staring at Yushin Rang on top along with Ichan Chilsuk he smiled.

"How dare you come here with your men to take the Palace, is this a coup?" Kim Yushin asked.

"Why don't you ask yourself General Yushin how human is the mistress that you serve and the Princess Deokman of Shilla?" Galmunwang Baekban asked.

"Whatever you are speaking is nonsense." Yushin Rang said.

"There are people here and no matter how hard you might try to hide it right now we know that Her Highness connived with her cousin and the both of them poisoned the young Prince in order to retain her claim for the Throne." Galmunwang Baekban said.

"Yes." The people were hyped and they shouted in unison following the lead of s few others.

"And what proof have you?" Kim Yushin asked.

"With heaven as a witness we knew before that Her Highness contested for the throne once and she became a prominent figure afterwards, she was elevated to the rank of Keeper of the Hwarang and the first woman to take on this role, next she was given her own army and gained her influence in court which is unacceptable for any Royal woman other than the regents.

She manipulated His Majesty the King who being old couldn't restrain her and she grabbed power and took it for herself while corrupting the will of heaven she has defiled it and made it her own." Galmunwang Baekban replied.

"How vicious?" A couple of men said.

"When other nations look at us we shall be a joke for having a woman rule us at all." Others said.

"There has never been a female King." Others shouted.

"They say blood is thicker than water but how could she be so heartless to her own brother because of her greed for power?" Others asked.

"If a woman rules shall our wives become masters in our households?" Others said and the noise of opposition grew louder and louder.

"To let Her Highness ascend the throne as King then judging from her cruelty the Calamity of the Female Ruler Jin shall be upon us all and in Shilla's rich History disaster shall have befallen her when she is still so young." Galmunwang Baekban said.

"Yes." The affirmed.

"You can confine his Majesty but his will was that as his brother I do what is best for everyone else and teach his daughter the right manner of a Princess so he willed his Royal seal to me." Galmunwang Baekban said as the seal was brought before the people and Galmunwang Baekban raised it up into the air for all of them to see.

They bowed their heads in return and Yushin and all the others that were at Banwolseong still stood and watched.

"Heed my orders and those of you that resist shall be rebels to our Heavenly Kingdom, open the Palace gates and we shall spare you but should you fail to do so then we shall penetrate with everyone out here at full force." Galmunwang Baekban threatened.

Everyone beholding it they bowed their heads.

Seungman and Gopheung had ridden their horses for a while and they stopped at a distance when they beheld in front of themselves a large group of aristocrats who stood their in wait.

Seungman unmounted her horse and she walked up to General Sokham who was the man leading them.

"Your Highness." He said as he bowed his head.

"Rise." Seungman said and General Sokham complied as he stood up.

"How many are they?" Seungman asked.

"One hundred thousand soldiers." General Sokham replied.

Hearing that Seungman got the token that she had tucked into her dress and she raised it up into the sky.

The aristocrats and their private armies along with the National troops beholding what was in her possession they went down on their right knees and bowed their heads.

"Long Live Your Highness, we await your command?" They all said and she looked at the large battallion which stretched for more than ten miles.

"We go to war." Seungman replied as she smiled ghastly.