I'm the Most Beautiful Count (2025) s01e11 Episode Script

Even if you dislike what I did to Banjong,
I want you to know
I did it because I love you.
Love is love.
But you have no right to use love
as an excuse to hurt others.
You and Kosol…
You're together, aren't you?
I've seen everything clearly now.
From this moment on,
I won't stand in the way
of you and Worradej anymore.
So many trinkets, seriously.
It's all too much.
It's so hot. My armpits
are drenched already.
It's rare for you to attend an event.
Please endure a bit, Your Majesty.
The jug for the ceremonial water, sire.
Take it away.
I already have one, can't you see?
Your Majesty is the King.
You must use a golden jug
befitting your grace.
How could you use clay like a commoner?
Please get dressed, Your Majesty.
The ceremony is about to begin.
Jade.
What's the difference between us two?
Why must we use different things?
The clothes we wear
or the language we speak.
As Chid has said, Your Majesty,
you are the ruler,
while I am but a servant.
That is only make-believe.
What is true is that you were born
from your mother's womb,
and so was I.
One day you will grow old, and so will I.
When you fall ill, so do I.
In the end,
neither of us can escape death.
Then what makes me so superior to you?
Your Majesty.
Please do not lower yourself
to compare with commoners.
It pains me to hear it, Your Majesty.
Whenever I wish to do
what ordinary people do,
I am told it is improper
because I am said to be
a deity born into this world,
with merit and power above all others.
You have been with me a long time.
You know it has never been
that way at all.
I'm just a filthy human like anyone else.
Why do you speak
so strangely today, Your Majesty?
Are you feeling unwell?
I was merely wondering
what my true essence is.
Jade.
No matter how different you and I may be,
the one thing that will come to us equally
is death itself.
Everyone, gather around.
The ceremony is about to begin.
Please come together.
Why is the jug that Banjong
and Pandao made so beautiful?
Look at the one Kosol made.
It's all crooked like a termite mound.
I didn't make it myself.
I bought it.
Is that so?
It's really pretty.
His Majesty King Chaiyached has arrived.
It brings me great joy
that on this 12th full moon,
I am here in Singhanakhon,
a city where everyone loves their homeland
and cherishes their own freedom.
You're all willing to fight
to the death to protect it.
I am deeply honored
to have fought alongside you all.
Here, sire.
I hereby declare that this day every year
shall be known
as the Festival of Rinkasin,
to honor the fallen heroes
and to seek forgiveness
from the Goddess of Water,
whom we have relied on all year.
I ask everyone
to focus your mind
and think only of good things.
Pour the water into the pond now.
May Kosol stay this sweet forever.
Sathu.
May Worradej be less of a flirt.
Are you praying or cursing?
I'm praying.
Because if he flirts too much,
I'll get tired of chasing after him.
Sathu.
May I forget Worradej soon.
Sathu.
May I find new love
and finally forget Count Kosol.
Sathu.
That’s a bit too loud
for a private prayer.
We're right here.
Your Majesty!
King Chaiyached has been shot.
Chaiyached!
Your Majesty! Please stay strong!
Your Majesty! Count Kosol!
- Your Majesty.
- Chaiyached!
Please stay strong, Your Majesty.
- Your Majesty.
- Take him back to the palace!
Yes, sir.
Your Majesty.
Your Majesty.
- Get inside. It's dangerous.
- Your Majesty.
- Get inside.
- Please hang in there.
Please hold on, Your Majesty.
Get inside. It's dangerous. Go.
Hurry.
Find the shooter.
All of you, come with me.
Your Majesty.
Your Majesty.
Your Majesty.
Please don't leave us, Your Majesty.
Stay with us.
Please hold on, Your Majesty.
Chit, go get the royal physician now.
Yes, sir.
Please wake up, Your Majesty.
Your Majesty.
Your Majesty.
No one is allowed to enter this room.
Yes, sir.
Your Majesty.
Lord, sir.
Your Majesty…
Lord, sir.
Your Majesty.
Lord, sir.
Lord, sir.
Will His Majesty be all right?
Will the royal physician
be able to save him?
Lord, sir.
Please answer me, my Lord.
He might not make it.
Why?
Why, sir?
Please hold on, Your Majesty.
- Your Majesty.
- Jade.
Go wait outside.
And when the physician arrives,
tell him to leave.
His Majesty
has passed away.
Your Majesty!
Your Majesty!
Please wake up, Your Majesty.
Jade is waiting for you, Your Majesty.
Please wake up
and stay with me, Your Majesty.
Your Majesty.
Your Majesty.
Your Majesty, who will I stay with now?
Your Majesty.
Your Majesty.
Jade, come serve as my royal page.
I've told you before, you are my friend,
and friends should do things together.
Jade, help me with this.
Before we go to the market,
let's do something fun first.
Tell your servant
to clean my shoes right now.
Allow me to do it myself, sir.
No need.
- Run!
- Today, at the market,
I had the most fun ever.
Let's play like that again sometime.
Please wake up, Your Majesty.
Jade is waiting for you.
Your Majesty.
"Ched" and "Jade" sound quite alike.
That means we're a perfect duo.
Let's make a promise.
If we both grow old
and still can't find wives,
we'll stay single and be friends forever.
Please wake up, Your Majesty.
Your Majesty.
"Now, His Majesty King Chaiyached,
ruler of Thanapura,
has passed away."
Really?
"On Thursday night,
the 15th day of the 12th lunar month,
Year of the Rat,
Chula Sakarat 1200.
Let this be known to all citizens."
Now the throne of Thanapura stands vacant,
for King Chaiyached left
no appointed heir to the throne.
It was His Majesty's will
to return power to the people,
allowing them to choose their own leader.
But Somdet Saenyakorn,
who conspired to assassinate
King Chaiyached,
will soon declare himself the first ruler
of a new dynasty.
That, we shall never allow.
I will not stand for it either.
If it was King Chaiyached's will
to return power to the people,
then we must honor that.
Anyone who dares defy
His Majesty's final decree,
I, the governor of Nakhon Suang,
will lead my army to crush him.
King Chaiyached was only 18 years of age.
He had never quarreled with anyone.
Yet Somdet Saenyakorn betrayed him
and took his life to seize power.
Such cruelty cannot be forgiven.
I am willing
to send my troops to join the battle.
Somdet Saenyakorn's act
is treason against the kingdom.
If such a man were to take power,
the land would be engulfed in flames.
I will commit my battalion
to help defeat those who betray Thanapura.
I thank all four governors deeply.
Your support will restore peace
to the Thanapura Kingdom.
If war should arise again in the future,
I shall inform you at once.
THANAPURA ROYAL PALACE
Are you certain
everything you've said is true?
Certain, my lord.
Our informant
was present at the royal funeral.
How did he die?
It wasn't our doing, my lord.
Everyone was waiting for your command.
Never mind.
Good riddance that he's dead.
Now,
King Chaiyached has passed away,
the throne cannot remain without a ruler.
As the royal regent,
I must ascend the throne
as King Saenyakornklao,
the first sovereign of a new dynasty,
the Saenya Dynasty.
Long live the King!
- Long live the King!
- Long live the King!
- Long live the King!
- Long live the King!
- Long live the King!
- Long live the King!
Here, news from Thanapura.
Just as expected.
Saenyakorn wants to crown himself king.
But who knew he'd be so shameless,
naming the entire kingdom after himself?
The nation of Saenya has truly been born.
Can we even change history now?
I'm already here.
You called me like I was about to flee
the country of Saenya or something.
Oh my, Nat!
Don't die on me! What happened to you?
Not dead. I was laughing
at that Webtoon, girl.
It's so fun.
Webtoon?
This one.
It's called
"I'm the Most Handsome Count in Saenya."
So good.
Hey, you.
You're obsessed with dramas
and now Webtoons too?
See, the lead is a superstar.
Then he time-travels back
about a hundred years,
to when Saenya was just founded.
Then he runs into political trouble.
After that, he jumps in
and helps solve things in a fresh way.
It's so good, honestly.
Soc can he really change history, though?
- Well…
- Do you know this?
The Grandfather Paradox.
Huh? Who? What?
No, it's like…
Suppose, say you travel back in time
and you meet your grandfather
and kill him.
If you kill your grandfather,
your father won't exist.
If there's no father, you won't exist.
And if you don't exist,
no one goes back to kill your grandfather.
Then your grandfather will not die.
If he lives, your father will exist.
Your father will have you,
and someone will still time-travel
to kill your grandfather--
Stop, that's confusing.
Hey, I am asking you.
If you could go back in time,
what would you want to change?
I would change nothing at all.
Because it is impossible.
No one can change the past.
It can be changed.
In that story,
the hero changes it, you know.
I'll ask you again.
If you could return to the past,
what would you want to change?
I already told you I would change nothing.
You've read so many Webtoons,
your brain is leaking.
Say that again, and I’ll slap you once
for every year you’ve lived.
You slapped me already just now.
Oh, right. Forgot.
You know I'm quick-handed.
This gives so much more, seriously.
Read it. You have to read it.
It's really fun.
It gives you something
to think about. Read it, quick.
This part is so good right now.
- Read it.
- If it's fun, then read it.
Oh, where are you going?
Stay and read with me.
- Ah, no I won't read.
- Read it.
- You read it.
- This is so fun.
- I said I won't.
- It's great, seriously.
Hey, Prince, read it.
Trust me, give it a try.
Worradej.
What did you mean just now?
Change history?
Yes. It's hypothetical.
‪All these events,
if this is already set in motion,
the Saenya dynasty
rules for centuries more.
Can we change that?
And who decides it?
How could we possibly know our own future?
Uh…
I was only speculating.
Even if Brahma has ordained the future,
that will not make me change my mind.
I only know one thing.
I must storm the royal palace
and defeat that Saenyakorn.
I, myself,
will be the one to change Brahma's decree.
So then, proceed.
History will not repeat itself.
History must change.
But when will you storm the royal palace?
I am ready.
All of us, sir.
Should we wait until the mourning
is over before attacking?
Right now,
it seems everyone only thinks
about dealing with Somdet
and have completely
forgotten King Chaiyached.
Even though King Chaiyached
has only recently died.
It is very tragic, sir.
- Jade.
- Jade.
- What are you doing?
- Jade.
I will shave my head
as a sign of mourning for His Majesty.
Ah, Jade, no!
- Jade, Jade, no!
- Jade.
- Jade, stop now.
- Jade.
- Let me go, sir.
- Jade, calm down.
- Let me go, sir.
- Compose yourself, Jade.
- Jade.
- Don't do this, Jade.
King Chaiyached.
Your Majesty, is this…
Are you human or a spirit, Your Majesty?
Stop calling me King Chaiyached,
and stop addressing me
with royal honorifics.
The king named Chaiyached
has long left this world.
Only Ched, a common man, remains.
What on earth is going on, my lord?
I got intel from that Somdet Saenyakorn
when I was captured by him.
He said that…
If I were to assassinate Your Majesty,
I would lose all legitimacy
to claim the throne for myself.
Therefore, the other provinces would rise
and attack Thanapura
on charges of rebellion.
Hence, Your Majesty
remains essential to me.
That's why he hasn't killed me
or crowned himself.
He fears the other kingdoms
would rise and seize the throne.
That's exactly why he's afraid.
So he keeps you alive as his puppet.
Then, what if we stage it to look like
Somdet assassinated Your Majesty?
We would gain legitimacy
to move against him
on charges of treason
and win support from the other provinces.
What do you think of this plan?
I agree. Playing dead sounds great fun.
Worradej.
Do you think you can stage
Chaiyached's death convincingly?
Acting is my specialty.
Since we have a festival coming,
we will use it to our advantage.
While the crowds gather,
I will make it as real as possible.
Make it bloody enough
to leave everyone stunned.
Everyone… all already knew?
Then why am I the only one
who did not know about it?
It was my idea.
I fear that if you knew
it was merely staged,
you would not feel sad
and others would suspect
that I am truly dead
and you show no sorrow at all.
So we had to keep you in the dark.
Your Majesty…
Please don't do this again.
Oh, Jade.
Stop crying now. No one's dead.
You can stop crying.
I'm crying because I'm happy, my Lord.
It's all right.
Your Majesty.
You are safe now, aren't you?
Come on. Stop crying, Jade.
- Stop crying.
- There, there.
You… You're hugging me too tight.
You're all far too emotional.
Chaiyached, go back to your chamber.
Someone might see you.
Come, escort me back.
Yes, Your Majesty.
Where are you going?
To inspect the inner palace, sir.
Lord Kosol ordered that no one
must approach the royal bedchamber.
He wishes everything to remain as it was.
Do you understand?
Yes, sir.
Your Majesty, please do not leave
the royal chamber again.
If anyone sees you,
it will cause a great uproar.
But it is so boring in here.
Then stay here and keep me company.
Stay and talk with me all day,
and I promise I won't go anywhere.
As you wish, Your Majesty.
Drop the royal speech already.
I am no longer a king.
Come on, call me "Brother Ched."
Uh… I dare not, Your Majesty.
Still with the "Your Majesty"?
Or is it because
you don't wish to get close to me?
Do you intend to keep
this distance between us?
Uh…
May I speak to you
the same way I do with the Count?
It feels more comfortable.
Very well. At least
that narrows the gap a little.
What are you doing?
You just touched my head.
And now your head's still fine.
No ashes or brimstone fell on it.
Nor did hell swallow you whole.
So from now on,
you may speak freely with me.
No need to be afraid anymore.
Come on, Jade.
I am but a commoner now, just like you.
Relax around me, will you?
Please.
Yes, sir.
Thank you so much, old friend.
Is it too tight?
Now put your arm around me.
I can hug you, right?
Uh…
It's a bit tight, sir.
Brother Ched, is Jade handsome?
He is.
Very handsome?
Truly handsome.
Kosol, do you have any plan
to storm the royal palace?
Not yet.
I only know that Lord Saenyakorn
has likely prepared forces to meet us.
Lord Kosol.
Madam Nisa has traveled
from Thanapura to see you.
Who is it again?
Madam Nisa, Chaiyached's maternal aunt.
Who is she?
She is Ched's aunt.
Tell them I do not wish to receive her.
Tell her to return home.
But it seems
Madam Nisa has urgent business, sir.
No matter how urgent,
it means nothing to me.
If she refuses to leave,
let her wait as long as she wants.
Yes, sir.
Madam Nisa,
Lord Kosol asked me to inform you
that he will not receive you.
Please return, my lady.
Where is Kosol? I will go to him myself.
Better not, my lady.
Lord Kosol said
he is not available to meet you.
How dare he.
I've come all the way from Thanapura,
and he dares turn me away?
Kosol, how could you be so cruel?
She might have something important to say.
Why not just talk it through?
Or do you two have some history together?
Ched's family and mine,
we've always been enemies.
That hatred has been passed down
to our generation.
After so many generations of hate,
what even started it?
What else?
Power and the lust to rule, of course.
Answer me now, where is Kosol?
But Nisa's hatred toward me
runs deeper than that.
Why is that?
No answer, huh?
Fine, then I'll go to him myself.
Please don't, my lady.
Madam Nisa.
Please, my lady, don't!
Because the man she wanted
fell for me instead.
So irritating!
Are you saying you were
the heartthrob of the royal court?
Kosol, why do you keep avoiding me?
Nat?
Nat! How did you get here?
Huh? It's really you!
Not an illusion?
Nat, you came to take me home, right?
How did you get here,
and how will you get back?
Do not touch me!
Who are you?
Wait, you're not Nat?
My apologies, my lady.
You just look so much like
my dearest friend.
Like a premium knock-off, honestly.
Kosol, are you keeping
a half-witted concubine?
I think he suits you well, though.
You're still as sharp-tongued
as ever, Nisa.
State your business quickly,
so you may leave,
for I do not wish to see your face.
I won't go
until I have cursed you properly.
How did you raise Chaiyached
to be attacked like this?
Who harmed my beloved Chaiyached?
If the Lord denies it was him,
then who did?
Who are the rebels plotting treason?
Or is it you, Kosol?
Are you breathing through your gills?
Even if I must hold my breath
to berate you, I will do it.
Answer me this instant.
First, I have cared for Ched.
But you know him.
He loves to put himself in danger.
That is beyond my control.
Second, I insist that the one plotting
the assassination is Somdet.
And third,
if I intended to kill Chaiyached,
I would have killed him when I was three.
I would've never let him live to this day.
Oh, Chaiyached…
My dear nephew.
Why must your life
be filled with such sorrow?
You lost your mother
when you were so young,
and when you grew older,
you became nothing more
than a puppet for nobles.
And just as you rose to become a king,
you were taken from us too soon.
Oh, my poor nephew…
Kosol, whose side is she on?
Ours or Lord Saenyakorn's?
If she's on our side,
shouldn't we tell her the truth?
Nisa…
Let me ask you something.
What do you think of Lord Saenyakorn?
I despise him more than anything.
Your turn…
Here.
Someone's here, sir.
It's Worradej. Go open the door.
Yes, sir.
Ched…
Look who I've brought with me.
Who is it?
Aunt.
My dear nephew.
I'm not dreaming, am I?
You look thinner.
There, truly my dear nephew.
I heard you went to Singhanakhon.
What business did you have there?
I went to pay respects to King Chaiyached,
but I did not manage to.
King Chaiyached is not dead yet.
I had suspected.
Did you speak with them further?
Yes, I spoke with them at length
about the plan to invade Thanapura
and to capture and execute the king.
Will you storm the royal palace?
If there is anything I can do, tell me.
I long to behead that tyrant.
Very fitting.
You move freely in and out of the palace,
and you are close to Somdet.
You could be a great help to us.
But if we use a mole scheme,
you may be put in danger.
Can you bear it?
My life and the lives of these other women
are already so wretched.
They never hold a woman as equal to a man.
We are willing to risk our very lives,
so that we might escape their dominion.
Then let us waste no time.
Let us plan and prepare
to storm the royal palace.
I will notify
the four supporting provinces
that back our forces.
Now…
May I say something?
From the last war,
many people lost their lives.
Whether enemy soldiers
or our own villagers,
they all had families.
I believe war is far too cruel.
I do not wish to witness
such things again.
But if you do not wish to see it,
you don't have to join this battle.
For the word "war"
is written with cruelty.
But I feel the same as you, Worradej.
At that time,
when I killed those soldiers,
I wondered what they had done wrong.
They probably did not even want
to invade us.
Yet they were conscripted anyway.
If you remain soft-hearted,
how shall we win the war?
How about this?
If our target is Somdet Saenyakorn
and only a few nobles,
we infiltrate the palace
and strike only them.
No need for bloody pitched battles.
Brilliant.
This plan is thrilling,
Your Highness Ched.
Then we will pose as Natasha Romanoff.
Sneak in to deal
with the single mastermind.
My plan, what say you, Kosol?
It is a good plan.
But the palace guards are many.
How shall we infiltrate then?
I know.
First, I must entrust Lady Nisa
to go and trick Somdet
into thinking we have another plan.
I have heard
they are mustering from four provinces
and meeting at Pak Nam Inthu.
- Count.
- Yes, sir.
Send our men
to watch the river mouth at Inthu.
If they gather troops there at any time,
report back to me at once.
At your command.
Come sit on my lap.
Go sit on the bench?
That would be improper.
On my lap.
Yes, my lord.
When this war is over,
I will grant you a handsome reward.
It would be your great mercy.
Just that?
Is that so?
Kosol.
Um…
Could you not wipe like that?
I'm feelling some type of way.
I am preparing weapons
to fight that Somdet.
You are being crude and off-topic.
Crude, how? Well…
It's because you wipe like that.
What if the gun goes off
and someone is killed?
There are no bullets.
How could it possibly fire?
If there are none, then okay.
You could have told me
there were no bullets.
You are always finding fault with me.
Worradej.
If the two of us enter the royal palace,
we cannot be bickering like this anymore.
Fields have eyes and woods have ears.
Every step could be dangerous.
Do you realize that?
Yeah, I know.
Kosol.
You have been away
from the palace for such a long time.
You will be returning home.
Are you excited?
A home filled only with family hatred
is like living in a ring of fire.
I do not wish to return.
Once our mission is complete,
it will be over.
The killing and fighting for power
is drawing near, Worradej.
Near what?
The wish I once told you about,
it is about to come true.
Right.
Once your wish is fulfilled,
I will return home, right?
I wonder how things are back there now.
- Ta-da!
- Ta-da!
Have you lost your mind?
That's women's cloth
for wrapping as a shawl.
Exactly! We'll disguise
ourselves as court ladies.
We'll dress as women to enter the palace.
Dress as women?
- No.
- Nope.
Right now, every regiment
is marching out of the capital.
There should be only a few guards
left in the palace.
Now, we court ladies outnumber them.
My lord, flee. I'll handle them.
No. I will never abandon you.
We'll stand and fight together.