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All Episodes of Empress Ki

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All Episodes of Empress Ki

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A woman born in Korea navigates her way through love, war, politics and national loyalties to become a powerful empress in China's Yuan dynasty.

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Season 1

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The Jackal and the Prince
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/28/2013
Sungnyang disguises herself as a man and works to free women who were sent to be Yuan concubines. King Wang Ko orders Sungnyang to get close to Wang Yu to lure him into an ambush.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
The Timid Prince
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/29/2013
Sungnyang reveals to the Crown Prince that there is a spy among them. Prince Togon is exiled to Koryo.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Protecting the Future Crown Prince
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/4/2013
Sungnyang mistakes the Yuan Prince for a Yuan soldier. For the prince's protection, the Koryo King barricades the prince within the Koryo palace.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
2.0/101 votes
In Hot Pursuit
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/5/2013
The Yaun Prince asks Sungnyang to teach him how to defend himself. El Temur plans a full-on attack on Daechong Island in order to kill the prince.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Survival in the Forest
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/11/2013
Sungnyang and Prince Togon continue their way to Kaegyong to find the Koryo King. Meanwhile, El Temur takes Koryo's palace under his command.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Confrontation and a Sad Goodbye
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/12/2013
Yom falls for Sungnyangs trick and brings in Prince Togon's body into the palace. Prince Togon becomes conflicted about choosing to tell the truth or becoming emperor of Yuan.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Separation of Lovers
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/18/2013
The King of Koryo finds out that Sungnyang is a woman and tires to protect her from Tangqishi. Meanwhile, at the capital of Yuan, Tanasiri is taking lessons to be empress.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
The Life of a Servant
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/19/2013
Sungnyang plots to take revenge on Emperor Togon during his wedding ceremony. The King of Koryo and Yom Byongsu are to duel to see who will be commander.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Meeting the Emperor
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/25/2013
The Koryo King defeats Yom and takes command, but is given poor resources to prepare for battle. El Temur is enraged when he finds out that the Emperor has taken in a concubine.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Curious
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/26/2013
The Koryo King leads his men to their first victory against the Turks. The Emperor makes Sungnyang a part of his retinue.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Spies in the Palace
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/2/2013
The Empress orders Sungnyang to feed Lady Pak a powder that will cause her a miscarriage. The Emperor further suspects Nyang of being Sungnyang.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
The Brilliant Plan
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/3/2013
Nyang is ordered to spread rumors that Lady Pak is faking her pregnancy. General Bayan disguises himself as Batolu, but runs into unexpected trouble on the battlefield.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Personal Maid
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/9/2013
Lady Pak is brought in front of the inquisition to be re-examined. Sungnyang receives a written promise to be let out of the palace, but gets caught by the Emperor.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
He Returns
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/10/2013
Wang Yu brings victory with him to the Yuan Palace. The previous Yuan Emperor is said to have written a blood vow before his death and all are scrambling to find it.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
The Fake Blood Vow
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 12/16/2013
Wang Yu comes up with a plan to infuriate El Temur, but needs Sungnyang to accomplish it. The Emperor challenges Wang Yu to a soccer match.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
The Soluble Vows
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 12/17/2013
El Temur tries to find the one who sent the appeal. Wang Yu finds out that Sungnyang was the one to help and decides to not see her again.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Curse Phase 2
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 12/23/2013
The Emperor and the Queen Dowager ask Wang Yu if he is interested in marrying one of the princesses. The Emperor opens a shadow play for Yang but uninvited guests decide to join them.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Tangqishi's Plan
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 12/24/2013
The palace fills with rats and begin the curse of the late Khan. The emperor decides to actively search for the Blood Vow.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Fake or Real
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 1/6/2014
Wangyu and Yeonchul comes up with a plan to fake Yeonchul's death to find out who are loyal to him. Nyang tell the emperor that she does not want him to speak to her again.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Removing El Temur
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 1/7/2014
Wangyu meets with the Dowager and wins her trust. Wangyu asks Nyang if she wants to be his Queen once he goes back to Koryo.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
The Truth About Jok Ho
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 1/13/2014
WangYu receives permission from the Regent to return to Koguryo to visit his "sick" father. Nyang and two others stay behind to look for Jukho to find the blood vow.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Pregnant Sung Nyang
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 1/14/2014
The emperor decides to hide injured Nyang in the pavilion so the regent's men cannot find her. Nyang's party is attacked by thieves while they were trying to help Nyang escape.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Byul or Maha
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 1/20/2014
Nyang gives birth to a son with a unique dot on his feet. The emperor and Wang yu finds out about Nyang and plans their revenge against the empress.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Preparation for War
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 1/21/2014
Nyang is found by Bayan in Liaoyang province while she is being sold as a slave. Nyang discovers the blood vow and shows it to Bayan.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
The Imperial Consort
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 1/27/2014
Nyang begins the selection process for the consorts as she fights through the obstacles the empress sets up. Wang Yu continues to find who is behind the counterfeit money.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Finally Meeting the Blood Vow
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 1/28/2014
Nyang becomes a consort and begins to fight with the empress with the support of other people from Koryo. Wangyu is fighting to stop counterfeit money from entering Liaoyang.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
The Jealous Empress
Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 2/3/2014
Nyang begins to teach the Emperor how to read and write every night by disguising it as a party. The empress decides to lock Nyang in the archives and give her an impossible task to finish.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Poisoned Sung Nyang
Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 2/4/2014
Nyang begins her plan to take the empress' power away from her. Wangyu meets with Hukso to get Musong back by telling Hukso that he is the husband of El Temur's niece.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
The Poisonous Dates
Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 2/10/2014
WangYu finds out about Nyang's situation from Tal Tal after they arrest Huksu. Nyang continues her revenge on the Empress.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Abdication Decree
Season 1 Episode 30 - Aired 2/17/2014
Nyang and Wangyu finally meet together and go their own ways. Feisu finally completes deciphering the book they found in Huksu's house.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
A Win for the Emperor
Season 1 Episode 31 - Aired 2/18/2014
The Emperor speaks in front of El Temur and also shows him that he can read. Tal Tal brings the spies from Eagle House in front of the governors.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Out to Kill
Season 1 Episode 32 - Aired 2/24/2014
Nyang avoids the bullet from El Temur and makes another governer the culprit of the attempted assassination of the Prince. The Empress calls in Wang Yu and Nyang together for a drink.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
The Dramatic Royal Hunt
Season 1 Episode 33 - Aired 2/25/2014
Nyang and the Emperor survive the coup but the Emperor is shot by a poison arrow. Wang Yu gets stabbed in the process of helping Nyang run away from the guards.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
The Curse
Season 1 Episode 34 - Aired 3/3/2014
The Emperor comes to save Nyang and her servants from being punished for the Emperor's injury. The Empress decides to use a curse to try and kill Nyang.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Ayushiridara
Season 1 Episode 35 - Aired 3/4/2014
After Nyang recovered the talisman and broke the curse, El Temur begins to have nightmares. Wangyu begins to train the bums Wongjin brought as new recruits.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Eagle Group and the Blood Vow
Season 1 Episode 36 - Aired 3/10/2014
Bayan begins his plan to go to war with El Temur and marches to the capitol. El Temur receives word from his men that his son is bringing Bayan and won the war.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
The Downfall
Season 1 Episode 37 - Aired 3/11/2014
Nyang is in the Ice Palace and calls everyone in to start planning to defend the Emperor while Bayan takes the palace. Wangyu complete's his job by opening the gate for Bayan's soldiers to enter.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
A New Enemy Rising
Season 1 Episode 38 - Aired 3/17/2014
The Dowager opposes Nayng becoming the empress and makes Bayan bring his niece to run Nyang out. The former empress was hanged from the square for the public to see.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Bayan Hudu
Season 1 Episode 39 - Aired 3/18/2014
Bayan Hudu becomes the new empress and Nyang continues the search for the secret funds. Wang Yu is also searching for the secret funds to help Nyang become the empress.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Finding the Secret Treasure
Season 1 Episode 40 - Aired 3/24/2014
Nyang finally finds out about the secret funds El Temur has been collecting. Bayan announces to the Emperor that he wants to go to war and conquer surrounding countries.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Sung Nyang's Victory
Season 1 Episode 41 - Aired 3/25/2014
Nyang and Wangyu begins their plan to remove the money from El Temur's house. Tal Tal finds out that he has been tricked by Nyang and rushes back to see the secret room empty.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Economic Downfall
Season 1 Episode 42 - Aired 3/31/2014
Wang Yu returns to Koryo and takes command by refusing to provide for Yuan any longer. Bayan takes his men to war with surrounding countries and tries to take them over.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Worse Times
Season 1 Episode 43 - Aired 4/1/2014
The Dowager and Bayan frames Wang Yu of selling explosives to enemy states of Yuan. Wang Yu is stripped of his title and dragged to Yuan by the prince and Tanguishi.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Where Your Loyalties Lie
Season 1 Episode 44 - Aired 4/7/2014
Kim Sunju comes right on time to save Wang Yu and his servants from being executed. The Emperor breaks the promise with Nyang and start to drink again.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
The Truth About Maha
Season 1 Episode 45 - Aired 4/8/2014
The Empress finds out about Maha's secret about his birth by threatening Yon Hwa. Nyang tells the Dowager and Maha that she will reveal all the secrets soon.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
The Princes' Fate
Season 1 Episode 46 - Aired 4/14/2014
Nyang runs to save Maha's life after finding out that he is her real son. Maha's true identity is revealed and he is kicked out of the palace.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
The Eagle House Leader
Season 1 Episode 47 - Aired 4/15/2014
Wang Yu visits Maha and decides that he is going to take him to Koyro and tell him everything. The Eagle House wants Yom Byung Soo to go see Bayan.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
The Fake Coup
Season 1 Episode 48 - Aired 4/21/2014
Nyang keeps the Emperor locked up in her room so that no one will know that he is awake. Bayan is sent to prison for trying to kill Nyang and her son Ayu.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
The Fall of Tangqishi
Season 1 Episode 49 - Aired 4/22/2014
Nyang is sent to the temple to repent for her sins and ask for forgiveness. Wang Yu sends all the grains he bought to the palace to distribute to the people.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Poisoned
Season 1 Episode 50 - Aired 4/28/2014
Nyang finally becomes the Empress of Yuan and Wang Yu gains his throne. Nyang is trying to find out about the Eagle House and confiscate their assets.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
A Not-So-Happy Ending
Season 1 Episode 51 - Aired 4/29/2014
The Emperor continues to drink Kolta's poison knowing that Kolta is the head of the Eagle House. The Dowager kills herself in front of Nyang by drinking poison.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown