The BEST episodes of Empress Ki season 1

#1 - Episode 38

Season 1 - Episode 38 - Aired 3/17/2014

Yeon-chul is executed, leaving Seung-nyang feeling her father’s death is avenged. As she prepares to be empress, another battle begins.

#2 - Episode 21

Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 1/13/2014

Before Wang Yoo can make a move, Seung-nyang tells him that Yeon-chul is alive. Ta Hwan plans to assassinate Yeon-chul.

#3 - Episode 37

Season 1 - Episode 37 - Aired 3/11/2014

Ta Hwan prepares to fight to the death. Wang Yoo’s garrison fights against Yeon-chul’s men. Yeon-chul orders the deaths of Seong-nyang and Ta Hwan.

#4 - Episode 27

Season 1 - Episode 27 - Aired 2/3/2014

Seung-nyang makes Ta Hwan look hedonistic to hide his learning to read, increasing Tanashilli’s jealousy. Wang Yoo finds out Seung-nyang is alive.

#5 - Episode 35

Season 1 - Episode 35 - Aired 3/4/2014

Seung-nyang gives birth to a son. Prince Ma-ha begins to look strange, and Yeon-chul descends into confusion. A nun with secret knowledge appears.

#6 - Episode 39

Season 1 - Episode 39 - Aired 3/18/2014

Seung-nyang obtains documents about Yeon-chul's secret funds, starting a war for their possession. Poison is found in food she gives to the prince.

#7 - Episode 34

Season 1 - Episode 34 - Aired 3/3/2014

Tanashilli’s hatred of Seung-nyang intensifies, leading her to cast a curse. Wang Yoo attempts to take control of the garrison to counter Yeon-chul.

#8 - Episode 28

Season 1 - Episode 28 - Aired 2/4/2014

Seung-nyang is locked in the library, but her lack of reaction further spurs on Tanashilli. Wang Yoo learns a secret about the merchants’ group.

#9 - Episode 50

Season 1 - Episode 50 - Aired 4/28/2014

Ta Hwan beheads Dang Ki-se for knowing Ma-ha’s parentage. He vows to kill all who know, in order to save Seung-nyang…even Wang Yoo.

#10 - Episode 49

Season 1 - Episode 49 - Aired 4/22/2014

Ta Hwan blames Seung-nyang for taking Beak-ahn’s life, and becomes even more unstable. He then threatens the retainers into pledging allegiance.

#11 - Episode 48

Season 1 - Episode 48 - Aired 4/21/2014

Lady Seo attempts to tell Ta Hwan of Ma-ha’s parentage. When Ta Hwan fails ill, Seung-nyang moves him to her part of the palace to care for him.

#12 - Episode 46

Season 1 - Episode 46 - Aired 4/14/2014

Word is out that Ma-ha is not the child of Ta Hwan and Tanashilli, and he is cast out. After losing Yeon Bi-soo, Wang Yoo learns Ma-ha is his child.

#13 - Episode 40

Season 1 - Episode 40 - Aired 3/24/2014

#14 - Episode 30

Season 1 - Episode 30 - Aired 2/17/2014

Tanashilli is chased out of the palace, vowing revenge on Seung-nyang and the empress. Wang Yoo succeeds in cracking the code in the account book.

#15 - Episode 29

Season 1 - Episode 29 - Aired 2/10/2014

Seung-nyang corners Tanashilli. Wang Yoo learns that Seung-nyang is Ta Hwan’s concubine and gets his hands on an account book of the merchants’ group.

#16 - Episode 26

Season 1 - Episode 26 - Aired 1/28/2014

Seung-nyang is selected as a concubine. Tanashilli bullies her out of jealousy. Ta Hwan vows revenge on Yeon-chul after finding the emperor’s message.

#17 - Episode 25

Season 1 - Episode 25 - Aired 1/27/2014

Ta Hwan is shocked to find Seung-nyang among his concubines; she tells him it is in order to defeat Yeon-chul. Wang Yoo’s wedding concludes.

#18 - Episode 24

Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 1/21/2014

The captured Seung-nyang finds a message hidden in Lady Noh’s mirror. Wang Yoo grieves over Seung-nyang’s death. Yeon-chul offers him his niece.

#19 - Episode 23

Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 1/20/2014

Seung-nyang flees the raid and gives birth in a cave, but is caught while on the run with her child. Rumors of fake currency spread in Goryeo.

#20 - Episode 12

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/3/2013

Park pretends to be ill, leading Tanashilli to believe she’s succeeded. Wang Yoo achieves a reversal of fortune on the western frontier.

#21 - Episode 7

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/18/2013

Dang Ki-se realizes Seung-nyang is a woman, and begs her to become a concubine. Yeon-chul pushes through his daughter’s wedding in the Yuan capital.

#22 - Episode 51

Season 1 - Episode 51 - Aired 4/29/2014

Ta Hwan distrusts Golta’s medicine, and his growing paranoia only hastens his breakdown. Seung-nyang has her suspicions, but her survival is in doubt.

#23 - Episode 10

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/26/2013

Park, selected to be a concubine, becomes pregnant, exposing her conflict with Tanashilli. The battle on the western frontier worsens.

#24 - Episode 32

Season 1 - Episode 32 - Aired 2/24/2014

Ta Hwan becomes determined to take back control, and even be accepted as the true emperor. Tanashilli becomes murderous after being hurt by Wang Yoo.

#25 - Episode 42

Season 1 - Episode 42 - Aired 3/31/2014

The reinstated Wang Yoo starts a revolt. Despite Seung-nyang’s pleas, Ta Hwan begins a war of suppression. The losses gradually get to Ta Hwan.