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- Episode 28 -

What is it? Her condition seems to be critical.

Drag her out of here.

Yes, sir!

Don't touch her!

I will never leave you alone if you touch her!

She's someone to be pitied... She doesn't deserve this!

She's not going to leave this way... She's never going to leave this way, never...

Never...

Stay put.

They already left.

To where? Where did they go?

Where did they go?!

To Jeju.

You can't change things now. The judgment has been made already.

Hey! Hey!

Ouch!

Hey! Hey!

That's enough... Let's go!

No, no, you can't! I can't leave Madam like that in the cold ground! Let go!

Consider it lucky that we didn't just leave her here.

How... how can you not even build a mound for her!

She's not someone you can do this to!

We have to catch the boat! Hurry up!

Yes, sir!

Madam... No, you can't! No...

No... no... Madam... I won't forgive them...

I won't forgive those who have done this to you!

I won't forgive them, Madam!

Hello. I was going to visit you soon.

Really?

We'll have to re-designate someone as the Head Court Lady of the Royal Kitchen...

Court Lady Han died on the way.

Excuse me?

She couldn't have endured the long trip with her bad health.

What did they do with the body?

What could they have done with the body of a person who was guilty of treason?

She'd be lucky if they didn't leave the body lying on the road.

How about Jang Geum who went with her?

Since I heard she got on a boat, she probably went to Jeju.

They say she died even before she got to Jeju.

How about Jang Geum?

Young Ro... Geum Young... please tell them for me.

Tell them what?

Actually, the ducks that were prepared for the King... Jang Geum and I bought them together.

Court Lady Han and I cooked the food, too. So I'm guilty of treason too.

She's finally gone crazy.

Young Ro... Geum Young...

You can speak to Court Lady Choi for me. She listens to you.

So tell her I have to go to Jeju for the crime of treason too.

Court Lady Han passed away. There's no one with Jang Geum.

How is she going to live by herself? So send me too.

Please send me to Jeju!

Get back to your senses.

I understand your feelings but that was treason.

Bad things could happen to you if you say such rash things.

So that's why I'm asking you to send me.

What do I need to do?

What do I need to do for you to grant my request?

Just tell me what to do. I'll do anything! Just tell me to do anything.

Madam! Madam!

Get out of here!

Madam, please. Court Lady Han passed away and it'll be very hard for Jang Geum being alone.

You must have gone crazy!

Madam!

Will a whipping bring you to your senses?!

Get out of here!

Will you send me to Jang Geum if I get whipped?

If it's that kind of whipping, I'll receive 100, no 1,000 blows!

Madam!

Are you crazy? Where do you think this is? Come out.

Madam! Madam!

Please be understanding.

She'll be okay in time. Please be understanding.

That fool...

This is it... I've finally found this after 20 years.

Hey! Where are you going with all that?!

Where could I possibly go?

You're going to Jeju, aren't you?

Then how can I not?

You expect me to just sit idly and watch Jang Geum become a servant?

They have to work as barmaids too. I can't just sit and watch!

So?

Buy her with money or get her here with money.

Do you think that makes any sense?!

You said nothing's impossible with money.

Why you! Get inside!

You steal my money and run away?! And what is Jang Geum guilty of?

Treason.

What is treason? It's the biggest crime in the world.

Even with thousands of dollars, you can't get her out. Unless maybe after time passes.

You were lucky you weren't caught.

But you could get caught for treason in the future as well.

They let us go because Jang Geum wasn't our real daughter. If she was, you and I would have become servants.

And you're saying you'll go and help her in public?

Aigoo, do you have any brains at all?

Okay, I have no brains at all! But what about Jang Geum?!

Just wait. Over time, a crime like treason could work out fine.

When is that? When?

Don't ask me! Did I drag her away?

That's why I must go!

Where do you think you're going?! Why that...! Hey!

Sir!

Sir? What sir? He acted like he'd die for her,

but now Jang Geum's guilty of treason, he hid because he's afraid it might harm him.

That's how all aristocrats are. That's why you can't trust them.

Jang Geum was different. Even though she'd been kicked out to the herb garden

she went back to the palace after saving his life.

The person you were so desperately looking for... the person who saved your life...

is Jang Geum!

What?

The trinket you had was Jang Geum's.

What are you talking about? What are you saying?!

What good is that now?!

What'll you do with Jang Geum in that situation?

What good is being your lifesaver? Poor Jang Geum...

Well, look...

Sir...

Sir? What Sir! Don't pay him respect.

How can you try to run away twice already?

This is Jeju, an island! Where will you go? You'll swim?

I don't want to punish a pretty lady either.

I beg you like this... let's live quietly, okay?

Please let me go... please...

Aigoo, you still have a long way to go to get your mind back.

The country pays me to guard you,

and you're asking me to free you? I'm going nuts! Go inside...

I tied you because others are looking. I don't want to tie you either.

Please let me go, please.

I'm letting you off easy this time, but if you do this again, I'll report it to my superior.

Sir...

Don't call me Sir. I'm just a non-commissioned officer in Jeju.

I think I'll die without fulfilling my duty because of you.

Get inside... and I'm sorry, but I can't feed you for two days.

Sir...

Go on in.

I must go! I must go! I must go!

Hey! Untie this for me. Can't you hear me?

Idiots. Do they think they can tame me this way?

Please untie mine too.

Alright.

You're a maidservant, huh?

So?

Let's run away together.

You seem to have been caught while trying to run away,

so let's run away together.

I must go back to the mainland. I must go back to Hanyang.

Are you that palace maid from the Royal Kitchen?

Yes.

You seem to be having a hard time adjusting as a maidservant

when you'd been living in the warmth of the palace.

But even the wife of former prime minister is here and...

I must go!

I must go even if I die.

Even if you die?

Yes.

Then there's one way...

At the crack of dawn... these two women are driving me mad.

What is it this time?

She has chicken pox.

What?! Are you sure?

I'm sure.

What should I do?!

You have to put her separately in a hut before it spreads to others.

It's big trouble. Hey, hurry up and take her away.

Me?

Then should I do it?

You should go with us.

Why should I? I have to stay here for 3 more days.

But you're a female physician.

Close the door. It's cold.

Aigoo...I really.

Guard her carefully.

Yes.

Make sure no one comes near, okay?

Yes, sir!

-Let's go. - Yes.

If you rub on beetle oil extract, you'll get blisters like chicken pox.

Then they'll place you in a separate hut. Then you go to a hut at the beach.

If you tell them my name they'll let you on the boat.

My name is Jang Duk.

Hey... hey!

How can you be sleeping?

I didn't sleep!

This punk always tries to deny it even when I saw you!

I really didn't sleep!

You be the officer, then. Take this in to her.

Is she doing okay?

Yes.

Look at her and tell me!

Yes!

Here, eat it. Hey! She's not here. She's not here!

What?

She's not there?! She ran away?!

A person called Jang Duk... a boat...

Jang Duk played another prank.

What?

Catch her!

Stop right there! Catch her! Stop!

Chase her! Chase her!

Hurry up and chase her! Keep going!

Keep chasing her! Keep going!

Come on! Hurry up and get her!

Stop! Stop there!

I can't relax even one day because of you!

I told you the Town Councilor would scold you. You're in big trouble now!

I told you to guard her well. How can you be so careless?

Actually, she had chicken pox symptoms so we separated her and...

So all the soldiers have to guard one woman?

If you try to run away once more, I'll get the permission from the judge and cast you out to Woo Island, understand?!

You'll be punished too!

Beat her 10 times and don't give her any food!

Why did you do it?

What did I tell you?

Why you...! You're driving me crazy. I'll die because of you.

If this keeps up I'll die too. Aiyoo, I'm going crazy here, really.

Excuse me, is there a maidservant named Jang Geum here?

Jang Geum? Of course I do!

Could I meet her right now then?

It's a bit difficult to meet that maidservant.

Even now she's getting punished after having getting caught trying to run away.

What are you talking about punishment?

Even the punishment was only that much because they went easy on her all this time.

She tries to run away whenever she can. She'll die that way.

Endure just a little more.

Why did you do such a thing?

Excuse me...

What's going on?

What are you talking about?

I trusted you as I thought you were helping.

Why did you push me into the soldiers' hut?

To save you.

A maidservant can't live if she doesn't learn to give up.

A maidservant is one who can only live once you've died (given up all hope).

So learn to quit quickly.

No one... can teach me to quit! No one!

Let's hurry... Madam is waiting.

Let's go.

Hey!

Hey, why do you speak informally to Jang Duk. It looks like you'll have some tiresome circumstances ahead now.

She seems to be a maidservant, too. Why is everyone abasing themselves to her?

And what's with the silk dress?

A noble family bought her a silk dress and called for her.

No one treats her rudely here.

Of course not since in the end they have to come to escort her like that.

Are you the one who asked to see me?

Yes, I heard you're in charge of the maidservants here.

Can I meet maidservant Jang Geum?

Jang Geum?! Oh, no, not her!

Why not?

How can I let you meet someone who always tries to escape whenever she gets the chance?

I don't know why she's here, but she's not in her right mind.

She might get killed if she keeps this up.

Excuse me?

She'll starve or be beaten to death before she can run away.

Her health has deteriorated too. Even going to catch her is only once or twice. If she keeps this up I will die too.

Then there's no way I can meet her?

Don't even think about it! You absolutely cannot.

If she tries to run away again then there was even an order for her to be sent to Woo Island.

And I'll be punished too.

But who are you anyway?

Even so, how could he leave his office like this?

He seemed to be in great distress as he left.

Where did he say he was going?

I followed him to stop him and saw him leaving for Jeju.

What are you going to do?

My fault is large. I'll have to do something before the superiors or subordinates feel damage.

Shouldn't you be doing that dish? Instead of Geum Young, Madam you should be...

Hmph! Court Lady Choi doesn't care about hierarchy.

She'll hear you.

Let her hear then! If they keep this up I have thoughts too.

Thoughts?

I prepared the kabob meat in much smaller chunks than usual!

What?

And the green onion is saltier, too

Why?

I'm being rebellious!

Rebellious?

Congratulations.

Thank you. Sit over there.

Congratulations, Madam.

Madam! Please forget everything. Think of me as your hands and feet.

Sit down.

Yes, ma'am.

Thank you everyone.

First of all, I think it's a relief that the Royal Kitchen has found peace again.

Treason in the Royal Kitchen? It's something that should never be!

We can't forgive Court Lady Han or Jang Geum, or those who were close to them.

It's all because of Court Lady Jung who disregarded tradition and

the arrogance of Court Lady Han of lowly birth.

Such things happen to those who don't understand the times and people.

But I'm different.

I'm a member of a famous family which produced generations of Head Court Ladies.

Just keeping that tradition won't bring any trouble.

And, I'm going to forget whatever rash things you've done

because of your powerlessness.

So from now on, trust me and behave according to the customs.

Yes, Madam.

You said you are rebelling. What's with "Please forget everything"?

I was rebellious!

How?

When I was bowing, I didn't kneel down. My legs were Indian-style inside the dress.

Ha!

Then what could I have done? I was scared to death.

"I can't forgive them"... "I'm different"...

I was scared, too.

So we just need to be half good.

What?

You know, our actions and heart working separately.

Anyway, my rebellion will continue. That's the only way to survive.

Okay. I'll only trust you.

Elder!

Oh! Your already small face has become half the size.

It's because you're worried about our Jang Geum, isn't it?

You know what kind of child Jang Geum is. Just think that she's probably fine and don't worry.

You should go visit her once.

What?

Please deliver my letter, too. Please, sir?

Forget her quickly.

This isn't good. Living in the palace is already hard enough.

It'll be difficult to bear if you are sick at heart.

It's best for powerless ones like us to consider time as medicine.

You know that there's a saying that no news is good news.

Just think, she's doing fine no matter what.

If you get sick, you won't be able to see her when you can.

You should take care of your health first. Your face has become so haggard.

And this... is supplemental medicine. Just chew one pill a day. Here.

I heard you had another child?

Now we can relax!

I'm sorry for making you worry all this time.

So you should be better to us from now on.

Of course, sir. How could I ever forget what you've done?

There will be many difficulties now that you've become Head Court Lady of the Royal Kitchen.

I'll give you help with everything so don't feel uncomfortable and ask.

Thank you, Your Excellency.

I'm thinking of getting rid of the accountant system that Court Lady Han brought back.

Of course you must.

I'll inspect the Food Services myself so I can quickly recreate the system,

which was destroyed last time.

Of course you must do so. She surely knows the order of things to be done.

He left?

We don't know, either. He left the government office without a word.

It's because of me.

Could it be...

Yes, sir.

You'll go to the pasture to work today.

Don't be lazy and get everything done today.

You tried to escape many times, so you'll have to be shackled.

Be understanding. Okay. Come out, now.

Horse manure will stink bad.

Yeah. When will we clean all that?

Look at Jang Geum's ankles.

Yeah... poor girl.

You just need to deliver this letter to a servant named Jang Geum.

Just deliver this to her?

Yes. If she writes a reply then bring it back to me.

Sure.

I don't think today's a good idea. She was released to work in a pasture.

I understand.

You can't finish everything that way. Faster!

You don't need to push people around like that.

Aigoo you're easy on them and that's why servants always run away.

Really, officer? Aren't you that guy who lost her while sleeping?

I was just tired that time.

Why you...

She must have given up by now, right?

Eat as much as you want. Hey, your mouth will rip!

Hey! Catch them! Catch them! Hurry!

Hey!

Catch them! Catch them!

Again?! Oh, no!

Jang Geum ran away again! Dang!

Oh man!

If she gets caught this time, she is going to be in trouble.

Why did she run away again?

I don't know why she keeps escaping. She'll be caught again.

Get her!

Sir...

Let's go.

Over there... over there...

It's alright. It was just a scratch.

Now I realize...

the feeling of your hands.

Though I was unconscious, I couldn't forget the feeling.

As soon as I got here, I saw a woman who was pursued by soldiers.

I didn't know what she was going to do at the sea...

and what she was going to do...

I only wished she wouldn't be caught.

I despised myself for not being able to do anything when such things

happened to you, so I became irrational.

So I decided to help you run away and prepared for it.

You just need to meet the boat owner early in morning and ride the boat.

But I came back to my senses when I saw you.

You'll die if you get caught running away like this.

Even if you stay alive, you'll have to live like your parents,

being pursued at all times.

Please give me one more chance.

I'll make sure everyone finds out it wasn't treason.

Please give me a chance.

But even if you decide to run away, I'll help you.

No, if not now, after 3 days, a year, 3 years, or 10 years later...

if you want to leave here, then I'll be beside you.

But please take my advice now.

If you keep doing this, you'll die without giving me a chance to help you.

Madam passed away.

She died saying, she'd be at the palace.

I can't stay here.

I can't stay here because I miss her.

Sir...

Jang Geum, don't cry.

I told you not to cry, didn't I? Don't cry, and live.

If you live, Myung Yi and I will never die.

Don't cry.

It's the fourth time already?!

And you even thought of running away with a man?!

There's no need for further inquiry. Send her to Woo Island!

Sir, how can you be so harsh to one who has returned of her own accord?

Who are you to interfere?!

Your Honor...

He is Sir Min Jung Ho, who is assigned to Jeju recently as Manho (a high military officer of Deputy Rank 4).

What? He's the high military officer of Manho position?

Yes, sir. Didn't I give you notice?

Then how...?

He probably brought someone who he thought was running away.

Is that so?

Untie him!

You should have told me sir.

She won't run away again. Be merciful to her.

No, I can't do that. She tried to run away four times.

The soldiers are always trying to catch her to the point that they can't even fulfill their duties.

Moreover, she freed the horses that were to be offered to the King, so we had a great loss.

Trust me and please be lenient.

It's hard to assign her work and no one wants to keep watch over her.

Trust me. Give her a chance.

But...

I will tame her.