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(Episode 2)

She is indeed the best gisaeng, isn't she?

Your dance is really excellent.

Oh.

Do you know the Secretary of the Ministry of Culture...

Kim Hyo Eun who visited Qing last year?

I certainly know him well.

According to my information,

he brought a pair...

of golden toads from Qing.

Golden toads?

Did you see them yourself?

I heard it by hearsay.

I've heard he covets riches. It seems he does indeed!

Don't let anyone escape!

The assembly chairman is here!

On hearing that you're taking time off despite your busy schedule,

I came running without shoes to pay my respects to you.

So, have you been well?

Have you been well, Regent Heungseon?

What an honor that you ask...

after this worthless royal kinsman!

I hear a dog barking somewhere.

Not a mere dog.

It's a voracious yellow dog. Yellow dog!

Yellow dog?

I've prepared a special table for Regent Heungseon.

How gracious you are!

Well.

One more!

Excuse me.

My lord, I need more dishes here!

Are you leaving?

A dog fell into the pond.

My lord, are you alright?

I have the worst luck today.

Why are you leaving so early?

Maybe I ruined the merrymaking party.

So why did you come uninvited?

I just wanted to impress the assembly chairman.

You might catch a cold. Please change clothes.

Okay.

Hurry up.

He has a deep cut in the forehead,

yet he was conscious.

It's highly likely to be an acute epidural hemorrhage.

There is no time.

Madam!

Please come out! There's big trouble!

What happened? Young Hui, wake up!

- Young Hui! - We must...

Young Hui!

Young Hui, wake up!

Young Hui!

What happened to you? Can you hear me?

Young Hui, open your eyes. Young Hui!

What on earth happened to him?

I saw this man help your brother up.

May I ask who you are?

How do you know my brother?

Who did such an evil thing to him?

I was just passing by and found him collapsed.

It's a bolt from the blue. How could this happen?

- Madam! - Mother, calm down.

Could you please run for a doctor?

Okay.

Madam...

Let's take her inside. Prepare a basinful of hot water.

Bring some soybean paste too.

Yes, my lady.

We should lay him in bed first. This way, please.

Hold him.

Here is soybean paste.

It's no use.

He bled too much.

Moreover, blood stagnates in the brain.

Applying a soybean paste wouldn't help.

Are you a doctor?

Yes.

Then do you know how to save his life?

There's a chance if he gets surgery but...

Surgery?

No.

Never mind.

Hyuk, you are insane. Operate on the brain?

You are in the Joseon Era.

And she is...

Wait.

You said there's a way to save my brother.

How could you disregard his life at stake?

Yet you call yourself a doctor?

There is a way, but I can't count on it here.

So what is that way?

It is...

Perforator.

Craniotome.

Suction, micro-bipolar. Prepare for microsurgery.

He can't be helped.

Give up on him.

I beg you.

Please save my brother.

If my family name dies out with him,

my mother and I must take our own lives...

to purge away our undutifulness.

If his life can be saved in exchange for mine, I'd willingly die.

So, please...

Please...

save my brother.

Who do you think you are to judge that?

Are you God? You're a doctor.

A doctor shouldn't give up on life! That's our duty!

We have no time.

We have no time to lose if we want to operate on him.

Do you mean you will save my brother?

We have one hour, no, only 30 minutes left.

Thirty minutes? What does that mean?

I need some surgical tools.

It was discovered the Incas did brain surgery in the 12th century.

The trace of bone regeneration in the skull opening proves...

that the patient survived after the surgery.

Even with primitive tools,

I should give it a try.

Good. Please sterilize all these in boiling water.

Sorry?

And do you have some clean cloth?

What for?

There's no time!

You asked me to save your brother.

Then do as I tell you. Get me a clean cloth.

Block their retreat!

What is this fuss? How is your brother?

You should rest more.

That doctor knows how to save Young Hui.

We should seize at straws.

I've never heard of a doctor who saves people with a hammer.

What on earth is he trying to do?

My lady, I brought soju.

Even alcohol?

Is he truly a doctor?

Anyway, he looks quite familiar.

What do you mean?

Well,

I'm sure I saw him before, but I don't remember exactly where.

Suture needles.

Scalpel.

Syringe.

Surgical gloves.

What is this?

Anesthetic!

Yes!

It's all or nothing. I'll give it a try.

Get him!

What are all these?

Please stay outside.

Outside? I need to stay by his side and...

You'll only disturb me, so stay outside.

Convince me why I should stay outside.

A surgical operation should be done in a clean environment.

Do you mean I am unclean?

It's not that.

It's just difficult to explain. So please,

do as you're told if you want me to save your brother.

Now!

You can surely save his life?

I can't guarantee it. It's a risky operation.

But if I do nothing and leave him as he is, he will die.

This is the only option left to me.

Please save him.

Now I'm going to do the first brain surgery in the history of Joseon,

a hundred years ahead of Korea's first brain surgery.

Without any help of med-tech,

I have to do a craniotomy only with primitive tools.

Why do you come alone? Where is the doctor?

Thieves broke into the house of the assembly chairman.

Thieves?

Yes.

Since police officers and servants were injured,

doctors in the vicinity were all called in there.

Then there's no doctor to come?

What about my son?

Police officer! Oh, good gracious!

What is your fuss?

Now I remember why he looked familiar!

His face is the same as the one in the wanted poster.

Are you sure?

Yes, since he's too handsome to be a thief, I saw it many times.

Would it really work?

But I have no other choice.

Stop it.

What are you trying to do now? Just stop it!

Stay outside.

I said stop!

Blood stagnated in his brain. If it's left untreated, he will die!

This is the only way to remove the blood.

What's this...

Young Hui!

Mother!

Good gracious!

Don't disturb me and just get out.

Get out!

Madam.

- Madam. - Mother.

Stay by her side.

What about you?

Mister, please do me another favor.

Yes?

Please send policemen here.

Tell them a wanted murderer who needs to be arrested is here.

Hurry up. Not a moment is to be lost.

Okay.

There it is.

I got it. I got the blood tumor.

I told you to stop but...

You wicked!

What's wrong with you? Are you crazy?

Let go of me!

It's you who are crazy.

How dare you pierce a hole in his head instead of saving him?

I told you. This is the only way to remove his blood stagnation!

Let go of me!

Get off of me. Just get off of me!

Listen carefully.

I am doing my best in this crazy situation.

If you keep disturbing me like this, I can't save your brother.

So choose...

whether to take his life or save it.

Liar. Murderer.

Take a look.

Do you see the pools of blood here?

This is what is called a hematoma.

If not removed,

the blood will put pressure on the brain and kill your brother!

Do you understand? So please trust me!

Go ahead. You said there's no time.

Sir.

So he changed clothes.

Hang in there.

I uncovered the mask of the ringleader.

It's okay.

Don't try to say.

I saw his face, and he was...

Sir!

What is it?

The former Deputy Minister Hong's family had a mishap.

What?

Thank goodness we've finished in time.

But the hole in his head is still there.

He'll do just fine with it when he recovers.

And it will take a few days for him to come around.

Cleanse the wound and change the bandages...

twice a day in the meantime.

I am sorry about a while ago.

It's only a slight scratch.

By the way,

are you brave by nature?

It seems you are no pushover.

Pushover?

Oh, I don't mean it in a bad way.

You look very much like someone I know.

Young Hui.

Mother. Everything went well.

Young Hui, can you hear me?

He's alive.

He didn't die.

Young master.

Tie up the criminal!

Yes, sir!

Wait. There's a little mix-up here. Please listen to me.

I will. No rush.

I will listen to you in detail at the police bureau.

What brought you here?

Please excuse me that I have to leave...

without paying proper respects to you.

I will stop by to see Young Hui before long.

Let's go!

My lord!

My lord!

I misunderstood him for...

No, you did very well to have reported him to us.

You must regard yourself very lucky...

that you are intact from this heinous man.

I will see you then.

This is not right!

He was caught at last.

All my money up in smoke...

Your crimes have been brought to light.

You'd better own up frankly.

I will say this again. I didn't do anything wrong.

Where is the hideout of your gang?

Gang? What gang?

How did you know the route of the tribute that night?

I don't know anything about it. I mean it!

You don't know anything?

Then what were you doing there in the mountain at that time?

Where do you live and who are you?

You can at least say that.

What a tongue-tied man.

Listen!

Yes, sir!

Bring in the rack!

He will fess up after a good flogging.

Bring in the rack!

Yes!

Well, you're done! Pay me ten coins.

Five coins, my lord.

Look how she bargains with me.

Maybe she could become a merchant.

My lord.

I'll be generous then. Okay, five coins!

Thank you!

My lord, draw me one too.

- You too? - Yes.

What are you playing at?

Be gone now!

Wait, stay!

Geez.

Regent Heungseon's orchids blooming...

in the underskirts of gisaeng?

I am in need of money.

Drawing an orchid is the only skill I have.

What can I do?

Money for what? Why, did you find a gambling den?

Don't accuse an innocent person.

I'll be a dog's son if I snoop around a gambling place again.

In fact, it's been almost a year...

since I didn't pay my son's tuition.

Although I've got a lot of nerve,

I can't continue to send my son to school on credit.

Is it true?

No father in the world would take advantage of their sons for money.

How much do you need?

What are the monks doing out there?

The real generous lady is here!

I let you fool me one more time.

If I come near a gambling place again, I will be a dog's son.

(Jin Hyuk)

Hyuk Jin?

Hyuk Jin.

My lady, are you in there?

Yes.

What is it?

Commander Kim sent his men for that doctor's belongings.

I think he had some sort of bundle.

Are you looking for this?

Yes.

Did you hear any news about him?

This is a needle with a hilt.

And this is a blade to harm people.

You carry strange things.

I am a doctor.

Those are instruments to treat patients.

Instruments to treat patients...

Really?

Should I believe you?

Yes. It's true.

I'll ask you again.

Tell me your name and your abode!

Even if I tell you, you wouldn't believe me.

That I will decide.

Just tell me the truth!

Fine. You are going to die today.

The length of the intestine is 24.6 feet long.

Your tongue will hang out as you get flogs,

and you'll even tell things from the memory of your mother's womb.

Executor!

Yes, sir!

Sir!

What is it?

Lady Young Lae.

Is Young Hui in a critical condition?

Then something bad happened to your mother?

It is not that.

Then why are you this hesitant?

What did that doctor say?

Did he confess he was a member of the gang?

You came here to ask that?

He is surely suspicious,

but it troubles my mind to brand him as a thief.

They say excessive curiosity makes you unfortunate.

Will you make me an unfortunate husband as well?

Lady Young Lae.

Do you know how surprised I was when I heard you were burglarized?

All I worried about on the way to your house was you.

I am very sorry.

Don't over worry yourself and just go home.

I will visit you sometime later.

I don't know anything...

but he saved my brother.

I saw him doing it with my own eyes.

He had excellent medical skills.

If he were really a thief,

he wouldn't have saved a life while taking a risk.

There must be some unavoidable reasons.

I see.

I fully understand what you mean, so please go back.

What is the reason?

What was your intention to carry Young Hui...

to his house and treat him all night?

Being a doctor, should I need a reason for saving a life??

You are lucky.

Young Hui is my old friend.

I will let you off flogging in return for saving my friend.

But if he doesn't recover,

your word that you're a doctor will turn out to be a lie.

And you shall be punished for that.

Put him in jail.

Yes, sir.

Hello.

Hello!

It's not good.

I'm very sorry...

to take all this money.

No way!

Look what I have!

You rats!

Gambling is forbidden by law!

Don't think you can get away!

You are under arrest!

How dare! I'm a man of noble birth!

You can't haul me off to prison like this!

Man of noble birth?

If you're a man of noble birth, I'm a man of royal birth!

Go in!

- Go in already! - I will!

Just go inside!

How dare you imprison a man of noble birth?

You think you'll be all right after doing this, you jerks?

Bring the field officer now!

Sir, sir!

You owe me 50 coins including the debt today.

What?

What a highway robbery! I'll tear your trap!

What?

I will report it word for word to my boss.

Lowlifes are just everywhere.

Look who's here.

My cashbox.

What a tie we have! Glad to see you here.

By the way, if you were meant to be here,

you could've let me win the prize money.

No help to the savior of your life.

Mister. How can you possibly say that?

Never mind.

Just leave me alone.

Come on.

That's disappointing. I like you though.

I am very close to the executor here.

If you give him some money, he won't flog for real.

Ten coins will be enough.

You don't have a family to send you supplies here?

Well, never mind. Forget it.

Hey! Bring the field officer!

If he's not available, bring me a jailer instead!

Do you know who I am?

I am Yi Ha Eung, a kinsman of the Royal family!

Don't think you'll be safe after persecuting a kinsman of the king!

Excuse me.

What did you just say?

Why?

Did you change your mind?

What was your name?

My name is Yi Ha Eung.

Then are you...

Heungseon Daewongun?

Watch your language!

Daewongun is a title granted to the father of a reigning king.

You can bring me a charge of lese-majesty by calling me that way!

Just call me Regent Heungseon.

Heungseon Daewongun...

So this man is the father of King Gojong?

You put in a hole in the skull to save a man?

I've never heard of such treatment across the ages.

Well,

I saw you save Ju Pal by piercing an air hole in his neck though.

When he comes around, he can clear me of false accusations.

I really ran into him that night. I'm neither a robber nor a murderer.

I see.

As soon as I'm set free, I'll convey your message to them.

Their savior was falsely accused as a thief.

It'll be ungrateful of them if they refuse to help you.

Thank you.

Don't mention it.

I did you wrong last time.

Doing you this mere favor is not a big deal.

By the way,

you have such wondrous medical skills.

Who on earth are you?

Would he believe me if I tell him the truth?

He will only think I'm insane.

Well...

Since I woke up in the mountain that day, I can't remember things before.

You can't remember...

Did you hurt your head?

I think so.

I think something happened to me that night.

Did you look for me?

I ran into the chief of the east police bureau today.

So it was your idea to spread the false rumor...

that the Secretary of the Ministry of Culture had a golden toad?

Two thugs were put to the sword and one under arrest.

And I will hunt down the remnants soon.

Good to hear that.

Punish the law-breaker severely, so this won't happen again.

Also, eradicate the remnants.

Yes.

Wait.

Why is your face so gloomy?

I am asking you.

The one under arrest...

doesn't really seem like a member of Mumyonggye.

You're doubtful?

Yes.

I checked his hand. It wasn't that of a swordsman.

Also, judging by the fact...

that he saved the life of Deputy Minister Hong's son,

I think his word that he is a doctor is true.

You mean you arrested an innocent man?

I think so.

Absurd!

Isn't this a book on Catholicism?

"Regardless of age, gender, birth, and position,"

"all men are equal before God."

Are beggars and our Kim clan of Andong equal?

What an unpardonable assertion!

Why? Does it sound inviting since you are born...

of my concubine and they are against distinction of birth?

That is absolutely unreasonable.

How dare would I think such a thing?

So his attire looks...

like that of a Westerner?

Yes.

Whether he is a Catholic obsessed with Western devil...

or a member of vicious Mumyonggye, it doesn't matter.

If we make him an example and behead him in public,

the discipline of the nation will be reinforced.

Do you understand what I mean?

Yes, my lord.

I could put you all to death,

but I will let it pass this time.

Sir.

Please tell my boss to bail me out.

Hey.

Nothing is free.

What?

So how much do I owe you?

Fifty.

Forget it.

Okay. Fine!

Thirty. Thirty as of old.

You made the right decision.

Well...

Don't worry.

My name is a free pass to everywhere in Hanyang.

I will save you for sure.

Thank you.

Yi Ha Eung.

He played a villain to survive...

during the political reign of the Kims of Andong.

Can he possibly save me?

Fifty coins.

Fifty, no, no.

Fifty is too small for the reward of saving a life.

Okay, 100 coins. I'll go with 100 coins.

Let's just get ten coins.

Send things to jail for him?

Is he having a hard time in jail?

You can tell.

It's a place infested with bugs and rats.

All he can eat is a bowl of watery gruel each day.

Even Hsiang Yu can't survive there.

It doesn't cost you much though.

Ten coins will do it.

Ten coins?

If you don't have that much, five coins will still be okay.

I'm sorry about his situation, but as you see,

we can't really afford to supply things to jail.

Mother.

He saved Young Hui's life.

We should help him with what we have.

But we don't have that much money.

I have saved some money with some sewing jobs.

Please wait a little.

Young Lae.

He could be a real criminal.

By the way,

did he really make a hole in your son's head?

I've never seen such a scene before.

With a hammer, he... It was horrible!

Mine!

Filthy brats!

What will become of me?

Mi Na, I miss you.

Madam!

Please come out. Commander Kim is here.

What brings you here at this late juncture?

I wanted to visit Young Hui on my way back home.

Put them in the storeroom.

What are all those?

Thank you for your trouble all the time.

I am afraid your parent will find fault with us.

Where is Young Hui?

I am sorry.

Had I swept the thieves earlier, he wouldn't have had to suffer this.

Everything is the result of my carelessness.

Please do not say that.

I'm afraid it makes you worn out.

What will become of that doctor?

He saved my brother. I'm worried he might suffer an insult.

Please stop.

An order is issued by the national law.

Obeying that order is my duty as a national servant.

Mind your words and deeds...

that may lay yourself open to misapprehension.

Do you understand what I mean?

Tomorrow morning,

he will be beheaded.

My lord!

My lord!

You guys come out.

You're transferred to another jail.

Come gather here.

Doctor, take your time and enjoy the meal.

Excuse me.

Can I really eat it all?

Eat your fill and take a nap.

You'll need energy ahead of your last journey.

Hey.

What are you talking about?

Hey!

Make way! The royal physician is on the way.

Doctor Yu!

Have you been well?

It hasn't been long since we met last time.

You know...

There is a doctor imprisoned in the police bureau.

He has such wondrous medical skills.

They are too good to be wasted if he becomes disabled by flogging.

You mean the one who made a hole in the head?

So you've also heard about him?

- Let's go. - Yes, sir. Let's go.

By the way,

you are a bit late to save his life.

I heard the Ministry of Justice sentenced him to decapitation.

Let's go.

Make way! The royal physician is on the way!

Look, I said you can't.

It won't take long. Let me see him for just a few minutes.

Do you want to see me dismissed? Go back!

Did you come to see that doctor?

Yes.

So did I.

Do you have important messages for him?

Wait a little here.

If this is a dream,

can I wake out of this the moment I die?

Can I come out of this?

I am sorry for your hardships.

No words can justify what I did.

Had I not reported you to the police bureau...

Did your brother come around?

Not yet.

You keep changing bandages, right?

I also disinfect the wound in the morning and in the evening.

Good. Very good.

He will recover soon.

A gentleman who visited my family...

said you suffer from amnesia.

Oh, that is...

It's written "Hyuk Jin"...

in embroidery on your robe.

"Hyuk Jin."

It reads Jin Hyuk.

Jin Hyuk.

Yes.

Come to think of it,

I don't even know your name yet.

My name is Young Lae.

Hong Young Lae.

I set it aside since it might be valuable to you.

At first, I thought it was a stolen thing,

but again I thought it might be a ring with a story.

Have you heard of parallel universes?

What's that?

There is far more...

than just one universe we live in,

and in some other universe, I have some different life.

Isn't it amazing?

So?

You mean what you saw in your dream is another parallel universe?

Yes.

I can't follow you...

but I like it here where you're with me.

Me too.

Sleep more.

And you'll have a pleasant dream.

Okay.

Can you keep this for me?

But...

The owner of this ring said this.

"There are many universes,"

"and we might live a different life in a different universe."

Please.

A dog's son was here.

What?

You said you'd be a dog's son if you gamble again.

I didn't know you also watch an execution.

I came out to see what makes the whole town excited.

People are excited to see beheading after many years.

It is nonsense.

Decapitation when he didn't even rebel against the king?

They say the assembly chairman had the Ministry of Justice...

pass this sentence.

His vile intention is obvious.

Whether he is guilty or not, he wants to make him an example.

Lady Young Lae!

He came around.

Your brother has finally come around.

Young Hui!

Young Lae.

Do you really feel okay?

I still feel dizzy...

but I am thankful that I am alive.

Young Hui.

He must be really blessed.

It's the blessing from above, so you can carry on a family line.

Mother, please stop crying.

Seeing you crying like this clogs my throat.

Okay, I'll stop crying, lie down. You need more rest.

Yes.

Young Hui.

This is no time for us to sit by.

This heinous man violated the national law...

and killed a royal officer.

Watch his death and tell everybody how horrible death he had.

No.

No. I can't die like this.

I...

I am not a murderer!

I am neither a murderer nor a thief!

I didn't do any crime!

Submit to your death.

Shut it!

Why should I die?

What?

I am just a doctor. So why?

Why should I die when I only saved lives?

If you are innocent, reveal your name and your abode.

Why are you quiet?

Why can't you answer me?

I...

I...

I am not from Joseon.

I'm from a very far...

Please stop!

Young Hui.

He is not...

a thief.

Rather, he's a doctor who saved me...

when I got stabbed.

Back off.

This is not your place to come forward.

Well, I do not want to come forward either,

but I can't let my life savior die on a false charge.

I said, back off!

He is not an ordinary doctor.

If he hadn't made a hole in my head and removed the blood clot,

I couldn't have survived.

My! Look at that!

He saved a man by making a hole in the head.

Amazing! It's just incredible!

Silence!

That's only black magic.

Royal Physician, please say a word.

Assembly Chairman is right.

His patient came back from the dead by the grace of Heaven.

Medical skills unheard-of for all ages must be...

black magic or the tricks of Western ghosts.

His medical skills...

will delude the world and deceive the people after all,

and therefore, he deserves death.

Young Lae, what should we do now?

What are you waiting for? Behead him now.

Didn't you hear me? Behead...

My lord!

He could die if he's not treated now.

Are you confident you can save him?

I'll do my best.

Predict the future of that doctor and the assembly chairman.

Could they both survive...

or go down to the shades together?

Aren't you quite good at divination? Let me hear what you think.

I'm glad you're unharmed.

Haven't we met before?

Listen!

An epidemic broke out! Refrain from outings!

When you see patients in the capital city,

report immediately to the police bureau.

This won't do.

Let's take him and treat him...

- My lady? - It's an unidentified epidemic.

Pardon?

It has to be an epidemic!