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‎"Truth be told,

‎I was ashamed."

‎"Each time your fervent touch

‎fell upon my body,

‎heat seemed to rise in every part of me,

‎and my body would writhe with it."

‎"And for that,

‎I was deeply ashamed of myself."

‎"I was in pain as well."

‎"When you filled me completely…

‎the pain of flesh being parted ‎left me nearly senseless."

‎"Yet…"

‎"The moment I felt you moving inside me,

‎I finally realized."

‎"I wish to spend all the countless nights ‎ahead of me with you,

‎and live so for the rest of my life."

‎"Please

‎stay by my side, just as you do now."

‎What a pitiful woman indeed.

‎And all the more amusing for it.

‎So then, how was it for you?

‎Did the sight of that swooning widow

‎stir your blood?

‎When that woman, knowing nothing of men…

‎clung to my neck

‎and looked at me with pleading eyes…

‎I found it all so warm.

‎Did you now?

‎Are you displeased?

‎And if I am?

‎Surely you know.

‎The only reason I have gone this far…

‎is all because of you.

‎Now, then.

‎Is tonight the night?

‎It is what I have long awaited.

‎I'm afraid

‎I will have to postpone

‎your reward a little longer.

‎I was in the midst of something ‎far more important.

‎Wait, what…

‎What is this?

‎I hear you have been ordered ‎to recover the widow's body.

‎Since you have been occupied ‎with this wretched wager of ours,

‎I thought I'd write it for you.

‎Though I never imagined ‎her desire to live had grown so strong.

‎It seems she has gone back ‎on our agreement.

‎Agreement?

‎When I wrote ‎that marriage proposal for her,

‎she made me a promise.

‎That she would accept death ‎when the time came,

‎to fulfill her final duty ‎at the very least.

‎It is only proper, is it not?

‎That is how her story ought to end.

‎It is unfortunate that she still lives,

‎but it matters not.

‎In the end,

‎she shall meet that fate.

‎All you need to do ‎is take what I have written

‎and present it to His Majesty.

‎Tell him

‎that someone

‎claims to have witnessed ‎the dreadful sight

‎of a woman casting herself from a cliff.

‎So you would have me report a lie?

‎Once the news reaches the widow,

‎there will be nothing she can do.

‎She will accept her fate

‎and take her own life.

‎Then everything may return ‎to its proper place.

‎Your concern for me may be ‎as vast as the heavens,

‎but your kindness

‎has gone too far, Cousin!

‎This?

‎This is not something ‎you should meddle in.

‎Meddle?

‎Cousin.

‎Do you remember the day…

‎you became the pride of the family ‎with the verse I wrote for you?

‎I am only trying to help you now, ‎as I did then.

‎I remember it all too clearly.

‎How could I ever forget ‎those piercing eyes fixed upon me?

‎If I could…

‎If I could return to that day,

‎I would tell them the verse

‎was never mine to begin with, but yours.

‎I am not…

‎I am not that boy anymore.

‎-Won. ‎-Do not call me that.

‎You say you wrote this

‎to help me, just as you did then?

‎Very well.

‎Fine!

‎Then let me ask you once more, ‎as I did back then.

‎Will you take my hand…

‎and come with me this time?

‎At last…

‎those are the words I have longed to hear.

‎I have been waiting.

‎For you to ask me to leave with you again.

‎Ever since the day ‎I failed to come to you,

‎it has never left my mind.

‎I wondered ‎where the boat I sent away in tears

‎had drifted by now…

‎and whether I might ever find it again.

‎So tell me more.

‎Tell me of the future you imagined for us.

‎Let me hear it now, if it is not too late.

‎How about Yanjing, the city said to hold

‎all the world's wonders?

‎Well?

‎Cho Won.

‎Cho Won.

‎I wanted to call you by your name.

‎Hui-yeon.

‎Hui-yeon.

‎THE SCANDAL

‎My lady.

‎Young Master In-ho came by.

‎He saw me again ‎outside the gate just moments ago.

‎My lord, I do not care where we go.

‎Would you leave with me?

‎Please come away with me.

‎It is all right.

‎Hearing you say that,

‎I find myself

‎foolishly happy.

‎All right, then.

‎Where shall we go?

‎Across the sea…

‎No.

‎Perhaps, all the way to Yanjing, ‎where no one will ever find us…

‎I have been waiting.

‎For you to ask me to leave with you again.

‎I do not care where.

‎How about Yanjing, the city said to hold

‎all the world's wonders?

‎Well?

‎I have been waiting.

‎I have been waiting to hear those words.

‎Tell me more.

‎Tell me

‎of our future.

‎There is something you must know.

‎His Majesty has given me a command.

‎He said the Left State Councilor's ‎daughter-in-law passed away…

‎and I am to recover her body.

‎I will

‎find a way somehow.

‎So you should leave first.

‎No, I will not.

‎Did you not say you wished to live?

‎I do wish to live.

‎I wish to live with you, my lord.

‎That cannot be.

‎Truth be told, I have come to ask a favor.

‎I was hoping ‎you might have work for someone.

‎For whom?

‎-A woman. ‎-A woman?

‎A woman dressed as a man.

‎Young master.

‎Do get up. ‎I have brought you some porridge--

‎My head aches terribly.

‎Your head?

‎Oh, In-ho.

‎What has come over you?

‎I said I would not eat, ‎so why do you keep…

‎I never knew ‎you were capable of such impropriety.

‎I wish I had known sooner.

‎You are hardly in a position to laugh.

‎The girl who is to become ‎my brother-in-law's concubine…

‎asked me to deliver this.

‎I never knew either.

‎That you had such a lust for women.

‎Had I known sooner…

‎I would have given my cousin fair warning.

‎I wonder ‎what your father would make of it.

‎What…

‎Master.

‎Come now, young master.

‎There's no need for this between us.

‎You need not worry.

‎I shall not tell a soul.

‎It is the duty of a gentleman ‎to protect his family's honor, is it not?

‎But you see,

‎some things, once brought to light, ‎cannot be contained.

‎You said you were

‎no longer that boy.

‎And yet,

‎when you asked me ‎to leave with you once more,

‎I felt as though

‎I had met that sweet young man ‎from my youth again.

‎It made my whole body tremble.

‎So then, did you go to Hwaseong?

‎You went to see things through ‎with the widow, I trust?

‎Yes.

‎If you were only going to return ‎to your rightful place in the end,

‎there was no need ‎for that foolish wager at all.

‎So, what became of the widow?

‎Did she part from you easily enough?

‎She seemed to have ‎neither attachment nor strength left.

‎She will take her own life.

‎Soon, I imagine.

‎I see.

‎Perhaps we should count that as a mercy.

‎But there is a problem.

‎I do not know how, ‎but the Left State Councilor's son…

‎seemed to know everything.

‎Young Master In-ho should be fine.

‎He is too soft-hearted

‎to let it slip.

‎The real problem is

‎the Lady of the First Rank.

‎She knows.

‎I should have told you this first,

‎but I feared it would ‎only cause you needless worry.

‎As long as she can secure ‎a Memorial Gate for her daughter-in-law,

‎she will turn a blind eye ‎to everything else.

‎She said she must be granted one.

‎That was her only request.

‎Did she threaten you?

‎She asked a favor of me.

‎-Cousin. ‎-Please tell His Majesty

‎exactly what I wrote for you.

‎That is all you need to do.

‎Then no one and nothing

‎will trouble you and me ever again.

‎All right.

‎I was keeping this ‎to show you when you came.

‎Here.

‎This is you, is it not?

‎THERE WAS A MAN WHO WENT ABOUT ‎SCOLDING WOMEN'S SECRET PLACES…

‎Where…

‎did you get this?

‎Eun-sil's mistress ordered it burned,

‎but the women working there ‎were passing it around in secret.

‎My dear Eun-sil ‎thought you ought to see it,

‎so she traded her precious jerky for it.

‎Oh, Bun-hui.

‎"Oh, Bun-hui"?

‎-Bun-hui… ‎-Bun-hui?

‎Run an errand for me. ‎Go to Mapo Ferry Crossing.

‎We are leaving for Yanjing.

‎Yanjing?

‎The Great State?

‎Whether by sea or by land,

‎find the fastest route ‎that will not draw attention.

‎And…

‎it must be suitable for a woman ‎to make the journey.

‎A woman? Who have you gone and found now?

‎What about Eun-sil?

‎You'd leave her behind?

‎Eun-sil…

‎Eun-sil is going to Yanjing too?

‎Really?

‎I have somewhere to go.

‎-Make sure you find out all you can. ‎-Yes.

‎Cousin.

‎Are you heading out somewhere?

‎Should I not be making preparations ‎for our departure?

‎Then when do you intend ‎to see His Majesty?

‎I shall make haste.

‎If you tie it so loosely, ‎it will come undone at once.

‎It must be tied firmly.

‎There.

‎Off you go now.

‎All right.

‎Young master.

‎What is the matter?

‎I stepped out for a short while.

‎By the time I returned, ‎she had already left.

‎Forgive me, young master.

‎No.

‎The fault is mine.

‎Oh, dear.

‎So, when is your mother expected back?

‎To tell the truth,

‎I do not believe ‎she can see you today, madam.

‎She went to Mapo Ferry Crossing to receive ‎a shipment of tobacco from Qing,

‎and she insists on ‎inspecting everything herself.

‎I expect she will not be back ‎until near sundown.

‎Is that so?

‎Yes, madam.

‎There is a matter ‎I entrusted to your mother,

‎yet I have heard nothing of it, ‎which is why I came myself.

‎Perhaps if I had spoken more kindly,

‎she might have understood me better ‎and been quicker about it.

‎I do not care to repeat myself.

‎So I shall not say it a third time.

‎I shall grant you a fortnight's grace.

‎Collect every last one of them.

‎My reputation and standing ‎were not built overnight,

‎and I cannot afford ‎to let this stain spread any further.

‎Do pass that along to her.

‎Yes, madam.

‎Who does she think she is?

‎Once So-ok is with child, ‎she will be shoved into a back room!

‎Unbelievable.

‎How dare she?

‎Mother, are you all right?

‎Do I look all right? ‎I'm fit to burst with rage!

‎But Mother,

‎you are at your most beautiful ‎when you are angry.

‎For heaven's sake!

‎You blithering idiot.

‎Good grief.

‎I'm furious. So furious!

‎Excuse me!

‎This is a forgery, is it not?

‎Who cares whether a dirty picture ‎is genuine or forged?

‎As long as it's titillating.

‎This painting you've been collecting?

‎The entire city of Hanyang ‎is flooded with exact copies of it.

‎Not just one or two.

‎At least dozens…

‎No, there may well be hundreds by now.

‎It may take you some time.

‎Before His Lordship returns, ‎have the servants…

‎Madam?

‎Gye-hwa.

‎Yes, madam.

‎Send So-ok and the servants ‎out of the house,

‎then bar the front gate.

‎Yes, I will.

‎Come along, all of you.

‎Has my cousin not returned yet?

‎No, he has not.

‎Tell me the moment he does.

‎Yes.

‎Hurry.

‎I must say, this is rather bold of you.

‎For someone who claimed to know ‎she must depart with honor,

‎what possessed you to come here?

‎I am deeply ashamed.

‎Go on, then. Explain yourself.

‎What brings you to me in such a state?

‎Please persuade Lord Cho.

‎What do you mean?

‎He said

‎he had been ordered to recover my body.

‎He said he would find a way

‎and urged me to flee first.

‎He

‎said that?

‎He told me to go somewhere

‎no one would ever find us.

‎But if he reports

‎a falsehood because of me, ‎his life will be at risk.

‎I cannot leave him behind ‎and flee on my own.

‎If you are so worried for his life…

‎then why not make the lie the truth?

‎My lord.

‎Has something happened?

‎What is the matter?

‎Now that you have come to know love,

‎are you afraid to die?

‎Do you no longer care ‎for the chastity and family honor

‎you were so determined to protect?

‎Lady An.

‎If your love is strong enough ‎to save a man who ought to die,

‎why can you not act yourself?

‎Why come to me ‎instead of doing it yourself?

‎I cannot understand it.

‎It is cowardly of you.

‎I know.

‎But this was the only place

‎I could think to come.

‎Did you not…

‎confide your secret to me

‎and offer me your friendship?

‎Did you just

‎invoke my secret?

‎I beg of you.

‎Just persuade him.

‎Tell him he must not go to His Majesty.

‎Madam!

‎Madam! Lord Cho Won has…

‎Why are you here?

‎I came to ask for help.

‎I cannot leave you behind.

‎I beg you, madam.

‎Please tell him ‎he must not go to His Majesty.

‎Tell him to leave with me.

‎Since you are so desperate, ‎I have no choice but to oblige.

‎I shall help

‎the two of you leave.

‎I am not without compassion.

‎But first…

‎I would like to hear it from you, Cousin.

‎What is it that you want?

‎Do you

‎truly wish to leave with her?

‎Tell her you will leave with me.

‎Could I…

‎Could I ever leave?

‎My lord.

‎I tried to break free…

‎yet the heart I left behind ‎only grows clearer.

‎I felt the same after you left.

‎That is what it means to love.

‎Yes.

‎There is someone I love.

‎My lord.

‎Can you not simply come with me?

‎Do you not love me?

‎What will you do now?

‎Will you make the lie the truth

‎to save him from danger?

‎Or will you leave this place

‎and live quietly as though you were dead?

‎If you wish,

‎I shall find a way ‎for you to live on your own.

‎Choose.

‎My lord.

‎Do you

‎love her?

‎Love?

‎When she begged me to leave with her…

‎I truly meant to go.

‎Cousin.

‎It pained me because I saw myself in her, ‎clinging to you.

‎But in that moment,

‎I realized something with perfect clarity.

‎That you

‎never intended to leave with me.

‎Because I could not leave with her,

‎I spoke of nothing but impossible dreams.

‎"Shall we cross the sea or go to Yanjing?"

‎Once I stood in your place, I understood.

‎You never intended to leave with me ‎from the beginning.

‎I was terrified…

‎of being abandoned.

‎And you think I love her?

‎You know as well as I do…

‎that our bond

‎can never be severed.

‎As we agreed,

‎tell His Majesty about the widow…

‎and please…

‎Please come back to me.

‎I want to know ‎the look on His Majesty's face

‎when he reads what I wrote, ‎every word he says.

‎I want to hear

‎everything.

‎Please?

‎You will do that for me, won't you?

‎If that is what you wish…

‎that is what I shall do.

‎Why did you come to me…

‎when your heart ‎already belonged to another?

‎I made a wager over your chastity.

‎If I could claim your body and heart,

‎I would have a chance to win ‎the woman I had longed for all my life.

‎I had no reason to refuse such a wager.

‎Do you mean to say…

‎you humiliated an innocent woman ‎to win another?

‎That is the truth.

‎How vile of you.

‎So? Did you win her?

‎No.

‎Why not?

‎After all you have put me through,

‎you should have.

‎We are near ‎the Left State Councilor's residence.

‎I fear

‎someone may recognize you.

‎I will ask no further favor of you.

‎Please do not die.

‎Live well.

‎I resent you bitterly.

‎And by that exact same measure…

‎I shall live on.

‎Cheong, come in.

‎I wish to make myself beautiful.

‎You are capable of writing ‎something proper after all.

‎So the body was never recovered.

‎Yet as I read this,

‎I can see before me ‎a death so dignified, so heartbreaking.

‎Now, tell me more about the witness.

‎The Left State Councilor should hear it.

‎It was a papermaker who witnessed ‎the moment she took her life.

‎He supplies paper ‎for the Hwaseong construction works.

‎By his account,

‎it was at dawn, ‎after days of relentless rain,

‎when floodwaters ‎were rushing below the cliff.

‎As he drew water and looked up,

‎he saw a noblewoman weeping bitterly.

‎But in the blink of an eye,

‎the woman

‎had thrown herself from the cliff.

‎Though the swollen river carried her away ‎and she could not be found,

‎the date matches the day ‎the Councilor's daughter-in-law's brother

‎began searching for her body.

‎As such,

‎it could only have been her.

‎Your Majesty,

‎all of this

‎is due to my own failing.

‎I beg you, do not grant the Memorial Gate.

‎No.

‎Who could hope to stop a raging storm?

‎Hear me, Left State Councilor.

‎The Memorial Gate is granted.

‎It is time you accepted it.

‎Your grace knows no bounds, Your Majesty.

‎-Your grace knows no bounds. ‎-Your grace knows no bounds.

‎I merely carried out ‎the command I was given.

‎Cho Won, stop there.

‎Come with me.

‎I consider this construction

‎the most important undertaking of my life.

‎That is why, ‎though I am confined to the palace,

‎I receive daily secret reports

‎from dozens of officials besides you

‎on the conditions throughout Hwaseong.

‎On the day before the widow ‎cast herself from the cliff,

‎only a light drizzle fell in Hwaseong.

‎Now, tell me.

‎Knowing full well that such a trifling lie ‎could never deceive me,

‎why did you tell it?

‎Do you dare remain silent

‎because there is something you'd protect ‎even at the cost of your life?

‎You have not changed at all.

‎Always speaking without a thought ‎for the consequences.

‎And yet,

‎I always envied that about you.

‎I have never been able to live as myself, ‎not even for a moment.

‎I've always had to live as someone's son, ‎under the late king's shadow.

‎So I envied how freely ‎you spread your wings and flew,

‎untethered.

‎That is why ‎I held you in such special regard.

‎I kept an unworthy man by my side,

‎sending him to do the things I could not,

‎hoping he would become ‎my most trusted man.

‎Your Majesty.

‎Forgive my boldness.

‎But in truth…

‎I am but a bird trapped in a cage…

‎one that has never flown.

‎Hear me, Cho Won.

‎For the crime of daring ‎to deceive your sovereign,

‎I shall end the friendship between us.

‎Never again

‎shall you stand before me like this.

‎His Majesty ‎was deeply moved by your writing.

‎The death it portrayed was so vivid that,

‎more than the gravity ‎of the Memorial Gate,

‎he seemed to feel the sorrow ‎of losing one of his people

‎and could not conceal his grief.

‎As a result,

‎a Memorial Gate will be erected ‎for the Councilor's family.

‎Thank you for bringing me ‎such a precious letter.

‎Of course, madam.

‎Gye-hwa, are you there?

‎-Prepare drinks and refreshments. ‎-Yes, madam.

‎When my cousin arrives…

‎Never mind.

‎I shall go out and wait for him.

‎You arrived right on time.

‎Wait.

‎Is it just you, sir?

‎I came to take you across myself

‎because I was told ‎you'd be traveling with a woman.

‎Well, things changed.

‎I'll pay the full fare, so let us be off.

‎Very well.

‎All right, then.

‎Off we go!

‎What takes you to Yanjing?

‎It does not seem like ‎you are going there to pursue scholarship.

‎Sharp-eyed, are you?

‎You are not fleeing after committing ‎some grave crime, are you?

‎That would get me in trouble.

‎I spent my days chasing women…

‎and now two of them are after me.

‎Quite the predicament.

‎I am making a midnight escape.

‎Well, only two?

‎I'd be happy with three or four!

‎If you say the word, ‎I shall turn the boat around.

‎You do not look much like a man ‎who truly wishes to run away.

‎If we turn back now, ‎I'll only charge half the fare.

‎Return to whom?

‎My lord?

‎My lord!

‎Good heavens!

‎My lord!

‎My lord!

‎Damn it!

‎Do you know how hard it is ‎to be born a nobleman?

‎For heaven's sake!

‎Damn it!

‎Mister, I'm heading to Hanyang ‎with a delivery.

‎-Right. ‎-I'll go with him.

‎I packed some snacks for the road.

‎Keep your eyes open while you're there.

‎Who knows?

‎You might find Lord Cho Won somewhere.

‎What would I even do ‎with that heartless nobleman?

‎You fool.

‎Who do you think got you your freedom,

‎paid for Eun-sil's as well,

‎and even asked me ‎to help you make a living?

‎That's no way to speak of him.

‎I'm just upset.

‎Is he dead or alive?

‎If he's alive, ‎he could at least send word.

‎All right, enough. Off with you now.

‎I'm off.

‎Thank you for bringing ‎such fine paper every time.

‎I picked out only the best of the best.

‎I'm glad you like them.

‎And how is the work?

‎It is not too hard, I hope?

‎Not at all. ‎I'm finally living a decent life.

‎I just hope my lord…

‎If you'll excuse me, ‎I'd best be on my way.

‎I will deliver it,

‎but you never get a reply, so why…

‎I appreciate it.

‎I heard we have ‎a new sister joining us today.

‎We've had quite a few new sisters ‎joining us lately.

‎That's good news.

‎She should be here by now.

‎There she is.

‎Oh, you can sit over there.

‎Welcome.

‎My apologies.

‎It's my first time, ‎and I seem to have arrived late.

‎Now that we are all gathered, ‎let us begin.

‎When one makes a vow before the Lord,

‎it must accord with ‎what is right and true.

‎They need more candles ‎for all the new sisters.

‎-I see. ‎-…one dishonors and insults the Lord.

‎Therefore, ‎we must never forsake the truth.

‎Isn't that only natural?

‎It is no good living by lies.

‎Indeed.

‎I'm right, aren't I?

‎Yes.

‎Let us continue.

‎Even if one does not invoke ‎the holy name of the Lord,

‎the sin is the same as if one had.

‎Heaven and earth and all things

‎were created by the Lord for mankind…

‎What's wrong? Why did you not go in?

‎Are you leaving already?

‎I'm afraid I cannot stay today.

‎Please take these.

‎…and ever give thanks for His grace.

‎Therefore, Holy Mother Church ‎has set apart one day in every seven,

‎calling it the Lord's Day…

‎Time passes

‎Flowers bloom

‎Bees and butterflies

‎Oh, young master!

‎Fly in

‎Such is the order of nature

‎Though nature's order

‎Does not always follow what is right

‎Wait, what nonsense is that? ‎Nature's order not being right?

‎Plant soybeans, get soybeans ‎Plant red beans, get red beans

‎Even a three-year-old knows

‎That is the order of nature

‎You might as well tell me

‎That dignified Lady of the First Rank ‎Started hurling her bolster about

‎Now that, I'd call nonsense

‎Though this crying sounds rather serious

‎Good heavens!

‎-Well, would you look at that ‎-Mother…

‎She still has plenty of fight left in her

‎Even the Buddha himself ‎Couldn't withstand such fury

‎Indeed, blessed are those who endure

‎Tap-tap on the wooden fish

‎A handsome little red bean from next door

‎Fell into a soybean patch

‎And got itself all tangled up in it

‎Yet the noble folk of Bukchon ‎Pretend not to notice

‎Drunk on wine, drunk on power

‎They say

‎"Isn't it a pleasure to study ‎and practice what you have learned?"

‎Where on earth is it?

‎May as well lift a leg while you're at it

‎What they are studying or practicing, ‎I couldn't say

‎But they certainly seem like ‎They are taking pleasure in it

‎The hawk moth that once fed on ‎The nectar of white gourd blossoms

‎Has done its part ‎And gone back to where it came from

‎Spring has come again

‎But why won't it sprout?

‎Black beans, chickpeas ‎Cranberry beans, peas

‎Kidney beans, soybeans ‎Beans, beans, beans

‎What kind of bean did they plant ‎That it won't sprout?

‎Do you need to ask?

‎An old dried-up bean ‎That's been sitting around for years

‎Rotten thorough

‎And hollow inside

‎But look, it did sprout

‎So it wasn't supposed to sprout, ‎Yet it did?

‎That means ‎Everything worked out, does it not?

‎Did you even watch from Episode 1?

‎Stop talking nonsense ‎And go watch it again

‎The sprout came from the wrong bean

‎Boy, if it came from the wrong bean ‎Things have gone seriously wrong

‎-This is a matter of propriety ‎-My lady!

‎-If nature cannot be helped ‎-This way!

‎Then one should at least do what's right

‎What's right, you say? Propriety?

‎What about it?

‎Can you not see? It's gone to the dogs

‎Good grief, speak of the devil ‎Certainly more devil than noble, that one

‎Honestly, has she no shame? ‎Look at her

‎Staring him right in the face

‎Come now, they say a mother-in-law ‎Always dotes on her son-in-law

‎Indeed

‎Those cut from the same cloth ‎Always close ranks

‎Blood runs thicker than water

‎Like attracts like ‎Thick as thieves

‎Birds of a feather do flock together

‎"Noble," they call them

‎More title than substance

‎The sprout may not have come ‎From a soybean after all

‎But more likely a red bean

‎Yet they sit there all prim and proper

‎While raging inside

‎They tried so hard to keep it quiet

‎Yet whispers spread everywhere

‎Murmur, murmur ‎This, that, and the other

‎Thanks to the wagging tongues ‎Of the Bukchon ladies

‎Everyone who ought to know already knows

‎Everyone except His Lordship, apparently

‎Surely he does not know ‎No, he must not

‎If he did

‎How could he act that way?

‎Come now, after all this time?

‎You still don't know the Bukchon nobles?

‎They know perfectly well ‎And pretend otherwise

‎Well, well, with so many ladies ‎More talented than any clown

‎Gathered right here

‎I'm so intimidated my voice is giving out

‎I shall take my leave now ‎And head down to Namchon

‎Truth be told

‎I'm scared out of my wits, ‎So I'm making my escape

‎Run along, then

‎In this bitter cold…

‎you have come all this way again?

‎The fact that someone ‎is still sending him letters…

‎means I am not the only one

‎who believes he is still alive, ‎does it not?

‎I have spent all my years

‎at the young master's side.

‎And so

‎if I may presume to read his heart,

‎he would have me bring you ‎a warm cup of tea.

‎I believe he would.

‎Do go inside.

‎Yun!

‎Yun!

‎Yun!

‎I am well.

‎I live

‎much as I always have.

‎Yet,

‎more and more often,

‎I find myself wondering ‎whether you are truly gone.

‎And whenever I do,

‎the same thought comes to me.

‎Had I followed you ‎and left everything behind,

‎I would not

‎have been left with nothing but longing.

‎Dear cousin.

‎If by some chance…

‎you are

‎alive somewhere, living as though dead,

‎would you please come back to me?

‎I remain here,

‎living as though alive,

‎while dying inside.

‎Subtitle translation by: Yoonjung Song