1 00:00:49,758 --> 00:00:50,717 ‎"Truth be told, 2 00:00:51,301 --> 00:00:52,469 ‎I was ashamed." 3 00:00:55,180 --> 00:00:57,182 ‎"Each time your fervent touch 4 00:00:58,266 --> 00:01:00,060 ‎fell upon my body, 5 00:01:01,728 --> 00:01:04,314 ‎heat seemed to rise in every part of me, 6 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:06,816 ‎and my body would writhe with it." 7 00:01:08,193 --> 00:01:09,444 ‎"And for that, 8 00:01:10,987 --> 00:01:12,489 ‎I was deeply ashamed of myself." 9 00:01:14,908 --> 00:01:16,534 ‎"I was in pain as well." 10 00:01:18,036 --> 00:01:20,622 ‎"When you filled me completely… 11 00:01:22,957 --> 00:01:26,419 ‎the pain of flesh being parted ‎left me nearly senseless." 12 00:01:28,797 --> 00:01:29,839 ‎"Yet…" 13 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:35,929 ‎"The moment I felt you moving inside me, 14 00:01:37,722 --> 00:01:39,265 ‎I finally realized." 15 00:01:44,270 --> 00:01:47,690 ‎"I wish to spend all the countless nights ‎ahead of me with you, 16 00:01:48,775 --> 00:01:51,027 ‎and live so for the rest of my life." 17 00:01:56,616 --> 00:01:57,450 ‎"Please 18 00:01:58,451 --> 00:02:00,620 ‎stay by my side, just as you do now." 19 00:02:14,008 --> 00:02:16,553 ‎What a pitiful woman indeed. 20 00:02:19,889 --> 00:02:22,100 ‎And all the more amusing for it. 21 00:02:24,561 --> 00:02:28,022 ‎So then, how was it for you? 22 00:02:30,525 --> 00:02:32,402 ‎Did the sight of that swooning widow 23 00:02:34,195 --> 00:02:35,405 ‎stir your blood? 24 00:02:36,948 --> 00:02:39,200 ‎When that woman, knowing nothing of men… 25 00:02:43,121 --> 00:02:44,664 ‎clung to my neck 26 00:02:46,541 --> 00:02:48,001 ‎and looked at me with pleading eyes… 27 00:02:55,425 --> 00:02:56,759 ‎I found it all so warm. 28 00:02:58,344 --> 00:02:59,721 ‎Did you now? 29 00:03:04,767 --> 00:03:06,352 ‎Are you displeased? 30 00:03:07,061 --> 00:03:08,229 ‎And if I am? 31 00:03:09,606 --> 00:03:11,691 ‎Surely you know. 32 00:03:12,233 --> 00:03:14,152 ‎The only reason I have gone this far… 33 00:03:16,237 --> 00:03:17,989 ‎is all because of you. 34 00:03:21,743 --> 00:03:22,744 ‎Now, then. 35 00:03:26,372 --> 00:03:27,790 ‎Is tonight the night? 36 00:03:32,629 --> 00:03:34,422 ‎It is what I have long awaited. 37 00:04:13,253 --> 00:04:14,836 ‎I'm afraid 38 00:04:14,837 --> 00:04:16,714 ‎I will have to postpone 39 00:04:17,590 --> 00:04:19,384 ‎your reward a little longer. 40 00:04:20,677 --> 00:04:23,596 ‎I was in the midst of something ‎far more important. 41 00:04:47,787 --> 00:04:48,913 ‎Wait, what… 42 00:04:51,874 --> 00:04:53,208 ‎What is this? 43 00:04:53,209 --> 00:04:57,045 ‎I hear you have been ordered ‎to recover the widow's body. 44 00:04:57,046 --> 00:05:00,424 ‎Since you have been occupied ‎with this wretched wager of ours, 45 00:05:00,425 --> 00:05:02,427 ‎I thought I'd write it for you. 46 00:05:03,928 --> 00:05:08,266 ‎Though I never imagined ‎her desire to live had grown so strong. 47 00:05:10,768 --> 00:05:13,896 ‎It seems she has gone back ‎on our agreement. 48 00:05:14,522 --> 00:05:15,565 ‎Agreement? 49 00:05:17,275 --> 00:05:19,068 ‎When I wrote ‎that marriage proposal for her, 50 00:05:19,777 --> 00:05:21,612 ‎she made me a promise. 51 00:05:24,532 --> 00:05:27,076 ‎That she would accept death ‎when the time came, 52 00:05:27,952 --> 00:05:30,413 ‎to fulfill her final duty ‎at the very least. 53 00:05:32,415 --> 00:05:34,042 ‎It is only proper, is it not? 54 00:05:35,335 --> 00:05:38,880 ‎That is how her story ought to end. 55 00:05:41,799 --> 00:05:43,926 ‎It is unfortunate that she still lives, 56 00:05:44,469 --> 00:05:46,179 ‎but it matters not. 57 00:05:47,805 --> 00:05:48,765 ‎In the end, 58 00:05:50,475 --> 00:05:51,976 ‎she shall meet that fate. 59 00:05:53,895 --> 00:05:56,105 ‎All you need to do ‎is take what I have written 60 00:05:56,606 --> 00:05:58,649 ‎and present it to His Majesty. 61 00:05:59,692 --> 00:06:01,152 ‎Tell him 62 00:06:02,195 --> 00:06:03,488 ‎that someone 63 00:06:04,447 --> 00:06:06,449 ‎claims to have witnessed ‎the dreadful sight 64 00:06:07,075 --> 00:06:09,117 ‎of a woman casting herself from a cliff. 65 00:06:09,118 --> 00:06:12,954 ‎So you would have me report a lie? 66 00:06:12,955 --> 00:06:16,167 ‎Once the news reaches the widow, 67 00:06:17,418 --> 00:06:19,128 ‎there will be nothing she can do. 68 00:06:20,088 --> 00:06:21,339 ‎She will accept her fate 69 00:06:22,298 --> 00:06:23,633 ‎and take her own life. 70 00:06:24,217 --> 00:06:28,137 ‎Then everything may return ‎to its proper place. 71 00:06:29,764 --> 00:06:32,475 ‎Your concern for me may be ‎as vast as the heavens, 72 00:06:34,310 --> 00:06:35,645 ‎but your kindness 73 00:06:36,479 --> 00:06:38,314 ‎has gone too far, Cousin! 74 00:06:39,649 --> 00:06:40,691 ‎This? 75 00:06:42,068 --> 00:06:44,986 ‎This is not something ‎you should meddle in. 76 00:06:44,987 --> 00:06:46,322 ‎Meddle? 77 00:06:48,116 --> 00:06:49,033 ‎Cousin. 78 00:06:50,827 --> 00:06:52,703 ‎Do you remember the day… 79 00:06:54,914 --> 00:06:58,126 ‎you became the pride of the family ‎with the verse I wrote for you? 80 00:07:00,378 --> 00:07:03,256 ‎I am only trying to help you now, ‎as I did then. 81 00:07:06,926 --> 00:07:08,970 ‎I remember it all too clearly. 82 00:07:09,762 --> 00:07:12,890 ‎How could I ever forget ‎those piercing eyes fixed upon me? 83 00:07:15,476 --> 00:07:17,061 ‎If I could… 84 00:07:20,898 --> 00:07:23,066 ‎If I could return to that day, 85 00:07:23,067 --> 00:07:25,318 ‎I would tell them the verse 86 00:07:25,319 --> 00:07:27,488 ‎was never mine to begin with, but yours. 87 00:07:29,449 --> 00:07:30,491 ‎I am not… 88 00:07:36,038 --> 00:07:38,207 ‎I am not that boy anymore. 89 00:07:46,382 --> 00:07:48,426 ‎-Won. ‎-Do not call me that. 90 00:07:49,135 --> 00:07:50,552 ‎You say you wrote this 91 00:07:50,553 --> 00:07:52,388 ‎to help me, just as you did then? 92 00:07:54,807 --> 00:07:55,892 ‎Very well. 93 00:07:56,809 --> 00:07:57,727 ‎Fine! 94 00:07:59,437 --> 00:08:01,606 ‎Then let me ask you once more, ‎as I did back then. 95 00:08:03,232 --> 00:08:04,901 ‎Will you take my hand… 96 00:08:08,946 --> 00:08:10,740 ‎and come with me this time? 97 00:08:41,938 --> 00:08:42,897 ‎At last… 98 00:08:46,317 --> 00:08:48,361 ‎those are the words I have longed to hear. 99 00:08:52,823 --> 00:08:54,325 ‎I have been waiting. 100 00:08:56,118 --> 00:08:58,162 ‎For you to ask me to leave with you again. 101 00:09:01,624 --> 00:09:04,085 ‎Ever since the day ‎I failed to come to you, 102 00:09:04,961 --> 00:09:06,587 ‎it has never left my mind. 103 00:09:08,422 --> 00:09:10,466 ‎I wondered ‎where the boat I sent away in tears 104 00:09:11,592 --> 00:09:13,511 ‎had drifted by now… 105 00:09:16,472 --> 00:09:19,475 ‎and whether I might ever find it again. 106 00:09:23,312 --> 00:09:25,064 ‎So tell me more. 107 00:09:26,816 --> 00:09:29,151 ‎Tell me of the future you imagined for us. 108 00:09:32,113 --> 00:09:34,156 ‎Let me hear it now, if it is not too late. 109 00:09:38,286 --> 00:09:40,663 ‎How about Yanjing, the city said to hold 110 00:09:41,706 --> 00:09:43,374 ‎all the world's wonders? 111 00:09:45,126 --> 00:09:46,002 ‎Well? 112 00:10:21,203 --> 00:10:22,330 ‎Cho Won. 113 00:10:29,545 --> 00:10:31,130 ‎Cho Won. 114 00:10:38,679 --> 00:10:41,307 ‎I wanted to call you by your name. 115 00:10:51,984 --> 00:10:52,943 ‎Hui-yeon. 116 00:10:58,074 --> 00:10:59,075 ‎Hui-yeon. 117 00:11:10,211 --> 00:11:15,925 ‎THE SCANDAL 118 00:11:47,915 --> 00:11:48,749 ‎My lady. 119 00:11:53,504 --> 00:11:55,631 ‎Young Master In-ho came by. 120 00:11:58,467 --> 00:12:02,138 ‎He saw me again ‎outside the gate just moments ago. 121 00:12:13,023 --> 00:12:15,734 ‎My lord, I do not care where we go. 122 00:12:18,821 --> 00:12:20,865 ‎Would you leave with me? 123 00:12:23,242 --> 00:12:24,618 ‎Please come away with me. 124 00:12:35,713 --> 00:12:37,006 ‎It is all right. 125 00:12:38,466 --> 00:12:40,592 ‎Hearing you say that, 126 00:12:40,593 --> 00:12:42,052 ‎I find myself 127 00:12:43,512 --> 00:12:44,972 ‎foolishly happy. 128 00:12:49,393 --> 00:12:50,728 ‎All right, then. 129 00:12:51,729 --> 00:12:52,897 ‎Where shall we go? 130 00:12:54,565 --> 00:12:55,648 ‎Across the sea… 131 00:12:55,649 --> 00:12:56,484 ‎No. 132 00:12:58,194 --> 00:13:01,780 ‎Perhaps, all the way to Yanjing, ‎where no one will ever find us… 133 00:13:13,209 --> 00:13:14,919 ‎I have been waiting. 134 00:13:15,753 --> 00:13:17,504 ‎For you to ask me to leave with you again. 135 00:13:17,505 --> 00:13:19,173 ‎I do not care where. 136 00:13:20,132 --> 00:13:22,134 ‎How about Yanjing, the city said to hold 137 00:13:23,552 --> 00:13:25,262 ‎all the world's wonders? 138 00:13:27,014 --> 00:13:27,848 ‎Well? 139 00:13:39,068 --> 00:13:40,277 ‎I have been waiting. 140 00:13:46,909 --> 00:13:48,577 ‎I have been waiting to hear those words. 141 00:13:54,083 --> 00:13:55,626 ‎Tell me more. 142 00:13:57,586 --> 00:13:58,420 ‎Tell me 143 00:14:00,339 --> 00:14:01,298 ‎of our future. 144 00:14:31,328 --> 00:14:33,038 ‎There is something you must know. 145 00:14:33,789 --> 00:14:35,583 ‎His Majesty has given me a command. 146 00:14:36,125 --> 00:14:38,669 ‎He said the Left State Councilor's ‎daughter-in-law passed away… 147 00:14:41,005 --> 00:14:43,507 ‎and I am to recover her body. 148 00:14:46,302 --> 00:14:47,469 ‎I will 149 00:14:49,305 --> 00:14:51,140 ‎find a way somehow. 150 00:14:52,683 --> 00:14:54,226 ‎So you should leave first. 151 00:14:55,561 --> 00:14:57,021 ‎No, I will not. 152 00:14:57,521 --> 00:14:59,398 ‎Did you not say you wished to live? 153 00:15:14,705 --> 00:15:16,373 ‎I do wish to live. 154 00:15:20,210 --> 00:15:22,046 ‎I wish to live with you, my lord. 155 00:15:28,636 --> 00:15:29,845 ‎That cannot be. 156 00:15:53,035 --> 00:15:55,537 ‎Truth be told, I have come to ask a favor. 157 00:15:56,288 --> 00:15:58,957 ‎I was hoping ‎you might have work for someone. 158 00:15:58,958 --> 00:16:00,291 ‎For whom? 159 00:16:00,292 --> 00:16:02,502 ‎-A woman. ‎-A woman? 160 00:16:02,503 --> 00:16:04,088 ‎A woman dressed as a man. 161 00:16:13,138 --> 00:16:14,389 ‎Young master. 162 00:16:14,390 --> 00:16:16,599 ‎Do get up. ‎I have brought you some porridge-- 163 00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:18,185 ‎My head aches terribly. 164 00:16:19,478 --> 00:16:20,770 ‎Your head? 165 00:16:20,771 --> 00:16:22,398 ‎Oh, In-ho. 166 00:16:24,900 --> 00:16:26,777 ‎What has come over you? 167 00:16:37,663 --> 00:16:39,415 ‎I said I would not eat, ‎so why do you keep… 168 00:16:57,933 --> 00:17:00,019 ‎I never knew ‎you were capable of such impropriety. 169 00:17:01,395 --> 00:17:03,480 ‎I wish I had known sooner. 170 00:17:10,612 --> 00:17:13,032 ‎You are hardly in a position to laugh. 171 00:17:17,619 --> 00:17:19,913 ‎The girl who is to become ‎my brother-in-law's concubine… 172 00:17:23,542 --> 00:17:24,918 ‎asked me to deliver this. 173 00:17:30,382 --> 00:17:32,300 ‎I never knew either. 174 00:17:32,301 --> 00:17:34,970 ‎That you had such a lust for women. 175 00:17:35,763 --> 00:17:37,181 ‎Had I known sooner… 176 00:17:39,475 --> 00:17:42,561 ‎I would have given my cousin fair warning. 177 00:17:44,730 --> 00:17:48,192 ‎I wonder ‎what your father would make of it. 178 00:17:58,077 --> 00:17:58,952 ‎What… 179 00:18:04,958 --> 00:18:05,875 ‎Master. 180 00:18:05,876 --> 00:18:07,044 ‎Come now, young master. 181 00:18:08,462 --> 00:18:10,839 ‎There's no need for this between us. 182 00:18:16,095 --> 00:18:17,553 ‎You need not worry. 183 00:18:17,554 --> 00:18:19,931 ‎I shall not tell a soul. 184 00:18:19,932 --> 00:18:23,685 ‎It is the duty of a gentleman ‎to protect his family's honor, is it not? 185 00:18:25,312 --> 00:18:26,522 ‎But you see, 186 00:18:28,315 --> 00:18:31,110 ‎some things, once brought to light, ‎cannot be contained. 187 00:19:53,442 --> 00:19:55,360 ‎You said you were 188 00:19:56,445 --> 00:19:57,821 ‎no longer that boy. 189 00:20:00,741 --> 00:20:02,451 ‎And yet, 190 00:20:03,744 --> 00:20:06,330 ‎when you asked me ‎to leave with you once more, 191 00:20:08,248 --> 00:20:09,249 ‎I felt as though 192 00:20:10,250 --> 00:20:13,003 ‎I had met that sweet young man ‎from my youth again. 193 00:20:15,047 --> 00:20:17,007 ‎It made my whole body tremble. 194 00:20:28,435 --> 00:20:31,729 ‎So then, did you go to Hwaseong? 195 00:20:31,730 --> 00:20:35,525 ‎You went to see things through ‎with the widow, I trust? 196 00:20:36,610 --> 00:20:37,444 ‎Yes. 197 00:20:41,114 --> 00:20:44,409 ‎If you were only going to return ‎to your rightful place in the end, 198 00:20:45,994 --> 00:20:48,914 ‎there was no need ‎for that foolish wager at all. 199 00:20:50,958 --> 00:20:54,211 ‎So, what became of the widow? 200 00:20:54,878 --> 00:20:56,964 ‎Did she part from you easily enough? 201 00:21:02,636 --> 00:21:05,639 ‎She seemed to have ‎neither attachment nor strength left. 202 00:21:09,226 --> 00:21:10,936 ‎She will take her own life. 203 00:21:15,148 --> 00:21:16,108 ‎Soon, I imagine. 204 00:21:19,778 --> 00:21:20,821 ‎I see. 205 00:21:23,448 --> 00:21:25,951 ‎Perhaps we should count that as a mercy. 206 00:21:27,995 --> 00:21:29,788 ‎But there is a problem. 207 00:21:31,123 --> 00:21:34,334 ‎I do not know how, ‎but the Left State Councilor's son… 208 00:21:36,795 --> 00:21:38,505 ‎seemed to know everything. 209 00:21:39,131 --> 00:21:41,049 ‎Young Master In-ho should be fine. 210 00:21:42,217 --> 00:21:43,927 ‎He is too soft-hearted 211 00:21:44,428 --> 00:21:46,346 ‎to let it slip. 212 00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:49,683 ‎The real problem is 213 00:21:51,393 --> 00:21:53,270 ‎the Lady of the First Rank. 214 00:21:54,813 --> 00:21:55,814 ‎She knows. 215 00:21:57,316 --> 00:21:59,151 ‎I should have told you this first, 216 00:21:59,651 --> 00:22:02,738 ‎but I feared it would ‎only cause you needless worry. 217 00:22:03,322 --> 00:22:07,409 ‎As long as she can secure ‎a Memorial Gate for her daughter-in-law, 218 00:22:07,909 --> 00:22:10,119 ‎she will turn a blind eye ‎to everything else. 219 00:22:10,120 --> 00:22:12,539 ‎She said she must be granted one. 220 00:22:13,498 --> 00:22:14,958 ‎That was her only request. 221 00:22:15,584 --> 00:22:17,252 ‎Did she threaten you? 222 00:22:20,756 --> 00:22:23,716 ‎She asked a favor of me. 223 00:22:23,717 --> 00:22:25,635 ‎-Cousin. ‎-Please tell His Majesty 224 00:22:26,386 --> 00:22:29,221 ‎exactly what I wrote for you. 225 00:22:29,222 --> 00:22:30,932 ‎That is all you need to do. 226 00:22:31,600 --> 00:22:34,226 ‎Then no one and nothing 227 00:22:34,227 --> 00:22:37,230 ‎will trouble you and me ever again. 228 00:22:42,527 --> 00:22:43,361 ‎All right. 229 00:22:54,748 --> 00:22:57,542 ‎I was keeping this ‎to show you when you came. 230 00:22:58,710 --> 00:22:59,586 ‎Here. 231 00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:02,923 ‎This is you, is it not? 232 00:23:04,508 --> 00:23:07,761 ‎THERE WAS A MAN WHO WENT ABOUT ‎SCOLDING WOMEN'S SECRET PLACES… 233 00:23:16,228 --> 00:23:17,312 ‎Where… 234 00:23:19,147 --> 00:23:20,397 ‎did you get this? 235 00:23:20,398 --> 00:23:23,067 ‎Eun-sil's mistress ordered it burned, 236 00:23:23,068 --> 00:23:25,570 ‎but the women working there ‎were passing it around in secret. 237 00:23:26,196 --> 00:23:28,906 ‎My dear Eun-sil ‎thought you ought to see it, 238 00:23:28,907 --> 00:23:32,077 ‎so she traded her precious jerky for it. 239 00:23:34,162 --> 00:23:35,246 ‎Oh, Bun-hui. 240 00:23:35,247 --> 00:23:36,081 ‎"Oh, Bun-hui"? 241 00:23:37,249 --> 00:23:38,583 ‎-Bun-hui… ‎-Bun-hui? 242 00:23:48,009 --> 00:23:50,011 ‎Run an errand for me. ‎Go to Mapo Ferry Crossing. 243 00:23:51,763 --> 00:23:52,889 ‎We are leaving for Yanjing. 244 00:23:53,515 --> 00:23:54,515 ‎Yanjing? 245 00:23:54,516 --> 00:23:55,684 ‎The Great State? 246 00:23:56,476 --> 00:23:57,727 ‎Whether by sea or by land, 247 00:23:59,062 --> 00:24:01,148 ‎find the fastest route ‎that will not draw attention. 248 00:24:01,731 --> 00:24:02,649 ‎And… 249 00:24:05,652 --> 00:24:07,946 ‎it must be suitable for a woman ‎to make the journey. 250 00:24:08,530 --> 00:24:10,906 ‎A woman? Who have you gone and found now? 251 00:24:10,907 --> 00:24:11,783 ‎What about Eun-sil? 252 00:24:13,118 --> 00:24:14,619 ‎You'd leave her behind? 253 00:24:15,829 --> 00:24:17,288 ‎Eun-sil… 254 00:24:17,289 --> 00:24:19,832 ‎Eun-sil is going to Yanjing too? 255 00:24:19,833 --> 00:24:20,750 ‎Really? 256 00:24:21,418 --> 00:24:22,669 ‎I have somewhere to go. 257 00:24:23,378 --> 00:24:25,463 ‎-Make sure you find out all you can. ‎-Yes. 258 00:24:36,474 --> 00:24:37,434 ‎Cousin. 259 00:24:40,270 --> 00:24:41,771 ‎Are you heading out somewhere? 260 00:24:52,490 --> 00:24:54,743 ‎Should I not be making preparations ‎for our departure? 261 00:24:57,746 --> 00:25:01,374 ‎Then when do you intend ‎to see His Majesty? 262 00:25:05,462 --> 00:25:06,504 ‎I shall make haste. 263 00:25:11,593 --> 00:25:15,472 ‎If you tie it so loosely, ‎it will come undone at once. 264 00:25:20,435 --> 00:25:22,062 ‎It must be tied firmly. 265 00:25:25,482 --> 00:25:26,524 ‎There. 266 00:25:27,692 --> 00:25:28,652 ‎Off you go now. 267 00:25:35,116 --> 00:25:35,951 ‎All right. 268 00:26:12,654 --> 00:26:13,655 ‎Young master. 269 00:26:16,283 --> 00:26:17,117 ‎What is the matter? 270 00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:24,290 ‎I stepped out for a short while. 271 00:26:24,291 --> 00:26:26,209 ‎By the time I returned, ‎she had already left. 272 00:26:27,627 --> 00:26:29,211 ‎Forgive me, young master. 273 00:26:29,212 --> 00:26:30,422 ‎No. 274 00:26:31,464 --> 00:26:32,757 ‎The fault is mine. 275 00:26:36,136 --> 00:26:37,137 ‎Oh, dear. 276 00:26:44,519 --> 00:26:47,271 ‎So, when is your mother expected back? 277 00:26:47,272 --> 00:26:48,523 ‎To tell the truth, 278 00:26:49,232 --> 00:26:51,901 ‎I do not believe ‎she can see you today, madam. 279 00:26:53,737 --> 00:26:57,156 ‎She went to Mapo Ferry Crossing to receive ‎a shipment of tobacco from Qing, 280 00:26:57,157 --> 00:26:59,451 ‎and she insists on ‎inspecting everything herself. 281 00:27:00,410 --> 00:27:03,163 ‎I expect she will not be back ‎until near sundown. 282 00:27:04,539 --> 00:27:05,748 ‎Is that so? 283 00:27:05,749 --> 00:27:06,875 ‎Yes, madam. 284 00:27:08,460 --> 00:27:11,503 ‎There is a matter ‎I entrusted to your mother, 285 00:27:11,504 --> 00:27:14,758 ‎yet I have heard nothing of it, ‎which is why I came myself. 286 00:27:16,968 --> 00:27:19,346 ‎Perhaps if I had spoken more kindly, 287 00:27:20,263 --> 00:27:23,058 ‎she might have understood me better ‎and been quicker about it. 288 00:27:23,767 --> 00:27:27,187 ‎I do not care to repeat myself. 289 00:27:30,315 --> 00:27:32,150 ‎So I shall not say it a third time. 290 00:27:32,734 --> 00:27:34,277 ‎I shall grant you a fortnight's grace. 291 00:27:34,903 --> 00:27:36,279 ‎Collect every last one of them. 292 00:27:39,657 --> 00:27:42,410 ‎My reputation and standing ‎were not built overnight, 293 00:27:42,994 --> 00:27:45,914 ‎and I cannot afford ‎to let this stain spread any further. 294 00:27:50,627 --> 00:27:51,836 ‎Do pass that along to her. 295 00:27:54,881 --> 00:27:55,924 ‎Yes, madam. 296 00:28:01,137 --> 00:28:03,390 ‎Who does she think she is? 297 00:28:04,015 --> 00:28:07,601 ‎Once So-ok is with child, ‎she will be shoved into a back room! 298 00:28:07,602 --> 00:28:09,020 ‎Unbelievable. 299 00:28:09,771 --> 00:28:11,022 ‎How dare she? 300 00:28:11,731 --> 00:28:13,690 ‎Mother, are you all right? 301 00:28:13,691 --> 00:28:17,277 ‎Do I look all right? ‎I'm fit to burst with rage! 302 00:28:17,278 --> 00:28:18,405 ‎But Mother, 303 00:28:19,197 --> 00:28:22,242 ‎you are at your most beautiful ‎when you are angry. 304 00:28:27,622 --> 00:28:28,581 ‎For heaven's sake! 305 00:28:29,541 --> 00:28:31,418 ‎You blithering idiot. 306 00:28:32,043 --> 00:28:33,336 ‎Good grief. 307 00:28:34,712 --> 00:28:37,257 ‎I'm furious. So furious! 308 00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:47,266 ‎Excuse me! 309 00:28:47,267 --> 00:28:48,727 ‎This is a forgery, is it not? 310 00:28:50,103 --> 00:28:53,021 ‎Who cares whether a dirty picture ‎is genuine or forged? 311 00:28:53,022 --> 00:28:55,190 ‎As long as it's titillating. 312 00:28:55,191 --> 00:28:57,694 ‎This painting you've been collecting? 313 00:28:58,778 --> 00:29:02,532 ‎The entire city of Hanyang ‎is flooded with exact copies of it. 314 00:29:03,116 --> 00:29:04,450 ‎Not just one or two. 315 00:29:04,451 --> 00:29:05,577 ‎At least dozens… 316 00:29:06,161 --> 00:29:08,580 ‎No, there may well be hundreds by now. 317 00:29:09,289 --> 00:29:11,040 ‎It may take you some time. 318 00:29:19,132 --> 00:29:22,177 ‎Before His Lordship returns, ‎have the servants… 319 00:29:28,433 --> 00:29:29,267 ‎Madam? 320 00:29:33,813 --> 00:29:34,647 ‎Gye-hwa. 321 00:29:35,732 --> 00:29:36,649 ‎Yes, madam. 322 00:29:37,358 --> 00:29:39,903 ‎Send So-ok and the servants ‎out of the house, 323 00:29:40,528 --> 00:29:41,696 ‎then bar the front gate. 324 00:29:43,364 --> 00:29:45,366 ‎Yes, I will. 325 00:29:51,873 --> 00:29:52,957 ‎Come along, all of you. 326 00:29:55,502 --> 00:29:57,252 ‎Has my cousin not returned yet? 327 00:29:57,253 --> 00:29:58,962 ‎No, he has not. 328 00:29:58,963 --> 00:30:00,631 ‎Tell me the moment he does. 329 00:30:00,632 --> 00:30:01,508 ‎Yes. 330 00:30:02,509 --> 00:30:03,468 ‎Hurry. 331 00:30:32,121 --> 00:30:34,207 ‎I must say, this is rather bold of you. 332 00:30:35,917 --> 00:30:38,336 ‎For someone who claimed to know ‎she must depart with honor, 333 00:30:39,379 --> 00:30:41,631 ‎what possessed you to come here? 334 00:30:42,757 --> 00:30:44,008 ‎I am deeply ashamed. 335 00:30:52,767 --> 00:30:54,227 ‎Go on, then. Explain yourself. 336 00:30:55,562 --> 00:30:59,190 ‎What brings you to me in such a state? 337 00:31:05,655 --> 00:31:07,490 ‎Please persuade Lord Cho. 338 00:31:07,991 --> 00:31:09,492 ‎What do you mean? 339 00:31:12,245 --> 00:31:13,246 ‎He said 340 00:31:14,664 --> 00:31:18,960 ‎he had been ordered to recover my body. 341 00:31:22,797 --> 00:31:24,340 ‎He said he would find a way 342 00:31:25,884 --> 00:31:27,927 ‎and urged me to flee first. 343 00:31:34,142 --> 00:31:35,143 ‎He 344 00:31:36,477 --> 00:31:37,729 ‎said that? 345 00:31:39,647 --> 00:31:41,900 ‎He told me to go somewhere 346 00:31:43,234 --> 00:31:45,403 ‎no one would ever find us. 347 00:31:50,992 --> 00:31:52,577 ‎But if he reports 348 00:31:53,328 --> 00:31:56,289 ‎a falsehood because of me, ‎his life will be at risk. 349 00:31:59,292 --> 00:32:01,920 ‎I cannot leave him behind ‎and flee on my own. 350 00:32:09,052 --> 00:32:11,721 ‎If you are so worried for his life… 351 00:32:14,057 --> 00:32:16,893 ‎then why not make the lie the truth? 352 00:32:28,821 --> 00:32:29,863 ‎My lord. 353 00:32:29,864 --> 00:32:31,032 ‎Has something happened? 354 00:32:32,033 --> 00:32:32,867 ‎What is the matter? 355 00:32:34,786 --> 00:32:36,579 ‎Now that you have come to know love, 356 00:32:37,372 --> 00:32:39,040 ‎are you afraid to die? 357 00:32:40,541 --> 00:32:44,253 ‎Do you no longer care ‎for the chastity and family honor 358 00:32:45,588 --> 00:32:47,465 ‎you were so determined to protect? 359 00:32:50,635 --> 00:32:51,678 ‎Lady An. 360 00:32:52,512 --> 00:32:56,099 ‎If your love is strong enough ‎to save a man who ought to die, 361 00:32:57,517 --> 00:33:00,186 ‎why can you not act yourself? 362 00:33:01,062 --> 00:33:03,064 ‎Why come to me ‎instead of doing it yourself? 363 00:33:03,940 --> 00:33:05,858 ‎I cannot understand it. 364 00:33:10,363 --> 00:33:11,948 ‎It is cowardly of you. 365 00:33:18,413 --> 00:33:19,414 ‎I know. 366 00:33:24,377 --> 00:33:26,629 ‎But this was the only place 367 00:33:27,422 --> 00:33:28,881 ‎I could think to come. 368 00:33:30,675 --> 00:33:31,801 ‎Did you not… 369 00:33:34,512 --> 00:33:36,139 ‎confide your secret to me 370 00:33:36,681 --> 00:33:38,849 ‎and offer me your friendship? 371 00:33:38,850 --> 00:33:40,476 ‎Did you just 372 00:33:41,394 --> 00:33:42,812 ‎invoke my secret? 373 00:33:44,731 --> 00:33:46,232 ‎I beg of you. 374 00:33:47,400 --> 00:33:50,028 ‎Just persuade him. 375 00:33:50,903 --> 00:33:52,572 ‎Tell him he must not go to His Majesty. 376 00:33:54,449 --> 00:33:55,366 ‎Madam! 377 00:33:56,117 --> 00:33:57,577 ‎Madam! Lord Cho Won has… 378 00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:22,393 ‎Why are you here? 379 00:34:23,519 --> 00:34:25,229 ‎I came to ask for help. 380 00:34:27,440 --> 00:34:29,609 ‎I cannot leave you behind. 381 00:34:39,827 --> 00:34:41,120 ‎I beg you, madam. 382 00:34:41,621 --> 00:34:45,457 ‎Please tell him ‎he must not go to His Majesty. 383 00:34:45,458 --> 00:34:47,168 ‎Tell him to leave with me. 384 00:34:59,138 --> 00:35:02,809 ‎Since you are so desperate, ‎I have no choice but to oblige. 385 00:35:12,652 --> 00:35:14,278 ‎I shall help 386 00:35:15,279 --> 00:35:16,697 ‎the two of you leave. 387 00:35:17,824 --> 00:35:20,034 ‎I am not without compassion. 388 00:35:21,994 --> 00:35:22,829 ‎But first… 389 00:35:25,581 --> 00:35:28,292 ‎I would like to hear it from you, Cousin. 390 00:35:29,210 --> 00:35:31,170 ‎What is it that you want? 391 00:35:33,548 --> 00:35:34,715 ‎Do you 392 00:35:35,424 --> 00:35:37,552 ‎truly wish to leave with her? 393 00:35:50,106 --> 00:35:52,358 ‎Tell her you will leave with me. 394 00:35:56,154 --> 00:35:56,988 ‎Could I… 395 00:36:03,870 --> 00:36:05,621 ‎Could I ever leave? 396 00:36:06,914 --> 00:36:07,832 ‎My lord. 397 00:36:11,752 --> 00:36:13,296 ‎I tried to break free… 398 00:36:16,632 --> 00:36:19,260 ‎yet the heart I left behind ‎only grows clearer. 399 00:36:21,554 --> 00:36:24,307 ‎I felt the same after you left. 400 00:36:26,350 --> 00:36:27,643 ‎That is what it means to love. 401 00:36:33,566 --> 00:36:34,525 ‎Yes. 402 00:36:37,320 --> 00:36:39,113 ‎There is someone I love. 403 00:37:16,359 --> 00:37:17,193 ‎My lord. 404 00:37:20,279 --> 00:37:22,865 ‎Can you not simply come with me? 405 00:37:26,327 --> 00:37:28,579 ‎Do you not love me? 406 00:38:05,241 --> 00:38:07,076 ‎What will you do now? 407 00:38:08,577 --> 00:38:11,162 ‎Will you make the lie the truth 408 00:38:11,163 --> 00:38:13,416 ‎to save him from danger? 409 00:38:14,250 --> 00:38:15,584 ‎Or will you leave this place 410 00:38:16,294 --> 00:38:18,587 ‎and live quietly as though you were dead? 411 00:38:19,547 --> 00:38:21,339 ‎If you wish, 412 00:38:21,340 --> 00:38:24,135 ‎I shall find a way ‎for you to live on your own. 413 00:38:26,178 --> 00:38:27,305 ‎Choose. 414 00:38:35,313 --> 00:38:36,480 ‎My lord. 415 00:39:33,662 --> 00:39:34,580 ‎Do you 416 00:39:36,540 --> 00:39:37,917 ‎love her? 417 00:39:40,336 --> 00:39:41,420 ‎Love? 418 00:39:44,507 --> 00:39:49,178 ‎When she begged me to leave with her… 419 00:39:55,226 --> 00:39:57,144 ‎I truly meant to go. 420 00:39:58,646 --> 00:39:59,771 ‎Cousin. 421 00:39:59,772 --> 00:40:02,733 ‎It pained me because I saw myself in her, ‎clinging to you. 422 00:40:04,568 --> 00:40:05,736 ‎But in that moment, 423 00:40:06,529 --> 00:40:08,614 ‎I realized something with perfect clarity. 424 00:40:11,283 --> 00:40:12,284 ‎That you 425 00:40:14,286 --> 00:40:16,622 ‎never intended to leave with me. 426 00:40:20,084 --> 00:40:22,044 ‎Because I could not leave with her, 427 00:40:22,670 --> 00:40:25,214 ‎I spoke of nothing but impossible dreams. 428 00:40:27,925 --> 00:40:30,344 ‎"Shall we cross the sea or go to Yanjing?" 429 00:40:32,888 --> 00:40:34,849 ‎Once I stood in your place, I understood. 430 00:40:38,185 --> 00:40:41,063 ‎You never intended to leave with me ‎from the beginning. 431 00:40:49,697 --> 00:40:51,031 ‎I was terrified… 432 00:40:58,038 --> 00:40:59,540 ‎of being abandoned. 433 00:41:01,584 --> 00:41:02,668 ‎And you think I love her? 434 00:41:20,394 --> 00:41:21,979 ‎You know as well as I do… 435 00:41:24,273 --> 00:41:26,524 ‎that our bond 436 00:41:26,525 --> 00:41:28,152 ‎can never be severed. 437 00:41:29,320 --> 00:41:30,404 ‎As we agreed, 438 00:41:31,530 --> 00:41:33,407 ‎tell His Majesty about the widow… 439 00:41:35,493 --> 00:41:36,410 ‎and please… 440 00:41:38,037 --> 00:41:40,164 ‎Please come back to me. 441 00:41:48,130 --> 00:41:51,509 ‎I want to know ‎the look on His Majesty's face 442 00:41:52,510 --> 00:41:54,929 ‎when he reads what I wrote, ‎every word he says. 443 00:41:55,930 --> 00:41:57,014 ‎I want to hear 444 00:41:57,973 --> 00:41:59,058 ‎everything. 445 00:42:03,562 --> 00:42:04,396 ‎Please? 446 00:42:06,315 --> 00:42:08,067 ‎You will do that for me, won't you? 447 00:42:30,464 --> 00:42:32,049 ‎If that is what you wish… 448 00:42:38,305 --> 00:42:39,515 ‎that is what I shall do. 449 00:43:50,085 --> 00:43:52,212 ‎Why did you come to me… 450 00:43:55,841 --> 00:43:58,427 ‎when your heart ‎already belonged to another? 451 00:44:02,681 --> 00:44:04,933 ‎I made a wager over your chastity. 452 00:44:07,853 --> 00:44:09,772 ‎If I could claim your body and heart, 453 00:44:14,234 --> 00:44:17,655 ‎I would have a chance to win ‎the woman I had longed for all my life. 454 00:44:21,075 --> 00:44:24,370 ‎I had no reason to refuse such a wager. 455 00:44:27,539 --> 00:44:29,041 ‎Do you mean to say… 456 00:44:33,212 --> 00:44:35,381 ‎you humiliated an innocent woman ‎to win another? 457 00:44:39,176 --> 00:44:40,594 ‎That is the truth. 458 00:44:46,809 --> 00:44:48,060 ‎How vile of you. 459 00:44:55,567 --> 00:44:57,486 ‎So? Did you win her? 460 00:44:59,655 --> 00:45:00,489 ‎No. 461 00:45:01,740 --> 00:45:02,616 ‎Why not? 462 00:45:03,909 --> 00:45:05,702 ‎After all you have put me through, 463 00:45:07,579 --> 00:45:09,498 ‎you should have. 464 00:45:28,767 --> 00:45:30,727 ‎We are near ‎the Left State Councilor's residence. 465 00:45:31,770 --> 00:45:33,188 ‎I fear 466 00:45:34,356 --> 00:45:35,524 ‎someone may recognize you. 467 00:45:55,878 --> 00:45:58,338 ‎I will ask no further favor of you. 468 00:46:00,424 --> 00:46:02,009 ‎Please do not die. 469 00:46:03,051 --> 00:46:04,470 ‎Live well. 470 00:46:08,557 --> 00:46:11,518 ‎I resent you bitterly. 471 00:46:20,611 --> 00:46:22,404 ‎And by that exact same measure… 472 00:46:34,082 --> 00:46:35,959 ‎I shall live on. 473 00:48:51,219 --> 00:48:53,972 ‎Cheong, come in. 474 00:48:57,059 --> 00:49:00,896 ‎I wish to make myself beautiful. 475 00:49:34,638 --> 00:49:37,224 ‎You are capable of writing ‎something proper after all. 476 00:49:38,892 --> 00:49:41,478 ‎So the body was never recovered. 477 00:49:42,688 --> 00:49:44,189 ‎Yet as I read this, 478 00:49:44,856 --> 00:49:47,818 ‎I can see before me ‎a death so dignified, so heartbreaking. 479 00:49:49,111 --> 00:49:52,280 ‎Now, tell me more about the witness. 480 00:49:53,031 --> 00:49:54,658 ‎The Left State Councilor should hear it. 481 00:50:01,957 --> 00:50:05,918 ‎It was a papermaker who witnessed ‎the moment she took her life. 482 00:50:05,919 --> 00:50:08,088 ‎He supplies paper ‎for the Hwaseong construction works. 483 00:50:08,839 --> 00:50:10,799 ‎By his account, 484 00:50:12,676 --> 00:50:14,927 ‎it was at dawn, ‎after days of relentless rain, 485 00:50:14,928 --> 00:50:17,347 ‎when floodwaters ‎were rushing below the cliff. 486 00:50:18,682 --> 00:50:21,892 ‎As he drew water and looked up, 487 00:50:21,893 --> 00:50:25,479 ‎he saw a noblewoman weeping bitterly. 488 00:50:25,480 --> 00:50:27,107 ‎But in the blink of an eye, 489 00:50:27,816 --> 00:50:29,234 ‎the woman 490 00:50:30,402 --> 00:50:32,028 ‎had thrown herself from the cliff. 491 00:50:36,283 --> 00:50:40,245 ‎Though the swollen river carried her away ‎and she could not be found, 492 00:50:41,037 --> 00:50:44,415 ‎the date matches the day ‎the Councilor's daughter-in-law's brother 493 00:50:44,416 --> 00:50:45,792 ‎began searching for her body. 494 00:50:46,376 --> 00:50:47,252 ‎As such, 495 00:50:50,172 --> 00:50:52,340 ‎it could only have been her. 496 00:50:56,762 --> 00:50:57,887 ‎Your Majesty, 497 00:50:57,888 --> 00:50:58,889 ‎all of this 498 00:50:59,806 --> 00:51:02,558 ‎is due to my own failing. 499 00:51:02,559 --> 00:51:05,394 ‎I beg you, do not grant the Memorial Gate. 500 00:51:05,395 --> 00:51:06,480 ‎No. 501 00:51:07,272 --> 00:51:10,025 ‎Who could hope to stop a raging storm? 502 00:51:11,443 --> 00:51:12,985 ‎Hear me, Left State Councilor. 503 00:51:12,986 --> 00:51:14,279 ‎The Memorial Gate is granted. 504 00:51:15,405 --> 00:51:16,740 ‎It is time you accepted it. 505 00:51:22,829 --> 00:51:25,665 ‎Your grace knows no bounds, Your Majesty. 506 00:51:26,208 --> 00:51:28,502 ‎-Your grace knows no bounds. ‎-Your grace knows no bounds. 507 00:51:43,475 --> 00:51:45,769 ‎I merely carried out ‎the command I was given. 508 00:51:58,573 --> 00:51:59,741 ‎Cho Won, stop there. 509 00:52:02,911 --> 00:52:03,745 ‎Come with me. 510 00:52:11,503 --> 00:52:13,505 ‎I consider this construction 511 00:52:14,297 --> 00:52:17,424 ‎the most important undertaking of my life. 512 00:52:17,425 --> 00:52:21,179 ‎That is why, ‎though I am confined to the palace, 513 00:52:21,805 --> 00:52:24,349 ‎I receive daily secret reports 514 00:52:25,141 --> 00:52:27,017 ‎from dozens of officials besides you 515 00:52:27,018 --> 00:52:30,272 ‎on the conditions throughout Hwaseong. 516 00:52:31,189 --> 00:52:33,608 ‎On the day before the widow ‎cast herself from the cliff, 517 00:52:35,402 --> 00:52:38,071 ‎only a light drizzle fell in Hwaseong. 518 00:52:42,742 --> 00:52:44,077 ‎Now, tell me. 519 00:52:47,163 --> 00:52:50,500 ‎Knowing full well that such a trifling lie ‎could never deceive me, 520 00:52:51,668 --> 00:52:52,878 ‎why did you tell it? 521 00:53:07,642 --> 00:53:09,311 ‎Do you dare remain silent 522 00:53:09,895 --> 00:53:12,731 ‎because there is something you'd protect ‎even at the cost of your life? 523 00:53:16,151 --> 00:53:18,028 ‎You have not changed at all. 524 00:53:18,945 --> 00:53:21,448 ‎Always speaking without a thought ‎for the consequences. 525 00:53:23,116 --> 00:53:24,117 ‎And yet, 526 00:53:24,784 --> 00:53:27,120 ‎I always envied that about you. 527 00:53:28,371 --> 00:53:31,917 ‎I have never been able to live as myself, ‎not even for a moment. 528 00:53:33,668 --> 00:53:36,504 ‎I've always had to live as someone's son, ‎under the late king's shadow. 529 00:53:37,714 --> 00:53:40,926 ‎So I envied how freely ‎you spread your wings and flew, 530 00:53:41,760 --> 00:53:42,844 ‎untethered. 531 00:53:46,765 --> 00:53:49,059 ‎That is why ‎I held you in such special regard. 532 00:53:50,185 --> 00:53:51,936 ‎I kept an unworthy man by my side, 533 00:53:51,937 --> 00:53:53,897 ‎sending him to do the things I could not, 534 00:53:54,856 --> 00:53:56,733 ‎hoping he would become ‎my most trusted man. 535 00:53:57,776 --> 00:53:58,652 ‎Your Majesty. 536 00:54:02,238 --> 00:54:03,907 ‎Forgive my boldness. 537 00:54:06,451 --> 00:54:07,577 ‎But in truth… 538 00:54:11,456 --> 00:54:13,375 ‎I am but a bird trapped in a cage… 539 00:54:15,961 --> 00:54:17,796 ‎one that has never flown. 540 00:54:26,262 --> 00:54:28,098 ‎Hear me, Cho Won. 541 00:54:30,475 --> 00:54:32,935 ‎For the crime of daring ‎to deceive your sovereign, 542 00:54:32,936 --> 00:54:35,313 ‎I shall end the friendship between us. 543 00:54:35,814 --> 00:54:36,773 ‎Never again 544 00:54:37,816 --> 00:54:40,402 ‎shall you stand before me like this. 545 00:55:37,250 --> 00:55:40,003 ‎His Majesty ‎was deeply moved by your writing. 546 00:55:41,504 --> 00:55:43,881 ‎The death it portrayed was so vivid that, 547 00:55:43,882 --> 00:55:45,674 ‎more than the gravity ‎of the Memorial Gate, 548 00:55:45,675 --> 00:55:48,135 ‎he seemed to feel the sorrow ‎of losing one of his people 549 00:55:48,136 --> 00:55:50,555 ‎and could not conceal his grief. 550 00:55:51,765 --> 00:55:52,682 ‎As a result, 551 00:55:53,475 --> 00:55:56,018 ‎a Memorial Gate will be erected ‎for the Councilor's family. 552 00:55:56,019 --> 00:55:58,229 ‎Thank you for bringing me ‎such a precious letter. 553 00:55:58,813 --> 00:55:59,856 ‎Of course, madam. 554 00:56:00,899 --> 00:56:02,232 ‎Gye-hwa, are you there? 555 00:56:02,233 --> 00:56:04,443 ‎-Prepare drinks and refreshments. ‎-Yes, madam. 556 00:56:04,444 --> 00:56:05,570 ‎When my cousin arrives… 557 00:56:07,238 --> 00:56:08,156 ‎Never mind. 558 00:56:08,698 --> 00:56:10,116 ‎I shall go out and wait for him. 559 00:56:25,465 --> 00:56:26,840 ‎You arrived right on time. 560 00:56:26,841 --> 00:56:27,675 ‎Wait. 561 00:56:28,968 --> 00:56:30,177 ‎Is it just you, sir? 562 00:56:30,178 --> 00:56:31,553 ‎I came to take you across myself 563 00:56:31,554 --> 00:56:33,765 ‎because I was told ‎you'd be traveling with a woman. 564 00:56:34,599 --> 00:56:35,767 ‎Well, things changed. 565 00:56:40,480 --> 00:56:43,316 ‎I'll pay the full fare, so let us be off. 566 00:56:45,318 --> 00:56:46,861 ‎Very well. 567 00:56:53,493 --> 00:56:54,327 ‎All right, then. 568 00:56:55,745 --> 00:56:57,163 ‎Off we go! 569 00:58:03,021 --> 00:58:05,064 ‎What takes you to Yanjing? 570 00:58:05,648 --> 00:58:09,360 ‎It does not seem like ‎you are going there to pursue scholarship. 571 00:58:13,490 --> 00:58:14,824 ‎Sharp-eyed, are you? 572 00:58:16,534 --> 00:58:20,413 ‎You are not fleeing after committing ‎some grave crime, are you? 573 00:58:21,122 --> 00:58:22,707 ‎That would get me in trouble. 574 00:58:26,085 --> 00:58:27,712 ‎I spent my days chasing women… 575 00:58:30,048 --> 00:58:32,926 ‎and now two of them are after me. 576 00:58:34,010 --> 00:58:35,220 ‎Quite the predicament. 577 00:58:37,847 --> 00:58:39,724 ‎I am making a midnight escape. 578 00:58:42,143 --> 00:58:43,937 ‎Well, only two? 579 00:58:45,021 --> 00:58:47,941 ‎I'd be happy with three or four! 580 00:58:54,781 --> 00:58:57,825 ‎If you say the word, ‎I shall turn the boat around. 581 00:58:58,701 --> 00:59:01,871 ‎You do not look much like a man ‎who truly wishes to run away. 582 00:59:03,164 --> 00:59:06,417 ‎If we turn back now, ‎I'll only charge half the fare. 583 00:59:10,838 --> 00:59:12,882 ‎Return to whom? 584 00:59:32,735 --> 00:59:33,820 ‎My lord? 585 00:59:34,737 --> 00:59:35,572 ‎My lord! 586 00:59:36,155 --> 00:59:37,156 ‎Good heavens! 587 00:59:41,911 --> 00:59:42,870 ‎My lord! 588 00:59:47,375 --> 00:59:48,376 ‎My lord! 589 01:00:09,105 --> 01:00:10,273 ‎Damn it! 590 01:00:10,773 --> 01:00:12,984 ‎Do you know how hard it is ‎to be born a nobleman? 591 01:00:13,901 --> 01:00:14,777 ‎For heaven's sake! 592 01:00:15,570 --> 01:00:16,779 ‎Damn it! 593 01:00:56,110 --> 01:00:58,613 ‎Mister, I'm heading to Hanyang ‎with a delivery. 594 01:00:59,155 --> 01:01:00,739 ‎-Right. ‎-I'll go with him. 595 01:01:00,740 --> 01:01:02,491 ‎I packed some snacks for the road. 596 01:01:02,492 --> 01:01:05,369 ‎Keep your eyes open while you're there. 597 01:01:05,370 --> 01:01:06,870 ‎Who knows? 598 01:01:06,871 --> 01:01:08,956 ‎You might find Lord Cho Won somewhere. 599 01:01:11,000 --> 01:01:13,877 ‎What would I even do ‎with that heartless nobleman? 600 01:01:13,878 --> 01:01:15,755 ‎You fool. 601 01:01:16,464 --> 01:01:18,799 ‎Who do you think got you your freedom, 602 01:01:18,800 --> 01:01:20,175 ‎paid for Eun-sil's as well, 603 01:01:20,176 --> 01:01:22,803 ‎and even asked me ‎to help you make a living? 604 01:01:22,804 --> 01:01:24,055 ‎That's no way to speak of him. 605 01:01:26,140 --> 01:01:27,433 ‎I'm just upset. 606 01:01:29,519 --> 01:01:30,978 ‎Is he dead or alive? 607 01:01:31,979 --> 01:01:33,815 ‎If he's alive, ‎he could at least send word. 608 01:01:37,443 --> 01:01:39,904 ‎All right, enough. Off with you now. 609 01:01:40,988 --> 01:01:41,823 ‎I'm off. 610 01:01:47,829 --> 01:01:50,915 ‎Thank you for bringing ‎such fine paper every time. 611 01:01:51,499 --> 01:01:54,252 ‎I picked out only the best of the best. 612 01:01:54,961 --> 01:01:57,422 ‎I'm glad you like them. 613 01:01:58,339 --> 01:02:00,298 ‎And how is the work? 614 01:02:00,299 --> 01:02:01,592 ‎It is not too hard, I hope? 615 01:02:03,136 --> 01:02:05,304 ‎Not at all. ‎I'm finally living a decent life. 616 01:02:06,180 --> 01:02:07,473 ‎I just hope my lord… 617 01:02:14,313 --> 01:02:16,941 ‎If you'll excuse me, ‎I'd best be on my way. 618 01:02:33,207 --> 01:02:34,459 ‎I will deliver it, 619 01:02:35,752 --> 01:02:37,794 ‎but you never get a reply, so why… 620 01:02:37,795 --> 01:02:38,838 ‎I appreciate it. 621 01:02:42,675 --> 01:02:45,635 ‎I heard we have ‎a new sister joining us today. 622 01:02:45,636 --> 01:02:48,764 ‎We've had quite a few new sisters ‎joining us lately. 623 01:02:48,765 --> 01:02:49,849 ‎That's good news. 624 01:02:50,641 --> 01:02:52,143 ‎She should be here by now. 625 01:02:55,563 --> 01:02:56,731 ‎There she is. 626 01:03:04,739 --> 01:03:05,948 ‎Oh, you can sit over there. 627 01:03:07,241 --> 01:03:08,325 ‎Welcome. 628 01:03:08,326 --> 01:03:09,618 ‎My apologies. 629 01:03:09,619 --> 01:03:12,079 ‎It's my first time, ‎and I seem to have arrived late. 630 01:03:13,873 --> 01:03:16,459 ‎Now that we are all gathered, ‎let us begin. 631 01:03:18,628 --> 01:03:20,963 ‎When one makes a vow before the Lord, 632 01:03:21,464 --> 01:03:24,467 ‎it must accord with ‎what is right and true. 633 01:03:26,677 --> 01:03:30,096 ‎They need more candles ‎for all the new sisters. 634 01:03:30,097 --> 01:03:33,392 ‎-I see. ‎-…one dishonors and insults the Lord. 635 01:03:33,976 --> 01:03:37,522 ‎Therefore, ‎we must never forsake the truth. 636 01:03:38,648 --> 01:03:40,148 ‎Isn't that only natural? 637 01:03:40,149 --> 01:03:42,568 ‎It is no good living by lies. 638 01:03:44,195 --> 01:03:45,112 ‎Indeed. 639 01:03:45,613 --> 01:03:47,781 ‎I'm right, aren't I? 640 01:03:47,782 --> 01:03:48,658 ‎Yes. 641 01:03:49,659 --> 01:03:50,952 ‎Let us continue. 642 01:03:52,995 --> 01:03:56,249 ‎Even if one does not invoke ‎the holy name of the Lord, 643 01:03:57,083 --> 01:04:01,420 ‎the sin is the same as if one had. 644 01:04:02,839 --> 01:04:05,925 ‎Heaven and earth and all things 645 01:04:06,759 --> 01:04:10,804 ‎were created by the Lord for mankind… 646 01:04:10,805 --> 01:04:12,890 ‎What's wrong? Why did you not go in? 647 01:04:14,016 --> 01:04:15,059 ‎Are you leaving already? 648 01:04:18,646 --> 01:04:20,565 ‎I'm afraid I cannot stay today. 649 01:04:22,358 --> 01:04:23,441 ‎Please take these. 650 01:04:23,442 --> 01:04:26,237 ‎…and ever give thanks for His grace. 651 01:04:27,488 --> 01:04:32,034 ‎Therefore, Holy Mother Church ‎has set apart one day in every seven, 652 01:04:32,660 --> 01:04:34,078 ‎calling it the Lord's Day… 653 01:05:07,486 --> 01:05:09,697 ‎Time passes 654 01:05:10,948 --> 01:05:13,034 ‎Flowers bloom 655 01:05:15,202 --> 01:05:18,163 ‎Bees and butterflies 656 01:05:18,164 --> 01:05:19,205 ‎Oh, young master! 657 01:05:19,206 --> 01:05:20,624 ‎Fly in 658 01:05:20,625 --> 01:05:23,919 ‎Such is the order of nature 659 01:05:23,920 --> 01:05:25,504 ‎Though nature's order 660 01:05:26,297 --> 01:05:28,548 ‎Does not always follow what is right 661 01:05:28,549 --> 01:05:32,594 ‎Wait, what nonsense is that? ‎Nature's order not being right? 662 01:05:32,595 --> 01:05:36,182 ‎Plant soybeans, get soybeans ‎Plant red beans, get red beans 663 01:05:36,682 --> 01:05:39,476 ‎Even a three-year-old knows 664 01:05:39,477 --> 01:05:43,605 ‎That is the order of nature 665 01:05:43,606 --> 01:05:47,859 ‎You might as well tell me 666 01:05:47,860 --> 01:05:53,239 ‎That dignified Lady of the First Rank ‎Started hurling her bolster about 667 01:05:53,240 --> 01:05:56,368 ‎Now that, I'd call nonsense 668 01:05:56,369 --> 01:05:59,789 ‎Though this crying sounds rather serious 669 01:06:01,040 --> 01:06:02,332 ‎Good heavens! 670 01:06:02,333 --> 01:06:04,293 ‎-Well, would you look at that ‎-Mother… 671 01:06:06,837 --> 01:06:09,130 ‎She still has plenty of fight left in her 672 01:06:09,131 --> 01:06:12,717 ‎Even the Buddha himself ‎Couldn't withstand such fury 673 01:06:12,718 --> 01:06:15,637 ‎Indeed, blessed are those who endure 674 01:06:15,638 --> 01:06:18,306 ‎Tap-tap on the wooden fish 675 01:06:18,307 --> 01:06:20,850 ‎A handsome little red bean from next door 676 01:06:20,851 --> 01:06:23,228 ‎Fell into a soybean patch 677 01:06:23,229 --> 01:06:25,563 ‎And got itself all tangled up in it 678 01:06:25,564 --> 01:06:30,151 ‎Yet the noble folk of Bukchon ‎Pretend not to notice 679 01:06:30,152 --> 01:06:33,571 ‎Drunk on wine, drunk on power 680 01:06:33,572 --> 01:06:35,156 ‎They say 681 01:06:35,157 --> 01:06:38,368 ‎"Isn't it a pleasure to study ‎and practice what you have learned?" 682 01:06:38,369 --> 01:06:40,037 ‎Where on earth is it? 683 01:06:40,788 --> 01:06:42,956 ‎May as well lift a leg while you're at it 684 01:06:42,957 --> 01:06:45,375 ‎What they are studying or practicing, ‎I couldn't say 685 01:06:45,376 --> 01:06:51,048 ‎But they certainly seem like ‎They are taking pleasure in it 686 01:06:51,841 --> 01:06:57,095 ‎The hawk moth that once fed on ‎The nectar of white gourd blossoms 687 01:06:57,096 --> 01:07:03,059 ‎Has done its part ‎And gone back to where it came from 688 01:07:03,060 --> 01:07:07,480 ‎Spring has come again 689 01:07:07,481 --> 01:07:09,399 ‎But why won't it sprout? 690 01:07:09,400 --> 01:07:11,943 ‎Black beans, chickpeas ‎Cranberry beans, peas 691 01:07:11,944 --> 01:07:14,696 ‎Kidney beans, soybeans ‎Beans, beans, beans 692 01:07:14,697 --> 01:07:16,865 ‎What kind of bean did they plant ‎That it won't sprout? 693 01:07:16,866 --> 01:07:18,825 ‎Do you need to ask? 694 01:07:18,826 --> 01:07:23,747 ‎An old dried-up bean ‎That's been sitting around for years 695 01:07:23,748 --> 01:07:26,666 ‎Rotten thorough 696 01:07:26,667 --> 01:07:30,003 ‎And hollow inside 697 01:07:30,004 --> 01:07:31,838 ‎But look, it did sprout 698 01:07:31,839 --> 01:07:34,632 ‎So it wasn't supposed to sprout, ‎Yet it did? 699 01:07:34,633 --> 01:07:37,010 ‎That means ‎Everything worked out, does it not? 700 01:07:37,011 --> 01:07:39,012 ‎Did you even watch from Episode 1? 701 01:07:39,013 --> 01:07:43,641 ‎Stop talking nonsense ‎And go watch it again 702 01:07:43,642 --> 01:07:46,352 ‎The sprout came from the wrong bean 703 01:07:46,353 --> 01:07:50,982 ‎Boy, if it came from the wrong bean ‎Things have gone seriously wrong 704 01:07:50,983 --> 01:07:52,650 ‎-This is a matter of propriety ‎-My lady! 705 01:07:52,651 --> 01:07:55,111 ‎-If nature cannot be helped ‎-This way! 706 01:07:55,112 --> 01:07:56,946 ‎Then one should at least do what's right 707 01:07:56,947 --> 01:08:00,992 ‎What's right, you say? Propriety? 708 01:08:00,993 --> 01:08:02,452 ‎What about it? 709 01:08:02,453 --> 01:08:04,830 ‎Can you not see? It's gone to the dogs 710 01:08:05,873 --> 01:08:10,710 ‎Good grief, speak of the devil ‎Certainly more devil than noble, that one 711 01:08:10,711 --> 01:08:14,464 ‎Honestly, has she no shame? ‎Look at her 712 01:08:14,465 --> 01:08:17,342 ‎Staring him right in the face 713 01:08:17,343 --> 01:08:20,512 ‎Come now, they say a mother-in-law ‎Always dotes on her son-in-law 714 01:08:20,513 --> 01:08:21,971 ‎Indeed 715 01:08:21,972 --> 01:08:25,225 ‎Those cut from the same cloth ‎Always close ranks 716 01:08:25,226 --> 01:08:28,520 ‎Blood runs thicker than water 717 01:08:28,521 --> 01:08:31,773 ‎Like attracts like ‎Thick as thieves 718 01:08:31,774 --> 01:08:33,859 ‎Birds of a feather do flock together 719 01:08:34,985 --> 01:08:38,154 ‎"Noble," they call them 720 01:08:38,155 --> 01:08:41,366 ‎More title than substance 721 01:08:41,367 --> 01:08:44,452 ‎The sprout may not have come ‎From a soybean after all 722 01:08:44,453 --> 01:08:47,580 ‎But more likely a red bean 723 01:08:47,581 --> 01:08:50,708 ‎Yet they sit there all prim and proper 724 01:08:50,709 --> 01:08:54,671 ‎While raging inside 725 01:08:54,672 --> 01:08:58,008 ‎They tried so hard to keep it quiet 726 01:08:59,176 --> 01:09:02,929 ‎Yet whispers spread everywhere 727 01:09:02,930 --> 01:09:06,808 ‎Murmur, murmur ‎This, that, and the other 728 01:09:06,809 --> 01:09:11,646 ‎Thanks to the wagging tongues ‎Of the Bukchon ladies 729 01:09:11,647 --> 01:09:13,940 ‎Everyone who ought to know already knows 730 01:09:13,941 --> 01:09:16,401 ‎Everyone except His Lordship, apparently 731 01:09:16,402 --> 01:09:18,695 ‎Surely he does not know ‎No, he must not 732 01:09:18,696 --> 01:09:21,114 ‎If he did 733 01:09:21,115 --> 01:09:25,244 ‎How could he act that way? 734 01:09:26,203 --> 01:09:29,665 ‎Come now, after all this time? 735 01:09:30,541 --> 01:09:33,042 ‎You still don't know the Bukchon nobles? 736 01:09:33,043 --> 01:09:37,089 ‎They know perfectly well ‎And pretend otherwise 737 01:09:37,923 --> 01:09:41,968 ‎Well, well, with so many ladies ‎More talented than any clown 738 01:09:41,969 --> 01:09:44,387 ‎Gathered right here 739 01:09:44,388 --> 01:09:47,349 ‎I'm so intimidated my voice is giving out 740 01:09:47,892 --> 01:09:51,312 ‎I shall take my leave now ‎And head down to Namchon 741 01:09:52,021 --> 01:09:53,313 ‎Truth be told 742 01:09:53,314 --> 01:09:56,400 ‎I'm scared out of my wits, ‎So I'm making my escape 743 01:09:58,986 --> 01:10:01,155 ‎Run along, then 744 01:10:45,574 --> 01:10:46,617 ‎In this bitter cold… 745 01:10:48,994 --> 01:10:51,538 ‎you have come all this way again? 746 01:10:52,248 --> 01:10:55,000 ‎The fact that someone ‎is still sending him letters… 747 01:10:58,921 --> 01:11:00,714 ‎means I am not the only one 748 01:11:02,007 --> 01:11:04,509 ‎who believes he is still alive, ‎does it not? 749 01:11:04,510 --> 01:11:06,512 ‎I have spent all my years 750 01:11:08,055 --> 01:11:10,140 ‎at the young master's side. 751 01:11:11,934 --> 01:11:12,810 ‎And so 752 01:11:13,560 --> 01:11:16,855 ‎if I may presume to read his heart, 753 01:11:22,778 --> 01:11:25,030 ‎he would have me bring you ‎a warm cup of tea. 754 01:11:28,742 --> 01:11:30,119 ‎I believe he would. 755 01:11:33,831 --> 01:11:35,040 ‎Do go inside. 756 01:11:55,477 --> 01:11:56,395 ‎Yun! 757 01:12:01,317 --> 01:12:02,484 ‎Yun! 758 01:12:08,324 --> 01:12:09,658 ‎Yun! 759 01:12:42,941 --> 01:12:45,152 ‎I am well. 760 01:12:46,612 --> 01:12:47,780 ‎I live 761 01:12:48,989 --> 01:12:50,532 ‎much as I always have. 762 01:12:52,076 --> 01:12:52,993 ‎Yet, 763 01:12:53,911 --> 01:12:56,372 ‎more and more often, 764 01:12:57,164 --> 01:12:59,458 ‎I find myself wondering ‎whether you are truly gone. 765 01:13:02,419 --> 01:13:03,379 ‎And whenever I do, 766 01:13:04,922 --> 01:13:06,423 ‎the same thought comes to me. 767 01:13:08,884 --> 01:13:12,638 ‎Had I followed you ‎and left everything behind, 768 01:13:14,306 --> 01:13:15,182 ‎I would not 769 01:13:16,433 --> 01:13:19,019 ‎have been left with nothing but longing. 770 01:13:23,690 --> 01:13:24,650 ‎Dear cousin. 771 01:13:25,401 --> 01:13:26,944 ‎If by some chance… 772 01:13:28,987 --> 01:13:30,114 ‎you are 773 01:13:31,073 --> 01:13:33,283 ‎alive somewhere, living as though dead, 774 01:13:34,827 --> 01:13:37,579 ‎would you please come back to me? 775 01:13:39,123 --> 01:13:40,165 ‎I remain here, 776 01:13:41,125 --> 01:13:42,209 ‎living as though alive, 777 01:13:43,585 --> 01:13:45,462 ‎while dying inside. 778 01:17:49,164 --> 01:17:54,169 ‎Subtitle translation by: Yoonjung Song