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-[drum beating]
-[marshal proclaiming]
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-[gong resounding]
-[person] It's starting! It's starting!
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-[ceremonial music playing]
-[chattering]
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-[hooves clopping]
-[flags flapping]
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[people chattering]
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[horse whinnies]
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I trust that Your Majesty
is in good health.
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[drum beating]
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[Chil-seong] You've already
said your goodbyes,
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so why do you want me
to take your clothing out?
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[Won sighs]
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[sniffs] Oh, my goodness.
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-[sniffs, grunts]
-Good heaven! Confound it!
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[groans]
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All right.
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You go ahead. Go to Hanyang first.
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You… You mean alone? Why?
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Hey, fool, what do you think?
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That I came here for leisure?
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Can't you see?
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His Majesty sent me
to survey the construction site.
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And now I've wasted a whole day.
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I'm pretty busy as well, idiot.
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Go on. Go ahead.
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[groans] I just got to see Eun-sil.
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[whispers] My lady.
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My lady.
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-[door opens]
-My lady.
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[Hui-yeon gasps]
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I've brought you a change of c…
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clothing.
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Wait.
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Oh, my lady.
But when did you find the time to change?
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Here.
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This is…
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How did you… Well…
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Where did you even find these garments?
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You are… remarkably quick.
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There.
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[horse blusters]
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[Eun-sil] My lady.
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-Are you awake?
-[knocks on door]
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Excuse me, I'm coming in.
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All right.
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My lady?
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My lady!
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[Hui-yeon] Since my husband's passing,
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I have been burdened with shame and guilt
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that I did not immediately
follow after him.
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But now it seems the time has come.
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I shall leave rejoicing,
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because I know
I will see my husband again.
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[master] Hui-yeon.
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[Hui-yeon] May you remain in good health.
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[master] Hui-yeon!
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[panting]
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[master] It seems Hui-yeon has come
to see her brother for the last time.
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She has gone far away.
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[sobbing]
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Now listen.
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Search the riverbed and every single well
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and, if you must,
every single mountain within ten miles.
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But come back with Hui-yeon's remains.
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[servants] Yes, sir.
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Eun-sil, go right now
to see the Left State Councilor
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and tell him Hui-yeon
has passed away in dignity.
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-Yes. Y-Yes, sir. [sniffles]
-[servant] Oh, my goodness.
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[birds chirping]
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My lord.
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Yes? What is it you wish to say?
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The truth is, since that day I've known
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that taking one's own life
is an unpardonable sin.
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Naturally, since God forbids
bringing harm to others,
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it's just as bad to do it to yourself.
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I felt I'd been given knowledge
I shouldn't have had.
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That scared me.
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And what made it worse is
that circumstance is how we met.
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The same day you gain knowledge
you shouldn't have,
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you run into someone
you shouldn't have met.
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[sighs]
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Despite it all…
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I do love you very deeply.
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[passerby] My lord!
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Have you had a pleasant journey?
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It's been a while.
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How have you been?
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Fine, fine. Well, good tidings to you.
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Young master! Oh, my!
Young master! [chuckles]
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-Has all been well with you?
-Yes, sir.
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-[servant] Ah, I see.
-I'll be staying in the guest quarters.
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-[Hui-yeon] Well, yes, quite so.
-You can let this person use my room.
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As you wish, sir,
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but you want me to put a servant
in a bedroom of your house?
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This person's not a servant.
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And there are reasons,
so let's get to it, shall we?
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This way, I'll show you.
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[Won] "Since reading the letter
in the tobacco box,
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I have been captivated
by your masculine charm, my lord."
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That is what the young widow said.
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Dear cousin,
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she is about to lie back.
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Her undergarments are within reach,
shall we say?
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[Yun sighs]
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That scent is so enchanting.
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[servant] Please wait here.
I shall go find the young lady.
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All right.
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"Filial piety and brotherly respect
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lead to kind and compassionate action."
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"Fine words," Confucius says.
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[In-ho] "Fine words and insinuations"…
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…"and insinuations are only rarely"…
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[In-ho] …"are only rarely associated
with virtue."
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Concubine?
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[crying] How can that be?
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[sobs]
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[scoffs]
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Look at this handwriting.
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Wretched girl.
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I should've been the one staying here.
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Oh, look at the clock.
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[gasps] Crazy bitch broke it.
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Huh?
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[gasping]
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Oh, my.
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[paper rustling]
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[panting] Mother!
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[Bun-hui] Yes? Oh, you've come.
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Did you find something?
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I went to So-ok's room,
and I found this there.
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Go on, read it to me then.
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I'm drowsy. I can't keep my eyes open.
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[sighs]
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-Mmm.
-Uh…
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"Young master,
I'm not sure you'll believe me.
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It takes my breath away to think of you,
young master.
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It makes me wet to imagine you,
and I quiver all night in my bed.
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My legs…
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keep spreading apart constantly,
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and I have no thick hands to unravel me.
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I miss you so much, young master."
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[screams, gasps]
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[gasping]
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You may leave now.
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You may leave now. Quickly! Quickly!
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[panting]
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[gasps, grunts]
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Wait. What's this?
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Did you really find this
among So-ok's things?
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-Yes, Mother.
-[gasps]
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Then I just can't think why…
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Why?
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[shrieks]
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"Young master."
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"Young master"? "Young master"? My!
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[laughing] So-ok, you little minx.
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I guess she must playact with his lord,
calling him a name of young master.
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-Pardon me? Oh-Oh, surely not.
-[laughs]
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What do you mean, "surely not"?
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What do you mean, "surely not"?
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Then what do you think So-ok…
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[both gasping]
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Oh, my.
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[sighs] It's, uh, not that.
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-Oh. Oh, Mother!
-Please. That wench.
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[sobbing] After I sent her
to serve as his concubine!
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-[wails]
-Oh.
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[chuckles]
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[servant] Oh.
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Are you going out?
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To see my brother-in-law
at Janganmun Gate.
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Look after her well.
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She may be tired from that long journey.
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You know, you're the only one
in whom I can really trust.
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Yes, sir.
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Have a safe trip.
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[Won] Everything in the letter I sent
the day before was a lie and a joke.
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[Hui-yeon]
"Everything was a lie and a joke."
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-"Everything was a lie."
-[Won] I was reminded of the feelings
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I once harbored for Lord Cho Won,
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so I teased him as a jape.
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I pray you take my letter in good spirit
and pay it little mind.
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I pray you do not trouble your heart.
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And I humbly beg
your gracious forgiveness.
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"Everything I wrote as a joke and a lie."
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"Feelings I once harbored."
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[worker] Let us through!
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For goodness' sake,
there's too much to do right now.
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[sighs, scoffs] Goodness.
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[sighs]
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The 60th birthday banquet
for Her Royal Highness requires men.
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The palace will send people,
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but there is much to do
to prepare the work.
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You've made a good point,
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but construction is advancing
faster than anticipated.
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If we were to needlessly reassign people
while the work is coming along so well,
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this would surely invite complaints.
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That won't happen with me.
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That's what I'm trying to prevent
with my plan.
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[officials grumble]
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[sighs] I think this is precisely the way
to see this project through to the end.
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Come this way, will you?
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-Well, I guess it's all rather…
-I thought at last we could…
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-Brother-in-law.
-Could what?
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You're very busy now, I see,
so I shall take my leave.
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[sighs]
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I hope you will forgive me.
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The matter's quite serious,
and we have much to deliberate.
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Oh. Come to my quarters later.
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A good chance to speak ill of your cousin
in her absence, don't you think?
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[both chuckle]
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[Won] All right then.
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-[whispering indistinctly]
-Of course. I can confirm that right away.
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[sighs]
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[workers clamoring]
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We have now furnished all the paper,
as arranged.
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How shall I ever repay such a favor?
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His Majesty's kindness
is no favor to be repaid.
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All of Hwaseong is its beneficiary.
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Yes, sir.
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[worker] Ah, what are you doing?
Hurry it up!
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Do you think we have a week
to move one rock?
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[tools clanging]
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[Won] My lady, it is I.
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May I enter?
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[door opens]
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[door closes]
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Have you been crying?
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Do you have regrets?
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No, I chose to act as I did.
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What could I possibly regret?
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Then what is troubling you?
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It was written that everything
was a lie and a joke.
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I could tell something was amiss.
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Still and all,
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if you are only toying with me…
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-If that's all this comes to--
-In my haste to escort you without delay,
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I had completely forgotten
about that letter.
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My apologies, my lady.
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You're in such distress.
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You should've come
to see me about it sooner.
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You read the previous letter,
have you not?
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There was another letter, you mean?
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What?
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[sighs]
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[Won] It would seem you have passed
that letter along to the young widow.
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I am moved to tears
by your deep consideration,
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handing the young widow over to me
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so that I may reap the reward,
dear cousin.
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Well, it's come to this,
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so I ought to begin with the first letter.
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The story I'm going to recount
is rather intricate.
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So I beg you, please make sure
your heart is prepared, my lady.
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There was a time
when I roamed the provinces of Joseon,
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writing of tobacco.
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I met a tobacco merchant during that time
who was well-versed on the subject.
256
00:18:53,549 --> 00:18:55,634
She said she could be of assistance.
257
00:18:56,260 --> 00:18:57,261
[sighs]
258
00:18:57,845 --> 00:18:59,888
When I was intoxicated
by the taste of tobacco,
259
00:18:59,972 --> 00:19:01,723
my mind was in a haze,
260
00:19:01,807 --> 00:19:04,685
her lustful appetite for me
was made very plain.
261
00:19:04,768 --> 00:19:07,146
Indeed, one day she went so far…
262
00:19:08,063 --> 00:19:09,106
[sighs]
263
00:19:09,189 --> 00:19:11,316
…as to demand my attentions.
264
00:19:14,736 --> 00:19:18,073
Not wishing to appear unmanly,
I feigned bravado.
265
00:19:18,657 --> 00:19:19,741
[sighs]
266
00:19:20,576 --> 00:19:22,369
And by the end, I acceded to…
267
00:19:23,370 --> 00:19:26,248
to her lascivious and unspeakable
demands of me.
268
00:19:26,331 --> 00:19:28,292
-[Hui-yeon gasps]
-[sighs]
269
00:19:29,084 --> 00:19:30,419
[breathes shakily]
270
00:19:44,558 --> 00:19:45,601
However…
271
00:19:48,437 --> 00:19:53,233
just as the heat of summer falls quickly
from the red and brown autumn leaves,
272
00:19:53,317 --> 00:19:55,527
my wandering period came to an end.
273
00:19:55,611 --> 00:19:57,946
And I believe the time I spent
with that woman
274
00:19:58,030 --> 00:20:00,866
has faded
before it could become a scandal.
275
00:20:00,949 --> 00:20:02,034
And, alas,
276
00:20:03,035 --> 00:20:06,663
having somehow found where I reside,
she recently sent me a letter.
277
00:20:10,542 --> 00:20:12,794
And in that letter that she wrote to me…
278
00:20:14,922 --> 00:20:18,800
she told me how she still lusted for me
in language so indecent.
279
00:20:19,801 --> 00:20:20,802
[sighs]
280
00:20:21,553 --> 00:20:23,013
I did not deign to answer.
281
00:20:24,264 --> 00:20:26,183
Indeed, I intended to burn it,
282
00:20:26,266 --> 00:20:28,060
but through my negligence,
283
00:20:28,143 --> 00:20:31,355
it was mixed with my other letters
and found its way to you.
284
00:20:31,438 --> 00:20:32,439
[sobs]
285
00:20:34,191 --> 00:20:35,943
I was so ashamed and dismayed.
286
00:20:36,985 --> 00:20:40,030
I had no idea of the proper way
to handle this matter.
287
00:20:40,113 --> 00:20:42,324
So I went and sought her out
288
00:20:43,158 --> 00:20:46,119
and beseeched her to write
that every word of that letter
289
00:20:46,203 --> 00:20:48,997
was nothing but a lie and a bad joke.
290
00:20:49,581 --> 00:20:51,083
I begged her on my knees.
291
00:20:52,209 --> 00:20:53,210
[gasps]
292
00:20:53,919 --> 00:20:55,420
How could you with her kind?
293
00:20:55,504 --> 00:20:57,923
Because what I feel for you, my lady…
294
00:20:59,925 --> 00:21:01,093
[sighs]
295
00:21:03,470 --> 00:21:05,222
…is truer than ever it was,
296
00:21:06,223 --> 00:21:10,435
and more sincere than anything
I've felt in my whole life.
297
00:21:18,277 --> 00:21:19,569
It'll all be all right.
298
00:21:22,030 --> 00:21:24,116
Now that you've told it all to me…
299
00:21:27,452 --> 00:21:30,539
that horrible emptiness in your heart
shall be filled.
300
00:21:32,624 --> 00:21:33,750
I can fill it.
301
00:21:36,962 --> 00:21:37,963
[gasps]
302
00:21:41,883 --> 00:21:43,969
This wretched past of mine…
303
00:21:45,345 --> 00:21:47,431
These most shameful days I have lived,
304
00:21:47,514 --> 00:21:50,017
and that have torn
your poor heart asunder…
305
00:21:52,227 --> 00:21:53,228
[sobs]
306
00:21:54,229 --> 00:21:57,524
[sighs] How shall I ever express it
to you, my lady,
307
00:21:58,734 --> 00:22:01,361
this self-punishment that I desire so?
308
00:22:01,445 --> 00:22:03,447
[crying]
309
00:22:31,808 --> 00:22:33,351
It will all be all right.
310
00:22:39,107 --> 00:22:40,108
[Won sighs]
311
00:22:44,196 --> 00:22:46,114
I am so grateful, my lady.
312
00:22:49,326 --> 00:22:50,827
[wails] My lady!
313
00:22:51,328 --> 00:22:54,372
What am I to do with this? Oh, woe is me!
314
00:22:54,456 --> 00:22:59,169
[sobbing] What am I to do
with this wretched past of mine?
315
00:22:59,252 --> 00:23:00,796
Oh, wretched me!
316
00:23:00,879 --> 00:23:02,547
[sobbing]
317
00:23:05,092 --> 00:23:08,011
[laughs]
318
00:23:09,304 --> 00:23:11,098
How might you ever…
319
00:23:13,266 --> 00:23:14,267
truly…
320
00:23:15,644 --> 00:23:19,231
forgive me for my wretched past?
321
00:23:19,731 --> 00:23:22,025
How could you ever respect ever again?
322
00:23:22,109 --> 00:23:25,195
[Won] I gave the young widow some flowers,
and she smiled a little.
323
00:23:26,238 --> 00:23:29,407
Mrs. Asan taught her how to make hwajeon,
and she made some.
324
00:23:30,283 --> 00:23:33,495
And she told me that although the wind
may carry the fragrance away,
325
00:23:33,578 --> 00:23:35,455
yet it shall linger in her heart.
326
00:23:36,039 --> 00:23:39,376
And so I should gather some flowers again
around this time next year.
327
00:23:40,335 --> 00:23:43,922
So hooray for spring, you say?
328
00:23:45,549 --> 00:23:49,177
So you intend to stay until next spring,
when the brooks have thawed?
329
00:23:52,973 --> 00:23:54,683
[sighs] Oh, dear.
330
00:23:55,851 --> 00:23:58,353
So you do not intend to die.
331
00:24:00,856 --> 00:24:02,649
You want to go on living?
332
00:24:05,694 --> 00:24:08,572
The young widow wishes
to continue living, I see.
333
00:24:11,825 --> 00:24:12,826
[sighs]
334
00:24:38,143 --> 00:24:40,270
[Lady of the First Rank]
Did you say she came back alone?
335
00:24:40,353 --> 00:24:42,814
[Eun-sil crying]
336
00:24:44,191 --> 00:24:46,359
[servant] Oh, dear. What's happened?
337
00:24:46,443 --> 00:24:48,069
-[Lady of the First Rank] What?
-Oh, my.
338
00:24:48,570 --> 00:24:50,488
-What has happened?
-[Eun-sil] Madam.
339
00:24:52,032 --> 00:24:56,620
My lady has passed away to the afterlife.
340
00:24:56,703 --> 00:24:58,163
[gasps] Oh.
341
00:24:58,246 --> 00:25:01,625
-[Eun-sil sobbing]
-[gasps] Oh, my lord.
342
00:25:02,292 --> 00:25:03,293
[sighs]
343
00:25:11,843 --> 00:25:13,011
[So-ok] My lady.
344
00:25:13,511 --> 00:25:16,765
Is there something troubling
in your heart today?
345
00:25:16,848 --> 00:25:18,558
Now, why would you ask me that?
346
00:25:18,642 --> 00:25:22,562
Well, there's a bit of anger
in the flowers that you're painting.
347
00:25:22,646 --> 00:25:23,647
[chuckles]
348
00:25:25,607 --> 00:25:26,733
Oh, that wit.
349
00:25:26,816 --> 00:25:29,444
I wonder which of your parents
bequeathed you that.
350
00:25:29,527 --> 00:25:30,528
[chuckles]
351
00:25:31,029 --> 00:25:32,864
[Gye-hwa] Madam! It's Gye-hwa!
352
00:25:32,948 --> 00:25:34,908
I have something urgent to tell you.
353
00:25:39,746 --> 00:25:42,749
I have news about the Left State
Councilor's daughter-in-law's servant.
354
00:25:42,832 --> 00:25:45,752
I'm told she has returned, but alone.
355
00:25:48,463 --> 00:25:50,298
[Yun] That was to be expected.
356
00:25:52,092 --> 00:25:55,720
Tomorrow at sunrise, I shall call upon
the Lady of the First Rank.
357
00:25:55,804 --> 00:25:57,305
Yes. I'll get everything ready.
358
00:26:04,104 --> 00:26:05,730
[palanquin bearer] All right, let's go.
359
00:26:08,692 --> 00:26:11,403
I get the impression you're very unwell.
360
00:26:11,486 --> 00:26:13,571
Is that the impression you get?
361
00:26:14,239 --> 00:26:15,490
-Yes.
-[sighs]
362
00:26:16,074 --> 00:26:19,244
My daughter-in-law's household
has sent word to me today.
363
00:26:21,079 --> 00:26:22,372
It would appear,
364
00:26:23,957 --> 00:26:27,043
she has breathed her last
while staying in their house.
365
00:26:29,671 --> 00:26:31,548
[gasps] What?
366
00:26:32,799 --> 00:26:34,217
Am I understanding you?
367
00:26:34,759 --> 00:26:36,720
Your daughter-in-law has passed on?
368
00:26:37,762 --> 00:26:40,849
He will no longer be lonely, my Geum-ho.
369
00:26:42,100 --> 00:26:45,061
-[gasps]
-I can take solace in that.
370
00:26:45,854 --> 00:26:47,022
Although,
371
00:26:48,023 --> 00:26:51,318
whether she purposely threw herself
into a river
372
00:26:51,860 --> 00:26:54,029
or into a well, I cannot know.
373
00:26:55,155 --> 00:26:56,239
[sighs]
374
00:26:56,865 --> 00:26:59,701
Her body has not yet been found.
375
00:27:01,369 --> 00:27:02,912
[sighs] Good heavens.
376
00:27:03,496 --> 00:27:05,623
I can't begin to imagine the…
377
00:27:06,499 --> 00:27:08,501
the pain that you must be in.
378
00:27:10,211 --> 00:27:13,089
Having shared fellowship
with your daughter-in-law,
379
00:27:13,173 --> 00:27:16,593
I, too, am in a state of grief and pain.
380
00:27:17,761 --> 00:27:21,973
But I cannot fathom how much sorrow
her death has caused your family.
381
00:27:24,434 --> 00:27:25,435
[sighs]
382
00:27:32,233 --> 00:27:33,401
Thank you, I…
383
00:27:34,819 --> 00:27:35,820
My lady,
384
00:27:37,030 --> 00:27:38,656
if I may be so bold,
385
00:27:39,407 --> 00:27:41,951
there is one thing you could do
if you wish to help me.
386
00:27:42,035 --> 00:27:44,412
Yes. I'd be happy to.
387
00:27:44,913 --> 00:27:45,997
Please tell me how.
388
00:27:46,081 --> 00:27:48,625
Surely a virtuous lady such as yourself
389
00:27:49,626 --> 00:27:52,420
could present a petition
to His Majesty, should…
390
00:27:52,921 --> 00:27:56,132
should any ungracious gossip get around.
391
00:27:59,094 --> 00:28:00,095
That is, I--
392
00:28:00,178 --> 00:28:04,516
Couldn't Lord Yoo be of any assistance
to you in this matter?
393
00:28:15,610 --> 00:28:16,611
Yes.
394
00:28:17,570 --> 00:28:19,197
I shall see to the matter.
395
00:28:29,541 --> 00:28:31,835
[footsteps pacing]
396
00:28:40,260 --> 00:28:43,346
[Yun] "Surely a virtuous lady
such as yourself
397
00:28:43,430 --> 00:28:46,891
could present a petition to His Majesty."
398
00:28:50,562 --> 00:28:52,897
"My lady." [scoffs]
399
00:28:56,025 --> 00:28:58,653
Whoever thought one day
you'd entreat me like that?
400
00:28:59,612 --> 00:29:00,697
[chuckles]
401
00:29:10,248 --> 00:29:12,250
-So-ok.
-Yes, my lady?
402
00:29:12,333 --> 00:29:14,002
I won't be gone for very long.
403
00:29:14,085 --> 00:29:16,421
Please do nothing to invite gossip
while I'm away.
404
00:29:16,504 --> 00:29:18,173
I understand, my lady.
405
00:29:18,256 --> 00:29:19,340
Safe journey.
406
00:29:20,425 --> 00:29:22,218
[palanquin bearer] All right. [grunts]
407
00:29:23,928 --> 00:29:24,929
Let's go.
408
00:29:28,349 --> 00:29:32,061
[servant] All right, come on, come on.
Hurry. We must finish before sundown.
409
00:29:32,145 --> 00:29:33,938
[So-ok sighs] Hmm?
410
00:29:39,194 --> 00:29:41,571
[In-ho] There is something
I must tell you.
411
00:29:41,654 --> 00:29:43,698
Pray come. I need you here.
412
00:29:44,741 --> 00:29:46,993
I shall wait for you
at the study annex all night.
413
00:29:47,076 --> 00:29:48,161
"Pray come."
414
00:29:51,790 --> 00:29:54,501
-Hey! You wretch.
-Oh, you startled me! Who… Who are you?
415
00:29:54,584 --> 00:29:56,586
-[Bun-hui] Be quiet. Quiet. Quiet, quiet.
-Mom?
416
00:29:56,669 --> 00:29:57,921
[chickens clucking]
417
00:29:59,047 --> 00:30:01,007
In here. Come on, get inside.
418
00:30:02,550 --> 00:30:04,469
[gasps] Goodness' sake.
419
00:30:07,972 --> 00:30:08,973
This love letter.
420
00:30:09,057 --> 00:30:11,100
You were going to give it
to the young master?
421
00:30:12,018 --> 00:30:14,896
-Yes. [gasps]
-[exclaims] You crazy little…
422
00:30:14,979 --> 00:30:16,773
-For heaven's sake!
-[gasps]
423
00:30:16,856 --> 00:30:19,234
My lady gave me her permission of course.
424
00:30:19,317 --> 00:30:22,320
Mother, what would you know
about the life of a Bukchon lady?
425
00:30:22,403 --> 00:30:23,988
What is the meaning of that?
426
00:30:24,489 --> 00:30:25,949
Whose permission did you get?
427
00:30:26,533 --> 00:30:27,826
Your lady's?
428
00:30:28,868 --> 00:30:30,328
Y-Y-Your lady…
429
00:30:31,788 --> 00:30:33,164
Then do you mean to say
430
00:30:33,248 --> 00:30:35,416
the lady of this house
is apprised of what's happened?
431
00:30:35,500 --> 00:30:37,377
Yes, Mother, that's what I'm saying.
432
00:30:37,460 --> 00:30:40,213
She also said that
it was quite all right with her.
433
00:30:40,296 --> 00:30:44,092
Oh, and she also said that Lord Cho Won
would be of great service to me
434
00:30:44,175 --> 00:30:47,178
and that I should go beseech him
to lend his assistance.
435
00:30:47,262 --> 00:30:48,596
Now can't you tell?
436
00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:51,891
There's no way
I could have made that line up alone.
437
00:30:53,059 --> 00:30:54,185
Lord Cho Won…
438
00:30:55,019 --> 00:30:57,939
Don't you think I know
what is worrying you, Mother?
439
00:30:58,022 --> 00:30:59,190
Of course I do.
440
00:30:59,691 --> 00:31:01,901
There's nothing to worry about at all.
441
00:31:02,527 --> 00:31:06,114
You know, my lady and all the domestics
who work in this house,
442
00:31:06,698 --> 00:31:09,701
they do not regard me
as merely a child-bearer.
443
00:31:10,994 --> 00:31:13,121
Mother, are you listening to me or not?
444
00:31:13,204 --> 00:31:14,372
Hush, you wretch.
445
00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:23,256
And you wrote this love letter
with Lord Cho Won?
446
00:31:23,756 --> 00:31:25,300
Well, I told you I did, so…
447
00:31:25,383 --> 00:31:26,384
[gasps]
448
00:31:27,343 --> 00:31:28,595
-[sighs]
-[gasps]
449
00:31:28,678 --> 00:31:32,432
Oh, could it be you know Lord Cho Won too?
450
00:31:32,515 --> 00:31:35,435
So-ok. Tell me plainly…
451
00:31:37,312 --> 00:31:39,898
other than being schooled
in writing by that lord,
452
00:31:40,481 --> 00:31:43,651
did something else… Did anything happen
when you were together?
453
00:31:45,278 --> 00:31:47,030
What do you imagine we'd do?
454
00:31:47,614 --> 00:31:50,450
Tell me the truth.
Nothing happened, really?
455
00:31:51,034 --> 00:31:52,702
I told you. Nothing.
456
00:31:55,455 --> 00:31:56,456
[Bun-hui] Huh?
457
00:31:57,498 --> 00:31:58,541
[So-ok] Hmm…
458
00:32:02,128 --> 00:32:04,130
[sobbing]
459
00:32:09,928 --> 00:32:13,932
Then I suppose you never noticed the mark
in the shape of a tiger on his chest?
460
00:32:14,849 --> 00:32:15,850
[gasps]
461
00:32:15,934 --> 00:32:17,310
Oh, does he have one?
462
00:32:18,353 --> 00:32:20,521
Damn! I was the only one
without my clothes.
463
00:32:20,605 --> 00:32:22,982
He never removed his garments,
so I saw nothing.
464
00:32:23,066 --> 00:32:25,151
-You…
-[groaning]
465
00:32:25,234 --> 00:32:27,654
[Bun-hui sobbing]
466
00:32:30,949 --> 00:32:34,160
Actually, now that I think about it,
I was in my undergarments.
467
00:32:34,243 --> 00:32:36,829
[wailing]
468
00:32:38,915 --> 00:32:40,041
Oh, I forgot.
469
00:32:41,084 --> 00:32:42,418
What did you forget?
470
00:32:42,502 --> 00:32:44,462
Could there possibly be something else?
471
00:32:45,046 --> 00:32:46,673
-Mm-hmm.
-Seriously, you little--
472
00:32:46,756 --> 00:32:48,466
Hey! It's not about me.
473
00:32:48,549 --> 00:32:50,385
It's just something I heard.
474
00:32:52,720 --> 00:32:56,891
I overheard when they were
in the lady's room whispering.
475
00:32:57,392 --> 00:32:58,851
They said the Left State Councilor's
476
00:32:58,935 --> 00:33:01,938
daughter-in-law's maidservant
came back alone in secret.
477
00:33:03,398 --> 00:33:06,359
Of course, I don't know
what their true intentions were,
478
00:33:06,442 --> 00:33:08,987
but I heard
what the servant girls were saying.
479
00:33:09,070 --> 00:33:10,989
The daughter-in-law
who was supposed to be dead
480
00:33:11,072 --> 00:33:14,409
might instead have skipped out
and fled by the light of the moon.
481
00:33:17,745 --> 00:33:19,288
[groaning]
482
00:33:20,123 --> 00:33:21,124
[whimpers]
483
00:33:23,334 --> 00:33:25,211
Fled by the light of the moon?
484
00:33:26,838 --> 00:33:29,298
-[sobbing]
-[Ganghwa] Eun-sil!
485
00:33:32,176 --> 00:33:33,177
Go on ahead.
486
00:33:35,847 --> 00:33:36,848
[sighs]
487
00:33:36,931 --> 00:33:39,600
I know how sad you are
the lady you served has passed,
488
00:33:39,684 --> 00:33:41,102
but that's enough now.
489
00:33:41,978 --> 00:33:42,979
[sniffles]
490
00:33:47,608 --> 00:33:50,778
This family indeed
is greatly honored by this.
491
00:33:51,279 --> 00:33:54,657
But unless you can stop your crying,
you'll be the object of disdain.
492
00:33:54,741 --> 00:33:56,868
So then, what can I do?
493
00:33:58,953 --> 00:34:00,621
Now that my lady's gone,
494
00:34:01,414 --> 00:34:03,624
I know I won't be treated better
than a dog.
495
00:34:04,709 --> 00:34:05,710
[sighs]
496
00:34:06,669 --> 00:34:07,879
I have no idea.
497
00:34:09,255 --> 00:34:12,258
Hey, stop weeping
or you'll earn their reproach.
498
00:34:14,177 --> 00:34:16,846
Go see what's happening beyond the gate.
499
00:34:18,973 --> 00:34:20,892
What was it, Chil-seong? Pal-seong?
500
00:34:21,392 --> 00:34:24,395
The servant of the lord
who stayed at the annex is waiting there.
501
00:34:24,479 --> 00:34:26,105
I was going to chase him away,
502
00:34:26,189 --> 00:34:28,149
but I felt sorry for you,
so I'm telling you.
503
00:34:29,484 --> 00:34:31,694
-Did you say he's called Chil-seong?
-Mmm.
504
00:34:32,945 --> 00:34:34,405
[gasping]
505
00:34:36,616 --> 00:34:37,658
[Ganghwa] Oh, dear.
506
00:34:45,083 --> 00:34:46,292
How are you?
507
00:34:46,375 --> 00:34:48,252
Heavens, you're so pale and thin.
508
00:34:55,093 --> 00:34:59,680
I heard the lady you served
has passed away.
509
00:35:01,891 --> 00:35:04,644
This is beef. Dried beef.
510
00:35:05,144 --> 00:35:06,145
Here.
511
00:35:08,731 --> 00:35:10,858
You must eat well,
despite the grief you taste.
512
00:35:11,359 --> 00:35:13,903
The living must go on… must go on living.
513
00:35:15,988 --> 00:35:17,532
It wasn't easy obtaining this,
514
00:35:18,157 --> 00:35:19,283
so I hope you enjoy it.
515
00:35:20,159 --> 00:35:22,161
[whimpers, sniffles]
516
00:36:16,465 --> 00:36:17,842
[servant] Young master!
517
00:36:17,925 --> 00:36:20,261
Young master, you have a visitor.
518
00:36:26,893 --> 00:36:27,894
[Won scoffs]
519
00:36:29,145 --> 00:36:32,064
Well now, how is it that you come
without a word of warning?
520
00:36:33,316 --> 00:36:34,400
Could it be…
521
00:36:36,152 --> 00:36:38,905
that you have decided to reward me today?
522
00:36:39,530 --> 00:36:41,574
There is something we must discuss.
523
00:36:49,624 --> 00:36:50,750
Dear cousin.
524
00:36:52,376 --> 00:36:53,544
Pray speak.
525
00:36:56,047 --> 00:36:57,423
All Bukchon is reeling
526
00:36:57,924 --> 00:37:00,092
because they all think
that she's passed away.
527
00:37:00,676 --> 00:37:01,969
That's how it should be.
528
00:37:03,262 --> 00:37:06,641
And now that's put a noose
around both of our necks, I must say.
529
00:37:08,142 --> 00:37:09,268
[sighs]
530
00:37:09,352 --> 00:37:11,062
Well, I'll be. [scoffs]
531
00:37:11,812 --> 00:37:13,564
Things are getting interesting.
532
00:37:13,648 --> 00:37:14,857
Won, listen.
533
00:37:15,358 --> 00:37:16,484
You must stop this now.
534
00:37:17,068 --> 00:37:18,819
Just put it back the way it was.
535
00:37:20,029 --> 00:37:21,364
Surely you don't mean…
536
00:37:23,866 --> 00:37:25,952
You want to put an end to our bet?
537
00:37:26,035 --> 00:37:27,036
[scoffs]
538
00:37:27,620 --> 00:37:28,621
But why?
539
00:37:29,497 --> 00:37:31,457
What a preposterous proposition.
540
00:37:32,583 --> 00:37:35,586
If we continue,
if we let this wager go on,
541
00:37:35,670 --> 00:37:38,130
our family's reputation could fall
along with your honor.
542
00:37:38,714 --> 00:37:39,715
[scoffs]
543
00:37:40,383 --> 00:37:41,509
With my honor?
544
00:37:42,760 --> 00:37:43,761
Huh?
545
00:37:44,595 --> 00:37:45,888
You said my honor?
546
00:37:46,389 --> 00:37:47,431
[chuckles]
547
00:37:47,515 --> 00:37:48,516
[dramatic music playing]
548
00:37:48,599 --> 00:37:50,059
[chuckling] Oh, cousin.
549
00:37:50,643 --> 00:37:52,770
Are you truly concerned over my honor?
550
00:37:54,355 --> 00:37:56,440
From the beginning of our correspondence,
551
00:37:57,858 --> 00:38:00,736
all I've done
was according to your wishes.
552
00:38:00,820 --> 00:38:03,406
Though I longed
to show the world my independence
553
00:38:03,990 --> 00:38:05,866
after failing so miserably.
554
00:38:06,450 --> 00:38:09,578
Well, I began to think that I could
never do anything against your wishes,
555
00:38:09,662 --> 00:38:10,955
as long as I live.
556
00:38:11,539 --> 00:38:12,790
The bet stands.
557
00:38:17,420 --> 00:38:19,797
And let the chips fall where they may.
558
00:39:21,525 --> 00:39:22,526
[sighs]
559
00:39:26,697 --> 00:39:28,324
[yawns]
560
00:39:36,624 --> 00:39:37,625
[sighs]
561
00:39:48,469 --> 00:39:50,054
All right then, you wait here.
562
00:39:51,013 --> 00:39:52,014
Yes, ma'am.
563
00:39:56,310 --> 00:39:57,311
[door opens]
564
00:40:03,234 --> 00:40:04,402
[teacups rattling]
565
00:40:09,573 --> 00:40:10,658
Miss Yun?
566
00:40:15,955 --> 00:40:17,957
Is that really you, Miss Yun?
567
00:40:26,340 --> 00:40:28,384
It has been much too long.
568
00:40:29,969 --> 00:40:33,848
You're quite right, it has, Mrs. Asan.
569
00:40:34,348 --> 00:40:35,891
[gasps]
570
00:40:54,910 --> 00:40:55,911
[Mrs. Asan grunts]
571
00:41:26,025 --> 00:41:28,027
[Hui-yeon breathing shakily]
572
00:41:33,115 --> 00:41:34,116
My lady?
573
00:41:41,332 --> 00:41:42,625
My lady, it is you.
574
00:41:42,708 --> 00:41:44,418
[whimpering]
575
00:41:45,711 --> 00:41:46,712
[Yun sighs]
576
00:41:48,088 --> 00:41:50,216
I thought you would
never be with me again.
577
00:41:56,639 --> 00:41:59,058
Is this really how you're living now?
578
00:42:06,774 --> 00:42:09,527
How could you be so imprudent, my dear?
579
00:42:11,779 --> 00:42:13,531
I am so very ashamed.
580
00:42:13,614 --> 00:42:17,034
If you had come to me,
if you had just explained, I…
581
00:42:17,993 --> 00:42:21,372
I thought you were really gone
without saying goodbye,
582
00:42:21,455 --> 00:42:23,249
just disappeared without a word.
583
00:42:23,332 --> 00:42:26,877
How are they bearing up,
my father-in-law and mother-in-law?
584
00:42:28,879 --> 00:42:31,590
All of those in Bukchon
think that you have died.
585
00:42:32,299 --> 00:42:33,926
They all believe it was suicide.
586
00:42:35,135 --> 00:42:37,304
You can never go back there again.
587
00:42:38,222 --> 00:42:39,807
There is no going back.
588
00:42:40,349 --> 00:42:43,727
What on earth
did you want to achieve by this act?
589
00:42:48,107 --> 00:42:52,194
Did my dear cousin bring you here,
my lady?
590
00:42:53,529 --> 00:42:55,030
I decided to come.
591
00:42:56,156 --> 00:42:58,534
It was my choice
to follow the lord and come here.
592
00:42:59,326 --> 00:43:00,744
For just a little while,
593
00:43:02,121 --> 00:43:04,873
I wished to remain by his side
594
00:43:06,125 --> 00:43:08,002
as any ordinary woman might.
595
00:43:34,278 --> 00:43:36,363
How I envy your resolve, my lady.
596
00:43:40,159 --> 00:43:41,827
I wish I could be so…
597
00:43:45,331 --> 00:43:48,083
I wish I could be more like you, I guess.
598
00:43:52,963 --> 00:43:53,964
I…
599
00:43:58,802 --> 00:44:01,263
Hui-yeon is who I'd most like to be.
600
00:44:18,405 --> 00:44:19,740
As a girl,
601
00:44:19,823 --> 00:44:22,201
I learned proper writing skills
from my father.
602
00:44:22,910 --> 00:44:26,121
I can imitate his writing now perfectly.
603
00:44:33,837 --> 00:44:35,798
[Hui-yeon] My lady, what is that?
604
00:44:42,054 --> 00:44:44,473
"The Cheongyu Cho clan's scion, Won,
605
00:44:45,140 --> 00:44:47,851
and your esteemed daughter,
Lady An Hui-yeon,
606
00:44:47,935 --> 00:44:50,562
seek to form an honorable match and bond.
607
00:44:51,146 --> 00:44:52,940
I humbly make this request
608
00:44:53,774 --> 00:44:57,152
and await your consent, as is customary."
609
00:45:05,702 --> 00:45:07,871
I am only his cousin, you see.
610
00:45:08,705 --> 00:45:10,791
I can't consent on my own to this.
611
00:45:16,088 --> 00:45:17,714
Madam, I… I'm not…
612
00:45:18,799 --> 00:45:20,551
You said that you wished
613
00:45:21,093 --> 00:45:23,470
to remain with my cousin
as an ordinary woman,
614
00:45:23,554 --> 00:45:24,930
no matter how short or long.
615
00:45:27,558 --> 00:45:28,767
Then do so.
616
00:45:29,977 --> 00:45:31,061
Then you…
617
00:45:33,689 --> 00:45:35,566
may pass away with grace and honor.
618
00:45:38,360 --> 00:45:42,531
You must follow the destiny
which has been placed before you.
619
00:45:43,240 --> 00:45:45,617
That's the only way to make amends,
620
00:45:45,701 --> 00:45:48,996
to honor a woman who will,
for as long as she still draws breath,
621
00:45:49,580 --> 00:45:51,623
never be called by her own name.
622
00:45:52,207 --> 00:45:53,917
It's important you're aware.
623
00:45:54,543 --> 00:45:56,462
My lady, I'm doing this for you.
624
00:46:18,525 --> 00:46:19,526
[sniffles]
625
00:46:24,948 --> 00:46:26,366
Of course I'm aware.
626
00:46:31,955 --> 00:46:34,583
Though I may call myself honorable
no longer…
627
00:46:38,295 --> 00:46:41,590
I shall seek atonement
through death in the end, I know.
628
00:46:46,553 --> 00:46:48,013
Do one thing for me.
629
00:46:48,096 --> 00:46:49,848
But of course, tell me what.
630
00:46:50,432 --> 00:46:53,644
The letters my lord and I exchanged
are in my room somewhere.
631
00:46:53,727 --> 00:46:55,395
I should've burned them long ago.
632
00:46:55,479 --> 00:46:57,981
I could not bring myself to,
so I left them there.
633
00:47:01,527 --> 00:47:02,861
I only wished…
634
00:47:05,489 --> 00:47:07,741
I could long for him just a bit longer.
635
00:47:12,454 --> 00:47:14,206
Do not be concerned.
636
00:47:17,501 --> 00:47:20,462
I'll take care. I shall see to all this.
637
00:47:30,055 --> 00:47:31,890
My lady, as you go,
638
00:47:33,016 --> 00:47:36,144
all you need to do
is put remorse behind you forever
639
00:47:37,563 --> 00:47:40,399
and live out your days
to your heart's content…
640
00:47:42,901 --> 00:47:45,237
in the company of my dear cousin.
641
00:47:47,239 --> 00:47:49,032
Pray, do just that.
642
00:48:04,047 --> 00:48:05,549
[sighs]
643
00:48:09,094 --> 00:48:10,345
[Mrs. Asan] Young master.
644
00:48:11,680 --> 00:48:12,764
You are late.
645
00:48:12,848 --> 00:48:15,976
My cousin, has she departed yet?
646
00:48:16,476 --> 00:48:18,520
Yes. She left already,
647
00:48:19,187 --> 00:48:22,232
right after she saw the guest
in the room across the way.
648
00:48:53,555 --> 00:48:55,682
My Lady Cho wrote it for you and me.
649
00:49:19,414 --> 00:49:21,291
I wish to remain by your side.
650
00:49:30,967 --> 00:49:32,052
Come, come.
651
00:49:39,601 --> 00:49:41,478
We've scorned duty and decency.
652
00:49:42,187 --> 00:49:44,189
Yet, I don't care what others think.
653
00:49:44,773 --> 00:49:47,401
Pray, say those words back to me.
654
00:49:52,280 --> 00:49:55,075
I, too, wish to remain by your side,
my lady.
655
00:50:04,835 --> 00:50:06,628
I don't care what people think.
656
00:50:08,380 --> 00:50:09,464
[sighs]