1 00:00:07,632 --> 00:00:09,926 [herald] His Majesty, the king, has arrived! 2 00:00:10,010 --> 00:00:13,013 -[gong beating] -[court musicians playing] 3 00:00:48,047 --> 00:00:50,884 -[gong beating] -[exhales sharply] 4 00:01:27,712 --> 00:01:31,216 [Yun] From this day on, I will no longer worry about you. 5 00:01:32,258 --> 00:01:33,259 Instead, 6 00:01:33,885 --> 00:01:37,806 I will satisfy myself with wishing you the best for the future. 7 00:01:39,390 --> 00:01:40,642 If you will allow, 8 00:01:40,725 --> 00:01:44,145 I want to take that wish and place it in my flower. 9 00:01:44,729 --> 00:01:46,731 For now, it is entrusted to you. 10 00:03:21,242 --> 00:03:23,119 In the initial examination, 11 00:03:23,202 --> 00:03:28,124 I asked in what ways the sacred herb tobacco most becomes a loyal subject. 12 00:03:28,207 --> 00:03:29,500 Out of many answers, 13 00:03:29,584 --> 00:03:33,713 a certain man most commendably expounded upon The Analects' teachings 14 00:03:33,796 --> 00:03:36,507 that we be slow in speech and swift in action. 15 00:03:46,517 --> 00:03:49,395 This is that man's paper from the palace examination. 16 00:03:49,479 --> 00:03:52,440 I asked, "When a new branch is born of an old tree, 17 00:03:52,523 --> 00:03:55,235 what should it throw away, what should it preserve, 18 00:03:55,318 --> 00:03:57,570 and in what direction should it grow?" 19 00:03:57,654 --> 00:04:02,075 Any fool could see this was a metaphor for my current situation. 20 00:04:03,660 --> 00:04:04,661 Well then, 21 00:04:05,411 --> 00:04:07,163 what did he give for an answer? 22 00:04:10,333 --> 00:04:12,752 In a place where solemn scholarship is discussed, 23 00:04:12,835 --> 00:04:16,506 he dared to criticize the neglect of fact-based inquiry. 24 00:04:17,423 --> 00:04:20,301 N… No, your grace. That's not what I meant. 25 00:04:20,385 --> 00:04:22,512 You wrote, "He who fears to prune old branches 26 00:04:22,595 --> 00:04:25,223 will risk endangering the life of the entire tree." 27 00:04:25,306 --> 00:04:26,474 Did you not? 28 00:04:28,226 --> 00:04:31,479 Not only that, you rendered this thought in frivolous prose! 29 00:04:36,693 --> 00:04:40,154 This is water spilled on white porcelain, 30 00:04:40,238 --> 00:04:43,157 it will quickly dry up and leave no trace. 31 00:04:44,575 --> 00:04:46,327 This, however, is ink. 32 00:04:47,620 --> 00:04:49,747 It will not come off so easily. 33 00:04:51,958 --> 00:04:53,501 And he who spills it is stained. 34 00:04:56,379 --> 00:04:57,755 Do you understand? 35 00:04:58,715 --> 00:05:02,844 Now, whether the stain of these careless words was made in water or in ink, 36 00:05:02,927 --> 00:05:05,179 I shall have to keep a close eye on you. 37 00:05:06,639 --> 00:05:07,765 Yes, your grace. 38 00:05:10,935 --> 00:05:11,936 [sighs] 39 00:05:21,321 --> 00:05:22,322 Follow me. 40 00:05:25,742 --> 00:05:26,826 Hmm. 41 00:05:29,495 --> 00:05:30,538 [scoffs] 42 00:05:32,540 --> 00:05:34,167 Well, my chief Eunuch, 43 00:05:34,250 --> 00:05:37,962 do you surmise why, despite this man's vulgar scribbles, 44 00:05:38,671 --> 00:05:40,548 I elected to spare his life? 45 00:05:43,509 --> 00:05:47,305 The manner in which he expresses his thought may indeed be vile, 46 00:05:48,014 --> 00:05:50,349 but he does not have the skill to deceive me. 47 00:05:52,226 --> 00:05:54,979 A king's life must touch upon the entire world, 48 00:05:55,646 --> 00:05:58,524 and keeping this piece of it close will be useful. 49 00:06:00,902 --> 00:06:01,903 [chuckles] 50 00:06:02,945 --> 00:06:05,239 He is not to be cast aside hastily. 51 00:06:18,044 --> 00:06:20,713 [Lord Yoo] Even if she is able to read the vernacular script, 52 00:06:20,797 --> 00:06:23,091 I worry Elementary Learning may prove a bit… 53 00:06:23,966 --> 00:06:26,135 If reading it is no trouble, 54 00:06:26,219 --> 00:06:28,721 then understanding it will be no trouble either. 55 00:06:29,555 --> 00:06:31,432 You are right. That is true. 56 00:06:33,101 --> 00:06:35,937 But she says she has never properly studied before. 57 00:06:36,020 --> 00:06:38,564 I worry it will prove to be too challenging for her. 58 00:06:38,648 --> 00:06:40,149 Concubine or not, 59 00:06:40,233 --> 00:06:42,193 she is a member of this family. 60 00:06:42,276 --> 00:06:45,113 That membership comes with responsibility. 61 00:06:46,197 --> 00:06:47,240 At the very least, 62 00:06:47,323 --> 00:06:51,619 she must cultivate the discipline to learn by heart the propriety expected of her. 63 00:06:51,702 --> 00:06:52,995 And so, until she does, 64 00:06:53,079 --> 00:06:55,957 she will be looked down upon wherever she goes. 65 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:57,083 That is true. 66 00:06:57,583 --> 00:07:00,419 Well, we can't have people gossiping, I suppose, 67 00:07:00,962 --> 00:07:02,713 or claiming our concubine is ignorant. 68 00:07:02,797 --> 00:07:03,798 Agreed. 69 00:07:04,423 --> 00:07:06,926 Please entrust the matter to me, my lord husband. 70 00:07:09,178 --> 00:07:10,388 [chuckles] 71 00:07:13,141 --> 00:07:14,851 [Yun] Though it may seem severe, 72 00:07:15,351 --> 00:07:18,187 please remember that all of this is for your own good. 73 00:07:19,147 --> 00:07:21,441 Read the introduction to Confucian learning, 74 00:07:21,524 --> 00:07:23,526 and copy it 100 times. 75 00:07:23,609 --> 00:07:25,903 [So-ok gasps] 100 times? 76 00:07:29,157 --> 00:07:30,158 [whines] 77 00:07:31,617 --> 00:07:32,618 [whimpers] 78 00:07:45,256 --> 00:07:46,466 [Mal-ttong] Young madam? 79 00:07:47,300 --> 00:07:49,594 Young madam, are you asleep? 80 00:07:51,929 --> 00:07:53,181 "Young madam"? 81 00:07:59,103 --> 00:08:00,563 [Mal-ttong] A letter for you. 82 00:08:03,816 --> 00:08:04,859 A letter? 83 00:08:04,942 --> 00:08:06,235 [footsteps departing] 84 00:08:09,739 --> 00:08:12,909 [In-ho] I apologize for breaking your alarm clock earlier today. 85 00:08:13,659 --> 00:08:14,827 I am most dismayed, 86 00:08:14,911 --> 00:08:18,164 as I have unintentionally damaged something precious of yours. 87 00:08:19,165 --> 00:08:21,375 I sincerely beg your pardon. 88 00:08:22,710 --> 00:08:25,463 How could I possibly make amends for such a mistake? 89 00:08:26,088 --> 00:08:29,467 Uh, I am Kwon In-ho, youngest son of the Left State Councilor. 90 00:08:29,550 --> 00:08:31,677 -My house is across from yours. -[So-ok] In-ho? 91 00:08:31,761 --> 00:08:33,304 [scoffs] 92 00:08:33,387 --> 00:08:35,223 You could pay me back for it. 93 00:08:36,724 --> 00:08:37,725 [huffs] 94 00:09:31,445 --> 00:09:36,033 [palanquin bearer] Steady does it. Halt. And down. 95 00:09:53,384 --> 00:09:54,677 [knocking on door] 96 00:10:07,356 --> 00:10:09,191 So she's Catholic. 97 00:10:09,942 --> 00:10:13,696 [speaking Latin] 98 00:10:14,530 --> 00:10:15,990 -Amen. -[all] Amen. 99 00:10:16,073 --> 00:10:21,621 [speaking Latin] 100 00:10:26,417 --> 00:10:29,003 [speaking Latin] 101 00:10:32,465 --> 00:10:35,092 [wolf howls] 102 00:10:44,352 --> 00:10:45,353 [sighs] 103 00:10:55,196 --> 00:10:57,907 My cousin feared you'd be out alone at this late hour, 104 00:10:58,407 --> 00:11:01,035 but she felt a palanquin excessive. 105 00:11:01,994 --> 00:11:04,288 -[gasps] -She requested that I come instead, 106 00:11:04,372 --> 00:11:07,625 as your journey back home can be quite dangerous from here. 107 00:11:09,168 --> 00:11:10,169 [clears throat] 108 00:11:10,753 --> 00:11:13,923 I am familiar with this household and its activities. 109 00:11:14,423 --> 00:11:17,343 All the more reason to escort you home. 110 00:11:33,109 --> 00:11:34,985 When I was still a young boy, 111 00:11:35,486 --> 00:11:39,657 my mother would always give me dried mugwort leaves around this time of year. 112 00:11:39,740 --> 00:11:44,328 They repel the troublesome mosquitoes that come down from the mountain as it warms. 113 00:11:44,829 --> 00:11:45,996 [chuckles] 114 00:11:46,539 --> 00:11:50,501 She feared that her only son's face might be blemished by mosquito bites. 115 00:11:54,922 --> 00:11:56,215 Here. Take it. 116 00:11:57,925 --> 00:12:00,428 Dried mugwort leaves for the walk back. 117 00:12:01,971 --> 00:12:04,932 If a mosquito bite were to appear on your face, 118 00:12:05,558 --> 00:12:07,435 would it not arouse suspicion in your house? 119 00:12:07,518 --> 00:12:09,311 I'm all right, my lord. 120 00:12:10,020 --> 00:12:12,356 [sighs] But it is not all right, is it? 121 00:12:14,692 --> 00:12:17,445 If suspicions are aroused, then your activities will be discovered, 122 00:12:17,528 --> 00:12:19,155 and if that happens, not only I, 123 00:12:19,238 --> 00:12:21,657 but everyone who gathered here will be harmed. 124 00:12:22,324 --> 00:12:23,742 So I ask you again, 125 00:12:24,326 --> 00:12:25,744 would that be all right? 126 00:12:27,204 --> 00:12:28,205 Hmm? 127 00:12:35,463 --> 00:12:36,505 Go on, take it. 128 00:12:45,473 --> 00:12:46,515 Madam. 129 00:12:48,100 --> 00:12:49,894 The palanquin has just returned home. 130 00:12:51,020 --> 00:12:52,813 And the councilor's daughter-in-law? 131 00:12:52,897 --> 00:12:54,690 She returned home, I trust? 132 00:12:54,773 --> 00:12:56,650 Actually, no. It returned empty. 133 00:12:56,734 --> 00:12:59,695 They said that Lord Cho came out and sent the palanquin back to us. 134 00:12:59,778 --> 00:13:01,030 He should not have done that! 135 00:13:01,989 --> 00:13:03,491 Go and have it sent back. 136 00:13:06,827 --> 00:13:08,913 Go instruct them to wait at the district entrance. 137 00:13:09,413 --> 00:13:12,458 When she arrives, make sure she goes the rest of the way hidden. 138 00:13:17,421 --> 00:13:19,590 -Gye-hwa. -Yes, ma'am. 139 00:13:19,673 --> 00:13:21,926 The widow can't be seen with Cho Won. 140 00:13:22,009 --> 00:13:24,595 If anyone so much as catches a glimpse of them together, 141 00:13:25,095 --> 00:13:27,806 the gossip in Bukchon will go on without end. 142 00:13:28,933 --> 00:13:30,017 You're right, madam. 143 00:13:32,311 --> 00:13:34,855 What of the Left State Councilor and Lady of the First Rank? 144 00:13:34,939 --> 00:13:36,857 Has either of them yet returned? 145 00:13:36,941 --> 00:13:38,108 No, ma'am. 146 00:13:38,192 --> 00:13:39,443 Then go with all haste. 147 00:14:09,473 --> 00:14:10,474 Careful. 148 00:14:11,183 --> 00:14:13,435 The road is riddled with loose stones. 149 00:14:14,144 --> 00:14:16,605 If you stumble and fall, I will not be able to catch you. 150 00:14:16,689 --> 00:14:18,691 So, please, watch close. 151 00:14:19,650 --> 00:14:21,652 I will show you which way is safe. 152 00:14:33,122 --> 00:14:35,124 [Hui-yeon breathing heavily] 153 00:14:39,420 --> 00:14:41,422 [people chattering in distance] 154 00:14:51,849 --> 00:14:53,100 Please, go on ahead. 155 00:14:53,809 --> 00:14:55,644 I shall rest here a moment longer. 156 00:14:56,645 --> 00:14:57,646 Ah. 157 00:14:58,355 --> 00:15:00,900 Oh, no. Forgive me. 158 00:15:01,609 --> 00:15:03,694 I had only considered my own pace. 159 00:15:03,777 --> 00:15:05,404 [chuckles] As you wish, 160 00:15:05,905 --> 00:15:07,698 we'll rest before we go on. 161 00:15:12,453 --> 00:15:13,829 [sighs] 162 00:15:21,170 --> 00:15:22,212 Tell me, 163 00:15:23,756 --> 00:15:26,216 why do you yet live, my lady? 164 00:15:28,010 --> 00:15:29,762 Had you taken your own life, 165 00:15:30,804 --> 00:15:33,807 all the kingdom would have wept at your virtue. 166 00:15:40,481 --> 00:15:42,149 My mother-in-law is ill. 167 00:15:43,609 --> 00:15:46,070 The household cannot spare another woman. 168 00:15:46,946 --> 00:15:49,073 And with a new heir yet to be adopted, 169 00:15:49,156 --> 00:15:50,824 I thought best to delay. 170 00:15:50,908 --> 00:15:52,868 But now, my mother-in-law's health improves, 171 00:15:52,952 --> 00:15:54,787 and I will soon be able to follow my husband. 172 00:15:54,870 --> 00:15:56,580 [groans] 173 00:15:57,998 --> 00:15:59,124 Well then, 174 00:16:00,584 --> 00:16:02,044 this is goodbye, eh? 175 00:16:02,795 --> 00:16:04,630 [chuckles] 176 00:16:04,713 --> 00:16:06,048 I'm sorry, it's just… 177 00:16:09,343 --> 00:16:11,553 You would not be able to do such a thing. 178 00:16:12,137 --> 00:16:15,808 Especially if you're aware of the Lord's teaching to cherish life. 179 00:16:18,519 --> 00:16:22,064 [sighs] I am aware of the teachings of the Lord. 180 00:16:22,147 --> 00:16:24,566 It's not as strange as you might suppose. 181 00:16:25,150 --> 00:16:28,654 I have always had a great interest in various fields of knowledge. 182 00:16:28,737 --> 00:16:32,157 Naturally, I've come across it in my study of Western learning. 183 00:16:33,826 --> 00:16:35,369 Hold, hold, hold, hold, hold. 184 00:16:37,538 --> 00:16:38,539 My lord. 185 00:16:39,456 --> 00:16:42,084 Lady Cho has ordered us to carry the widow back. 186 00:16:45,879 --> 00:16:47,006 Did she? 187 00:16:53,929 --> 00:16:57,141 [palanquin bearer] Heave ho. [grunts] Onward. 188 00:17:17,036 --> 00:17:18,996 [sighs] 189 00:17:21,290 --> 00:17:23,292 [palanquin rattling] 190 00:17:44,980 --> 00:17:46,815 [drum beating] 191 00:17:47,983 --> 00:17:50,944 [gong chiming] 192 00:17:56,867 --> 00:17:59,870 Madam, the palanquin has returned safely. 193 00:18:06,418 --> 00:18:08,337 [gasps] My lady. 194 00:18:08,420 --> 00:18:10,464 -[palanquin bearer] Whoa, whoa, whoa. -My lady. 195 00:18:10,547 --> 00:18:11,590 [Hui-yeon] Eun-sil. 196 00:18:12,216 --> 00:18:13,217 Right this way. 197 00:18:23,143 --> 00:18:24,937 [palanquin bearer] Halt. Down. 198 00:18:51,588 --> 00:18:53,215 [drum beating] 199 00:18:54,424 --> 00:18:59,054 [gong chiming] 200 00:19:06,395 --> 00:19:08,313 INTRODUCTION TO ESSENTIAL CATHOLIC TEACHINGS 201 00:19:13,026 --> 00:19:16,029 [Hui-yeon] "Thou shalt not kill." 202 00:19:19,783 --> 00:19:21,702 "Thou shalt not kill." 203 00:19:21,785 --> 00:19:23,120 "Thou shalt not kill." 204 00:19:26,373 --> 00:19:28,375 [creaking] 205 00:19:38,927 --> 00:19:40,512 [wings fluttering] 206 00:19:45,601 --> 00:19:47,603 [melancholic music playing] 207 00:19:54,902 --> 00:19:56,904 [singer vocalizing] 208 00:20:00,616 --> 00:20:06,622 [in Korean] ♪ I thought it was a spring day ♪ 209 00:20:18,508 --> 00:20:23,597 ♪ I thought I would ride A flower palanquin ♪ 210 00:20:24,348 --> 00:20:29,353 ♪ Following my groom ♪ 211 00:20:30,020 --> 00:20:33,899 ♪ On a swift horse ♪ 212 00:20:35,901 --> 00:20:41,406 ♪ And walk the path ♪ 213 00:20:41,490 --> 00:20:47,746 ♪ Of a woman ♪ 214 00:20:51,583 --> 00:20:55,671 ♪ But you did not come ♪ 215 00:20:55,754 --> 00:21:00,092 ♪ Only a plain palanquin Covered in cotton cloth ♪ 216 00:21:00,717 --> 00:21:04,346 ♪ Was there alone ♪ 217 00:21:12,020 --> 00:21:17,192 [vocalizing] 218 00:21:17,859 --> 00:21:24,366 ♪ I thought it was a spring day ♪ 219 00:21:25,617 --> 00:21:26,618 [music ends] 220 00:21:27,703 --> 00:21:30,080 [crying] 221 00:22:40,609 --> 00:22:43,236 [in English] Won, are you nervous? 222 00:22:47,824 --> 00:22:48,950 Dear cousin. 223 00:23:19,815 --> 00:23:20,816 Madam. 224 00:23:22,234 --> 00:23:25,403 If you cannot sleep, shall I bring you some tea? 225 00:23:26,822 --> 00:23:28,907 Forgive me for causing you any worry. 226 00:23:29,866 --> 00:23:30,951 I am all right. 227 00:23:31,034 --> 00:23:32,244 You may retire. 228 00:23:45,966 --> 00:23:48,051 [rooster crows] 229 00:23:48,135 --> 00:23:49,302 [sighs] 230 00:23:49,386 --> 00:23:53,390 How can she expect me to write this 100 times? 231 00:23:55,142 --> 00:23:57,686 It was the young master who caused the commotion. 232 00:23:58,478 --> 00:24:00,397 Why is she doing this to me? 233 00:24:00,897 --> 00:24:02,190 [sobs] 234 00:24:09,322 --> 00:24:10,782 [yelps] 235 00:24:10,866 --> 00:24:13,410 [gasping] 236 00:24:17,038 --> 00:24:18,039 Huh. 237 00:24:57,495 --> 00:24:58,830 [So-ok] I am most grateful 238 00:24:58,914 --> 00:25:01,708 that Your Lordship would offer me an apology. 239 00:25:02,667 --> 00:25:05,837 But you need not worry anymore about the broken clock. 240 00:25:05,921 --> 00:25:08,006 It is of no grave matter to me. 241 00:25:09,216 --> 00:25:11,885 However, to tell it true, 242 00:25:11,968 --> 00:25:15,388 my hand was slashed upon the pieces of broken glass. 243 00:25:16,223 --> 00:25:18,016 I had promised the elders of the family 244 00:25:18,099 --> 00:25:21,770 to read the annotated vernacular edition of Elementary Learning and study it 245 00:25:21,853 --> 00:25:22,854 while copying down 246 00:25:22,938 --> 00:25:26,358 the chapter on introduction to Confucian learning 100 times. 247 00:25:26,983 --> 00:25:30,654 But now I am unable to do so, which is a pity. 248 00:25:31,613 --> 00:25:34,157 I'm sure you are well aware, young master, 249 00:25:34,241 --> 00:25:39,621 that a promise is a matter of great trust between one member of a clan and another. 250 00:25:39,704 --> 00:25:40,747 That book… 251 00:25:41,248 --> 00:25:42,749 I have my copy somewhere. 252 00:25:43,416 --> 00:25:47,921 [So-ok] It pains me to say, but I fear I will now lose their trust. 253 00:25:55,136 --> 00:25:56,137 Sixty-two. 254 00:25:57,180 --> 00:25:58,181 Sixty-three. 255 00:25:58,265 --> 00:26:00,183 I only wish I had brought them sooner. 256 00:26:01,601 --> 00:26:03,395 I was glad to reread Elementary Learning. 257 00:26:03,478 --> 00:26:05,355 For that, I have you to thank. 258 00:26:05,855 --> 00:26:06,856 Sixty-five. 259 00:26:07,440 --> 00:26:08,441 Sixty-seven. 260 00:26:08,525 --> 00:26:10,277 [In-ho] I studied Elementary Learning with my older brother. 261 00:26:10,360 --> 00:26:11,361 Sixty-eight. 262 00:26:11,444 --> 00:26:13,280 I was only five years old at the time. 263 00:26:13,363 --> 00:26:15,532 He was like a teacher to me. 264 00:26:15,615 --> 00:26:16,616 Seventy. 265 00:26:17,117 --> 00:26:18,159 -Seventy-one. -Indeed, 266 00:26:18,243 --> 00:26:20,912 it is hard to believe it has already been twenty… 267 00:26:20,996 --> 00:26:22,455 -Twenty. -…seven months. 268 00:26:22,539 --> 00:26:25,083 -Twenty-seven. -Or twenty-eight months. 269 00:26:25,166 --> 00:26:27,252 -Twenty-eight. Twenty-nine. -No, wait. 270 00:26:27,335 --> 00:26:28,336 Twenty-six months. 271 00:26:28,420 --> 00:26:29,629 Thirty. 272 00:26:29,713 --> 00:26:31,798 Uh. Thirty? 273 00:26:32,465 --> 00:26:33,633 [exclaims] 274 00:26:33,717 --> 00:26:34,968 -Anyway… -Damn him. 275 00:26:35,051 --> 00:26:37,470 -This year, the mourning period will end… -I'll start again. 276 00:26:37,554 --> 00:26:39,264 -…so I had decided to visit him. -One. 277 00:26:39,931 --> 00:26:41,057 Two. 278 00:26:41,141 --> 00:26:43,310 Each step I took, one by one… 279 00:26:43,393 --> 00:26:45,729 -One. -…filled my heart with profound sorrow. 280 00:26:45,812 --> 00:26:46,896 Hang on. 281 00:26:47,439 --> 00:26:50,525 [groans] Did you do this on purpose or what? 282 00:26:51,109 --> 00:26:55,447 Elementary Learning allows me to reminisce of the times I spent with him. 283 00:26:56,323 --> 00:26:57,907 In a most tender-- 284 00:26:57,991 --> 00:26:58,992 Uh… 285 00:27:00,410 --> 00:27:01,703 My sincerest thanks. 286 00:27:02,329 --> 00:27:05,206 But it seems there's a page missing. 287 00:27:06,249 --> 00:27:07,625 I counted 99. 288 00:27:11,796 --> 00:27:14,090 But I made sure there were 100. 289 00:27:14,674 --> 00:27:17,969 It would appear not. And I counted them over twice. 290 00:27:21,681 --> 00:27:24,434 Would you make one more? 291 00:27:25,518 --> 00:27:26,644 I would thank you. 292 00:27:29,230 --> 00:27:30,231 Of course. 293 00:27:37,113 --> 00:27:38,198 Yes, my lady. 294 00:27:39,324 --> 00:27:41,284 I shall do it at once. 295 00:27:55,840 --> 00:27:56,925 [door closes] 296 00:28:36,005 --> 00:28:38,216 Um, here. 297 00:28:44,389 --> 00:28:45,807 Oh. 298 00:28:47,892 --> 00:28:50,019 Young Master In-ho. My thanks. 299 00:28:51,020 --> 00:28:52,647 Oh, of course. 300 00:28:56,526 --> 00:29:00,155 May I ask you what your name is, my lady? 301 00:29:00,739 --> 00:29:01,781 Ah. 302 00:29:02,907 --> 00:29:03,908 [chuckles] 303 00:29:04,617 --> 00:29:05,660 Yes, it's 304 00:29:06,619 --> 00:29:07,746 So-ok. 305 00:29:08,663 --> 00:29:10,039 My name is So-ok. 306 00:29:11,124 --> 00:29:13,084 Ah. So-ok. 307 00:29:14,502 --> 00:29:16,963 It is truly a most fitting name. 308 00:29:17,672 --> 00:29:19,507 -[chuckles] -So-ok. 309 00:29:20,759 --> 00:29:24,012 May I inquire, So-ok, as to what brings you here, 310 00:29:24,095 --> 00:29:25,138 to His Lordship's house? 311 00:29:25,221 --> 00:29:27,265 Me? Uh… 312 00:29:27,807 --> 00:29:30,018 Well, it's just I, uh… 313 00:29:30,101 --> 00:29:31,102 -I mean-- -You see-- 314 00:29:31,186 --> 00:29:35,064 Are you by any chance, the niece of Lady Cho who visited before? 315 00:29:36,191 --> 00:29:38,318 I remember my mother telling me about you. 316 00:29:40,069 --> 00:29:43,990 Then, you must be related to Master Cho Won as well, no? 317 00:29:44,574 --> 00:29:47,786 [chuckling] Yes, uh, so I am. 318 00:29:49,287 --> 00:29:52,749 Oh, well, I'm afraid I must head back inside. 319 00:29:53,333 --> 00:29:54,584 -Wait. -Oh. 320 00:29:55,752 --> 00:29:57,879 -[stammering] -[gasps] 321 00:29:59,589 --> 00:30:02,801 I… I would keep you for one thing further. 322 00:30:08,431 --> 00:30:12,894 Uh, I brought this from my house without my mother knowing. 323 00:30:12,977 --> 00:30:15,522 You said you cut your hand on the clock. 324 00:30:16,272 --> 00:30:17,273 Ah… 325 00:30:17,899 --> 00:30:22,862 If you gather some like this and apply it to the cut, 326 00:30:22,946 --> 00:30:24,656 it should be healed in no time. 327 00:30:26,199 --> 00:30:27,742 You were hurt because of me, 328 00:30:28,409 --> 00:30:29,828 so I must bring the remedy, 329 00:30:29,911 --> 00:30:31,621 -should I not? -Mm-hmm. 330 00:30:40,755 --> 00:30:42,757 I will borrow it, only for three… 331 00:30:43,341 --> 00:30:45,385 No. For only two days. 332 00:30:46,594 --> 00:30:47,971 Two days from right now, 333 00:30:48,054 --> 00:30:52,392 when the two hands of the alarm clock stretch out flat like the horizon, 334 00:30:53,476 --> 00:30:55,562 let us meet here again. 335 00:30:57,814 --> 00:31:00,024 Uh… Yes. 336 00:31:00,108 --> 00:31:01,109 Good night. 337 00:31:15,748 --> 00:31:17,417 [Mal-ttong] Mind your step. 338 00:31:27,886 --> 00:31:29,429 When the two alarm clocks… No. 339 00:31:29,512 --> 00:31:31,723 When the hands of the alarm clock stretch flat… 340 00:31:35,560 --> 00:31:37,896 [grunting] 341 00:32:14,641 --> 00:32:16,100 Let me see here. 342 00:32:16,601 --> 00:32:21,731 Now, how long has it been since we last drank together? 343 00:32:21,814 --> 00:32:22,815 Hmm? 344 00:32:23,608 --> 00:32:24,817 Oh, yes. 345 00:32:24,901 --> 00:32:28,071 Is it not the first time since we drank when I was at Hwaseong? 346 00:32:28,154 --> 00:32:30,114 Yes, that's correct. 347 00:32:31,574 --> 00:32:34,077 You were there for the relocation of the royal tomb. 348 00:32:34,160 --> 00:32:35,244 Hmm. 349 00:32:37,622 --> 00:32:40,625 [sighs] You know, I must say, 350 00:32:41,376 --> 00:32:44,545 I found myself quite unable to comprehend. 351 00:32:44,629 --> 00:32:45,964 Comprehend what? 352 00:32:46,047 --> 00:32:48,549 The king cherished his son. 353 00:32:51,094 --> 00:32:54,013 To seal his cherished son in a mere rice chest, 354 00:32:54,097 --> 00:32:55,723 that I cannot comprehend. 355 00:32:55,807 --> 00:32:57,100 He's a father. 356 00:32:57,183 --> 00:33:00,019 How could he do that to his precious child? 357 00:33:00,103 --> 00:33:03,064 -I can't speak for the father… -Hmm. 358 00:33:03,147 --> 00:33:07,527 …but I think I can understand the heart of the son who longed to defy him. 359 00:33:10,321 --> 00:33:12,573 Until the day he was sealed away. 360 00:33:13,992 --> 00:33:15,243 To a son, 361 00:33:15,868 --> 00:33:19,580 a father can be a world he can never reconcile with. 362 00:33:19,664 --> 00:33:23,543 Indeed. Mmm. You speak it true. 363 00:33:28,339 --> 00:33:30,842 [sighing] 364 00:33:45,523 --> 00:33:47,233 It would seem the prince… 365 00:33:49,736 --> 00:33:51,404 was much like myself. 366 00:33:56,034 --> 00:33:57,035 Two men… 367 00:34:01,289 --> 00:34:04,167 defeated before the dreaded name of "father." 368 00:34:14,469 --> 00:34:16,471 [rooster crows] 369 00:34:21,684 --> 00:34:22,685 [coughing] 370 00:34:23,186 --> 00:34:24,187 [gasps] 371 00:34:27,648 --> 00:34:29,233 Make sure it is clear. 372 00:34:29,734 --> 00:34:31,944 That's how my dear cousin prefers his broth. 373 00:34:32,028 --> 00:34:33,196 Yes, madam. 374 00:34:59,263 --> 00:35:00,640 [groans] 375 00:35:00,723 --> 00:35:03,184 [sighs] If I ever imbibe so much again, 376 00:35:03,726 --> 00:35:06,062 I will be changing my family's name to Cho. 377 00:35:06,145 --> 00:35:07,146 [chuckles] 378 00:35:07,230 --> 00:35:10,358 I would not do so myself, that name has made you Minister. 379 00:35:10,441 --> 00:35:12,276 [both chuckle] 380 00:35:12,360 --> 00:35:13,569 Oh, my head. 381 00:35:13,653 --> 00:35:16,489 Why did you not stop me? [groaning] 382 00:35:16,572 --> 00:35:19,534 My lord! My lord! My lord! 383 00:35:19,617 --> 00:35:22,620 There's a herald out front! A herald from the palace wishes to enter! 384 00:35:22,703 --> 00:35:25,873 -A herald? From the palace, you said? -Yes, my lord. 385 00:35:26,457 --> 00:35:28,668 I thought the king was upset with me. 386 00:35:28,751 --> 00:35:30,336 I thought I was to be dismissed. 387 00:35:30,419 --> 00:35:31,754 Have I not always advised you 388 00:35:31,838 --> 00:35:34,757 not to worry over things that lie outside your control? 389 00:35:34,841 --> 00:35:36,342 It is just as I thought. 390 00:35:36,425 --> 00:35:38,469 His Majesty knows your true heart. 391 00:35:39,554 --> 00:35:40,763 You really think so? 392 00:35:42,598 --> 00:35:45,476 [gasps] Oh. Go now. He is here. 393 00:35:45,560 --> 00:35:46,561 Yes, yes. 394 00:35:46,644 --> 00:35:48,646 Goodness. I should not be sitting. 395 00:35:48,729 --> 00:35:50,106 [groans] My word. 396 00:35:56,696 --> 00:35:59,407 I am prepared. Recite it at once. 397 00:36:00,867 --> 00:36:02,869 -My lord, I-- -Come and recite. 398 00:36:02,952 --> 00:36:04,662 Has His Majesty not summoned me? 399 00:36:04,745 --> 00:36:05,955 There's not a moment to lose. 400 00:36:06,622 --> 00:36:07,832 That is not so. 401 00:36:09,750 --> 00:36:10,918 His Majesty 402 00:36:11,502 --> 00:36:13,754 has summoned a man named Cho Won. 403 00:36:19,468 --> 00:36:21,679 Then, I am not summoned? 404 00:36:22,513 --> 00:36:24,098 [herald] Cho Won, come forward! 405 00:36:33,441 --> 00:36:35,443 His Majesty orders you to read this. 406 00:36:55,129 --> 00:36:58,799 UPON RECEIVING THIS ROYAL COMMAND 407 00:36:58,883 --> 00:37:02,303 ENTER THE PALACE AT ONCE 408 00:37:19,862 --> 00:37:21,155 [panting] 409 00:37:22,990 --> 00:37:25,243 [worker] Another order of paper has just come in. 410 00:37:25,326 --> 00:37:26,869 We work through the night! 411 00:37:28,454 --> 00:37:29,580 Can I help you, sir? 412 00:37:30,373 --> 00:37:31,624 Who are you? 413 00:37:31,707 --> 00:37:35,044 Ah, I… I'm in the right place, at least. 414 00:38:04,907 --> 00:38:06,659 [worker 2] Take it easy now! 415 00:38:07,368 --> 00:38:10,705 At this pace, I doubt this paper will be fit for sale come the morning. 416 00:38:10,788 --> 00:38:12,832 Damn you and your idle talking! 417 00:38:15,167 --> 00:38:17,420 Well, sir. What brings you here? 418 00:38:19,964 --> 00:38:21,340 In the last petition, 419 00:38:22,216 --> 00:38:24,093 you claimed your family was starving. 420 00:38:24,176 --> 00:38:26,721 Well, how have you been faring since? 421 00:38:26,804 --> 00:38:28,347 No better. 422 00:38:29,223 --> 00:38:30,766 Because of your petition, 423 00:38:31,350 --> 00:38:33,477 several officials have faced punishment. 424 00:38:34,312 --> 00:38:38,816 So, I came by to see if any of them had tried getting revenge. 425 00:38:40,484 --> 00:38:43,279 Hmm… [clears throat] 426 00:38:48,576 --> 00:38:50,369 I received your confidential message 427 00:38:50,453 --> 00:38:52,621 and took the papermaker's words to heart. 428 00:38:53,622 --> 00:38:56,709 Therefore, I have commanded for all those involved 429 00:38:57,209 --> 00:38:59,420 to be summoned to Hanyang at once. 430 00:38:59,503 --> 00:39:01,130 Forgive me, your grace, 431 00:39:01,213 --> 00:39:04,633 but it seems the matter concerns more about papermaker Gil-san. 432 00:39:06,052 --> 00:39:07,386 I assumed as much. 433 00:39:08,137 --> 00:39:12,058 Corruption, by nature, is wont to spread like wildfire. 434 00:39:12,558 --> 00:39:13,684 [pounds table] 435 00:39:13,768 --> 00:39:15,394 I humbly apologize, your grace. 436 00:39:15,478 --> 00:39:17,688 You have no need to apologize. 437 00:39:20,399 --> 00:39:22,568 -Left State Councilor. -Yes, your grace? 438 00:39:26,155 --> 00:39:28,824 [king] I shall entrust that man with a task. 439 00:39:30,618 --> 00:39:32,828 [councilor] I humbly await Your Grace's command. 440 00:39:34,538 --> 00:39:36,957 I confide this to you in trust. 441 00:39:37,041 --> 00:39:39,502 What I have begun in Hwaseong 442 00:39:40,127 --> 00:39:44,799 is no less than an act of filial piety to honor my late father. 443 00:39:45,383 --> 00:39:46,592 That is the reason 444 00:39:47,468 --> 00:39:49,887 I shall not tolerate any form of injustice, 445 00:39:49,970 --> 00:39:51,597 no matter how trivial. 446 00:40:02,191 --> 00:40:03,609 My lord husband, 447 00:40:04,235 --> 00:40:06,779 what has caused you to take up smoking again? 448 00:40:10,199 --> 00:40:11,450 This book… 449 00:40:12,451 --> 00:40:14,870 Cho Won wrote this book, did he not? 450 00:40:18,207 --> 00:40:19,375 The other day, 451 00:40:20,167 --> 00:40:22,628 when we briefly passed each other on the road, 452 00:40:22,711 --> 00:40:27,383 I felt the faint smile on his lips bore a trace of excessive lust. 453 00:40:27,883 --> 00:40:29,677 It was rather disturbing. 454 00:40:30,261 --> 00:40:35,307 Did you not say that Lord Cho Won had fallen out of favor with the king? 455 00:40:36,684 --> 00:40:38,018 Hmm. 456 00:40:40,396 --> 00:40:41,397 It would seem… 457 00:40:43,399 --> 00:40:45,401 his fortunes will soon be quite the opposite. 458 00:40:45,901 --> 00:40:48,237 So I have asked him to be our guest here a while. 459 00:40:48,821 --> 00:40:51,157 That is all you need to know. 460 00:40:57,872 --> 00:40:59,707 [sighs] 461 00:41:01,500 --> 00:41:02,918 This is all we need to pack? 462 00:41:03,752 --> 00:41:04,753 You rascal. 463 00:41:05,254 --> 00:41:06,755 You seemed almost pleased at that. 464 00:41:06,839 --> 00:41:08,507 It's just over there. We'll be fine. 465 00:41:09,008 --> 00:41:11,343 -[both laugh] -[Yun] Are you leaving? 466 00:41:11,427 --> 00:41:12,720 Oh, my. 467 00:41:13,804 --> 00:41:15,639 Have you come to see me off, my lady? 468 00:41:17,766 --> 00:41:19,268 I am most humbly honored. 469 00:41:19,351 --> 00:41:21,103 You are talented indeed. 470 00:41:21,604 --> 00:41:23,647 Somehow, you got inside that house. 471 00:41:23,731 --> 00:41:26,358 [exhales] The heavens must be lending a hand. 472 00:41:27,318 --> 00:41:28,319 Although, 473 00:41:28,402 --> 00:41:30,362 who is this assistance for? 474 00:41:31,113 --> 00:41:35,075 Could this blessing be meant for you in the end? 475 00:41:36,035 --> 00:41:37,286 Or indeed for me? 476 00:41:39,788 --> 00:41:41,415 If I had to guess, 477 00:41:41,499 --> 00:41:44,502 I'd say your debauchery was too much for heaven. 478 00:41:44,585 --> 00:41:46,086 [laughing] 479 00:41:46,170 --> 00:41:47,838 Too much, you say? 480 00:41:48,881 --> 00:41:51,800 Well, now, when this little wager of ours is over, 481 00:41:52,301 --> 00:41:55,679 you'll have to see for yourself, cousin. 482 00:41:56,805 --> 00:41:58,349 [chuckles] Until then. 483 00:41:59,058 --> 00:42:01,852 [laughing] 484 00:42:11,987 --> 00:42:15,157 Madam, a messenger just delivered this. 485 00:42:15,241 --> 00:42:16,742 It's from the tobacco shop, 486 00:42:16,825 --> 00:42:19,411 but he said it was intended for Lord Cho Won. 487 00:42:19,495 --> 00:42:20,788 Shall I go after him? 488 00:42:23,249 --> 00:42:25,084 Since it came from that shop, 489 00:42:25,167 --> 00:42:26,835 I assume it is tobacco. 490 00:42:28,754 --> 00:42:31,465 But that red silk vexes me greatly. 491 00:42:32,258 --> 00:42:35,010 I shall deliver it to him. Take it to my chamber. 492 00:42:35,511 --> 00:42:36,512 Yes. 493 00:42:51,944 --> 00:42:53,862 You have no idea how excited I am. 494 00:42:54,738 --> 00:42:55,739 Right this way. 495 00:43:02,705 --> 00:43:04,206 This is the rear garden. 496 00:43:05,249 --> 00:43:07,084 Now that I have you in my house, 497 00:43:07,167 --> 00:43:09,253 you had best put away any thought of escape. 498 00:43:09,795 --> 00:43:12,840 There are so many things I wish to ask you, hear from you, 499 00:43:12,923 --> 00:43:14,466 and learn from you, of course. 500 00:43:18,887 --> 00:43:20,139 [gasps] 501 00:43:20,222 --> 00:43:25,894 Oh, um, these quarters are where my sister-in-law has been residing. 502 00:43:25,978 --> 00:43:29,189 Since my brother's passing, she has been in mourning, 503 00:43:29,898 --> 00:43:31,567 but you know this from meeting her. 504 00:43:32,651 --> 00:43:33,819 A tragedy. 505 00:43:35,738 --> 00:43:36,822 Please follow me.