1 00:00:10,010 --> 00:00:12,470 [birds chirping] 2 00:00:17,559 --> 00:00:18,768 [Won gasps] 3 00:00:18,852 --> 00:00:20,895 Oh, sir. What a precious gift. 4 00:00:21,479 --> 00:00:23,398 -Can it truly be mine? -Uh-huh. 5 00:00:23,481 --> 00:00:24,774 -[chuckles] -[inhales sharply] 6 00:00:25,650 --> 00:00:28,820 Leave him be. He's delighted, eh? 7 00:00:28,903 --> 00:00:31,281 [laughing] 8 00:00:32,824 --> 00:00:33,950 [Won] Dear cousin, 9 00:00:34,576 --> 00:00:37,871 have you ever seen a map drawn by an Italian named Matteo Ricci? 10 00:00:38,747 --> 00:00:42,292 I confess, it took me quite a while to find where Joseon was on it. 11 00:00:43,209 --> 00:00:45,712 Joseon, which had always seemed so large and definite, 12 00:00:45,795 --> 00:00:47,422 suddenly felt small. 13 00:00:48,465 --> 00:00:50,508 In truth, it was a fearful revelation. 14 00:00:51,676 --> 00:00:53,720 For how small must I be, 15 00:00:54,512 --> 00:00:56,723 living in my small corner of Hwaseong? 16 00:00:57,682 --> 00:00:58,975 [footsteps running] 17 00:00:59,059 --> 00:01:01,644 [servant panting] 18 00:01:13,114 --> 00:01:14,282 A letter! 19 00:01:15,033 --> 00:01:16,367 [Bun-hong] Bring it here! 20 00:01:16,451 --> 00:01:18,411 [servant] A letter for the young lady in Minister Cho's house! 21 00:01:18,495 --> 00:01:19,496 [Bun-hong] Here. 22 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:24,042 [Yun] I have opened a map of Joseon that was drawn here hundreds of years ago. 23 00:01:25,418 --> 00:01:27,378 By the standards of Western learning, 24 00:01:27,879 --> 00:01:30,590 Joseon is certainly the wrong size on this map. 25 00:01:31,925 --> 00:01:35,053 And yet, I have found myself questioning, 26 00:01:35,553 --> 00:01:37,180 is this map truly wrong? 27 00:01:37,806 --> 00:01:40,433 Perhaps the mapmaker wished to capture the hearts of the people 28 00:01:40,517 --> 00:01:42,477 who stood on this small land. 29 00:01:43,853 --> 00:01:45,355 As I continue to reflect, 30 00:01:45,438 --> 00:01:48,566 these two Joseons have prompted me to realize something further. 31 00:01:49,317 --> 00:01:52,070 Whether the land beneath us is small or large, 32 00:01:52,153 --> 00:01:53,947 we see the world through our eyes, 33 00:01:54,030 --> 00:01:56,074 and they see the world through theirs. 34 00:01:56,157 --> 00:01:57,450 Such is the way of it. 35 00:01:58,743 --> 00:02:02,831 Just as I am simply myself, and you are simply yourself. 36 00:02:05,625 --> 00:02:06,709 What do you think? 37 00:02:07,544 --> 00:02:09,170 You may call it sophistry, 38 00:02:09,796 --> 00:02:13,800 but I am very curious to hear what my literary friend makes of such thoughts. 39 00:02:14,926 --> 00:02:16,302 I await your reply. 40 00:02:18,388 --> 00:02:19,806 [coughing] 41 00:02:19,889 --> 00:02:21,933 [grunting] 42 00:02:23,184 --> 00:02:26,771 Be straight and steadfast. And keep the way of the gentleman. 43 00:02:26,855 --> 00:02:28,064 Do you understand? 44 00:02:28,148 --> 00:02:29,899 [coughing] 45 00:02:42,287 --> 00:02:43,872 [coughing continues] 46 00:02:49,043 --> 00:02:50,044 Be straight 47 00:02:51,421 --> 00:02:52,547 and steadfast. 48 00:02:53,089 --> 00:02:54,173 Be straight 49 00:02:54,883 --> 00:02:56,217 and steadfast. 50 00:02:56,301 --> 00:02:57,302 Steadfast. 51 00:02:59,679 --> 00:03:01,848 [Won] My father passed away so suddenly. 52 00:03:02,473 --> 00:03:05,184 There is no way to stop the sorrow rising within me. 53 00:03:06,895 --> 00:03:08,813 I still need my father here. 54 00:03:10,607 --> 00:03:13,735 I wanted him to see me become the kind of son he could be proud of, 55 00:03:14,402 --> 00:03:15,570 but now it is too late. 56 00:03:16,571 --> 00:03:17,572 Dear cousin, 57 00:03:18,531 --> 00:03:19,866 what am I to do? 58 00:03:21,618 --> 00:03:24,954 [Yun] I am sorry that I cannot fully fathom the pain you are in. 59 00:03:26,122 --> 00:03:27,457 But, Won, 60 00:03:27,540 --> 00:03:30,460 even if I may be the only one to tell you this, 61 00:03:30,543 --> 00:03:31,753 you must know 62 00:03:32,295 --> 00:03:35,256 you are more than just the son your father wanted you to be. 63 00:03:35,882 --> 00:03:39,844 You must find yourself, rather than chasing after someone else. 64 00:03:40,929 --> 00:03:43,681 I know my words may not reach you at the moment. 65 00:03:44,182 --> 00:03:46,142 [wind chimes jingling] 66 00:03:46,226 --> 00:03:47,685 [Won] I am me, 67 00:03:49,103 --> 00:03:50,480 and you are you. 68 00:04:02,408 --> 00:04:05,662 [inhales deeply] Mmm. 69 00:04:07,288 --> 00:04:08,289 Hmm. 70 00:04:10,041 --> 00:04:12,168 How wonderfully indecent. 71 00:04:14,629 --> 00:04:15,630 Hmm. 72 00:04:16,297 --> 00:04:18,091 [chuckles] 73 00:04:18,174 --> 00:04:19,259 [Ganghwa] Madam. 74 00:04:20,093 --> 00:04:23,388 Lady Cho, the wife of Minister Yoo, is here to see you. 75 00:04:24,430 --> 00:04:25,515 [sighs] 76 00:04:26,307 --> 00:04:27,684 She may enter. 77 00:04:31,020 --> 00:04:33,106 Even in this undyed state, 78 00:04:33,606 --> 00:04:36,234 it gives off a most lustrous sheen. 79 00:04:36,317 --> 00:04:39,946 I may go so far as to say this silk resembles you, my lady. 80 00:04:40,863 --> 00:04:43,658 The tobacco you sent over was more than enough. 81 00:04:44,367 --> 00:04:47,120 You needn't have brought me this as well. 82 00:04:47,203 --> 00:04:48,746 My most humble thanks. 83 00:04:51,124 --> 00:04:53,793 I will say, it is gratefully received. 84 00:04:54,294 --> 00:04:56,296 I am most humbled by your words. 85 00:04:57,046 --> 00:04:59,048 I was a bit unsure of my welcome here. 86 00:04:59,632 --> 00:05:03,469 In truth, I feared you may have been displeased by my cousin's failings. 87 00:05:03,553 --> 00:05:06,597 I was so troubled, I hardly slept last night. 88 00:05:06,681 --> 00:05:08,266 So I see. 89 00:05:08,975 --> 00:05:11,352 It could hardly have been an easy decision, 90 00:05:11,436 --> 00:05:13,104 as you are his cousin. 91 00:05:14,022 --> 00:05:16,733 Yet, for a moral lady such as yourself, 92 00:05:16,816 --> 00:05:18,401 there could be no other course 93 00:05:18,484 --> 00:05:21,404 than to immediately come in the deep hours of the night 94 00:05:21,487 --> 00:05:25,241 and inform me, the Left State Councilor, and our young In-ho. 95 00:05:25,325 --> 00:05:27,160 I need hardly mention, 96 00:05:27,243 --> 00:05:30,121 the chaste daughter-in-law residing in this house. 97 00:05:31,164 --> 00:05:33,207 We all thank you, my lady. 98 00:05:34,083 --> 00:05:35,126 This morning, 99 00:05:35,835 --> 00:05:40,340 I impressed upon In-ho that while study is a commendable occupation, 100 00:05:41,090 --> 00:05:43,384 it is best to do it by oneself. 101 00:05:44,135 --> 00:05:47,138 Hence, he will not be bothering your cousin anymore. 102 00:05:47,221 --> 00:05:49,182 Your words bring me comfort. 103 00:05:49,849 --> 00:05:52,268 Though I confess with some reservations. 104 00:05:54,687 --> 00:05:57,148 Hmm? Which are? 105 00:06:02,695 --> 00:06:04,280 While I am fond of the girl, 106 00:06:04,363 --> 00:06:07,158 and I would like to trust her to do what is right, 107 00:06:07,241 --> 00:06:10,286 I must remind you that when my cousin is involved, well, 108 00:06:11,245 --> 00:06:13,581 he is no ordinary gentleman. 109 00:06:14,165 --> 00:06:15,541 I am aware. 110 00:06:15,625 --> 00:06:17,376 What with his reputation… 111 00:06:17,460 --> 00:06:18,795 [inhales deeply] 112 00:06:18,878 --> 00:06:23,466 …and the exceptional impression he makes in person. 113 00:06:23,549 --> 00:06:26,260 Who could fail to draw such a conclusion? 114 00:06:28,805 --> 00:06:31,015 If I may make a suggestion. 115 00:06:32,475 --> 00:06:35,978 In the end, they are but a young man and lady, are they not? 116 00:06:37,647 --> 00:06:39,440 Though a lamp casts two shadows, 117 00:06:39,524 --> 00:06:41,901 in the night, all boundaries may disappear. 118 00:06:43,152 --> 00:06:45,154 Perhaps it would be safer 119 00:06:45,238 --> 00:06:48,116 to keep them apart from each other for the time being? 120 00:06:48,199 --> 00:06:50,868 Even if the separation be made by force. 121 00:06:54,122 --> 00:06:55,123 Hmm. 122 00:06:56,582 --> 00:06:59,210 I humbly apologize. I was too bold. 123 00:07:16,686 --> 00:07:17,728 Come now. 124 00:07:18,855 --> 00:07:21,607 [chuckles] 125 00:07:21,691 --> 00:07:23,526 There's no need for all that. 126 00:07:25,236 --> 00:07:26,904 Huh… 127 00:07:26,988 --> 00:07:30,032 If you continue like this, I shall be put out. 128 00:07:30,616 --> 00:07:31,701 Good heavens. 129 00:07:31,784 --> 00:07:35,329 If my lord husband were to see this, I should be in for a scolding. 130 00:07:35,830 --> 00:07:37,999 Now raise those eyes. 131 00:07:38,082 --> 00:07:39,667 Come now. 132 00:07:44,797 --> 00:07:46,841 How is your husband, by the way? 133 00:07:47,675 --> 00:07:49,802 How has his career been faring? 134 00:07:49,886 --> 00:07:51,345 Quite well. 135 00:07:51,429 --> 00:07:53,848 Though if the councilor were to summon him, 136 00:07:53,931 --> 00:07:55,600 he would be most grateful. 137 00:07:58,269 --> 00:07:59,270 Hmm. 138 00:08:12,408 --> 00:08:14,202 [footsteps running] 139 00:08:14,285 --> 00:08:15,912 [Lord Yoo] My dear! My dear! 140 00:08:16,954 --> 00:08:18,122 [door opens] 141 00:08:18,706 --> 00:08:19,999 -[closes] -[pants] My dear! 142 00:08:21,709 --> 00:08:23,419 [sighs] My dear wife. 143 00:08:25,546 --> 00:08:26,589 Excellent news. 144 00:08:26,672 --> 00:08:28,508 The Left State Councilor has summoned me. 145 00:08:29,342 --> 00:08:30,760 I am to visit court. 146 00:08:31,427 --> 00:08:33,888 -[gasps] -Oh, how long it has been. 147 00:08:35,848 --> 00:08:37,058 Too long. 148 00:08:37,141 --> 00:08:41,395 But it would appear by this, the councilor has not forgotten your ability. 149 00:08:42,563 --> 00:08:44,315 I have you to thank, my lady. 150 00:08:45,733 --> 00:08:48,236 You have been calling on the Lady of the First Rank 151 00:08:48,319 --> 00:08:49,529 nearly every day. 152 00:08:49,612 --> 00:08:50,988 I am well aware. 153 00:08:51,072 --> 00:08:53,824 No, surely it was not that. 154 00:08:53,908 --> 00:08:56,118 [sighs] My noble wife. 155 00:08:57,828 --> 00:08:58,996 [chuckles] 156 00:09:00,706 --> 00:09:02,083 [sighs] 157 00:09:07,296 --> 00:09:08,422 Dearest lady. 158 00:09:10,341 --> 00:09:11,342 Listen… 159 00:09:12,718 --> 00:09:13,719 The truth is, 160 00:09:15,346 --> 00:09:17,139 I am well aware 161 00:09:18,182 --> 00:09:20,851 that I am the reason we have not sired an heir. 162 00:09:21,727 --> 00:09:23,688 The failure is mine alone. 163 00:09:24,564 --> 00:09:27,066 I knew it was futile, but nevertheless, 164 00:09:27,149 --> 00:09:29,235 I took in a concubine. 165 00:09:31,195 --> 00:09:35,116 It weighs mightily upon my heart that I cannot fulfill your wishes. 166 00:09:35,616 --> 00:09:39,662 Especially as you are always tirelessly striving for my sake. 167 00:09:43,207 --> 00:09:45,751 My lord, do not speak in this manner. 168 00:09:47,336 --> 00:09:50,006 So-ok will prove herself equal to the task. 169 00:09:51,090 --> 00:09:55,428 Of one thing I am certain, you will sire a strong heir. 170 00:09:58,389 --> 00:09:59,390 Truly? 171 00:10:07,023 --> 00:10:09,066 -[Yun gasps, laughs] -[grunting] 172 00:10:09,150 --> 00:10:12,570 Indeed. If my lady says it, then it must be so. 173 00:10:13,070 --> 00:10:15,072 I shall prove to the entire household 174 00:10:15,573 --> 00:10:18,534 that I am yet a man, hale and hearty! [laughs] 175 00:10:19,118 --> 00:10:20,286 Put me down, my lord. 176 00:10:20,369 --> 00:10:22,538 -You'll hurt yourself! -I am feeling younger already! 177 00:10:23,789 --> 00:10:26,792 [Yun, Lord Yoo laughing] 178 00:10:29,003 --> 00:10:31,380 -[Lord Yoo sighs] My lady. -[Yun] Pray, put me down. 179 00:10:31,464 --> 00:10:32,465 [scoffs] 180 00:10:32,548 --> 00:10:34,383 [chuckling] 181 00:10:35,926 --> 00:10:37,928 [Yun, Lord Yoo laughing] 182 00:10:44,185 --> 00:10:46,020 [Won chuckles] 183 00:10:49,440 --> 00:10:50,483 [sighs] 184 00:11:05,831 --> 00:11:07,041 [Mal-ttong] Mind your step. 185 00:11:10,878 --> 00:11:12,004 [gasps] 186 00:11:14,590 --> 00:11:15,591 [gasps] 187 00:11:15,675 --> 00:11:16,759 Forgive me, miss. 188 00:11:17,385 --> 00:11:18,386 [So-ok stammers] 189 00:11:22,181 --> 00:11:23,182 You. 190 00:11:23,849 --> 00:11:24,850 Yes? 191 00:11:27,603 --> 00:11:28,604 Uh… 192 00:11:29,688 --> 00:11:31,190 Where are you headed? 193 00:11:32,858 --> 00:11:35,444 Uh, I was just out for a walk. 194 00:11:35,945 --> 00:11:38,406 Uh, I heard the moon was nice. 195 00:11:38,489 --> 00:11:39,740 [chuckles] 196 00:11:40,366 --> 00:11:42,034 Oh. [gasps] 197 00:11:42,827 --> 00:11:44,412 [chuckling] 198 00:11:44,495 --> 00:11:45,496 [Won] Who is it? 199 00:11:46,288 --> 00:11:50,084 The person you are attempting to meet under this lovely moon? 200 00:11:50,167 --> 00:11:52,420 -Oh, no one. I-- -Uh-uh! 201 00:11:53,087 --> 00:11:55,548 -[sighs] -Do not lie. 202 00:11:56,966 --> 00:11:59,927 It was Young Master In-ho. 203 00:12:03,597 --> 00:12:04,598 [gasps] 204 00:12:25,453 --> 00:12:28,122 This is a sketch based on what I saw in a book. 205 00:12:28,789 --> 00:12:29,874 It's an alarm clock. 206 00:12:31,208 --> 00:12:34,295 It allows one to know the time by looking with the eye. 207 00:12:34,378 --> 00:12:37,715 This position means a quarter hour past 9:00. 208 00:12:37,798 --> 00:12:40,050 The single drumbeat earlier told us it was 7:00, 209 00:12:40,551 --> 00:12:41,886 which is shown thus. 210 00:12:41,969 --> 00:12:42,970 And soon, 211 00:12:44,096 --> 00:12:45,306 they will signal 9:00. 212 00:12:48,767 --> 00:12:52,062 I shall be listening as well, but we must take care not to miss it. 213 00:12:52,563 --> 00:12:55,524 Go stand outside the gate, and when they beat the drum twice, 214 00:12:55,608 --> 00:12:57,109 you must come tell me at once. 215 00:12:57,860 --> 00:12:58,861 Yes, sir. 216 00:12:59,487 --> 00:13:01,572 -Two beats of the drum. -Mmm. 217 00:13:01,655 --> 00:13:02,656 [So-ok] My lord. 218 00:13:02,740 --> 00:13:04,825 So you planned to meet 219 00:13:05,993 --> 00:13:08,621 when these hands were stretched out like the horizon? 220 00:13:09,205 --> 00:13:10,247 -Y-Yes. -[sighs] 221 00:13:10,331 --> 00:13:12,458 I have no words to express my astonishment. 222 00:13:12,541 --> 00:13:15,169 Please! I humbly apologize, my lord. 223 00:13:15,252 --> 00:13:17,213 -[scoffs, clicks tongue] -I meant nothing by it. 224 00:13:20,132 --> 00:13:21,800 [sighs deeply] 225 00:13:22,885 --> 00:13:24,345 You do realize 226 00:13:25,638 --> 00:13:29,934 I'm duty-bound to inform my brother-in-law and cousin about this matter. 227 00:13:30,559 --> 00:13:32,353 But I would be most troubled 228 00:13:32,853 --> 00:13:35,231 if I had to betray the Young Master In-ho. 229 00:13:36,398 --> 00:13:40,236 It seems to honor my loyalty, I must go against my duty. 230 00:13:40,736 --> 00:13:42,863 Oh, how curious. 231 00:13:43,906 --> 00:13:45,157 Why have you come so early? 232 00:13:47,284 --> 00:13:48,285 What? 233 00:13:54,583 --> 00:13:57,378 I know but little about this device here, 234 00:13:57,461 --> 00:13:59,630 but is there not ample time remaining 235 00:14:00,130 --> 00:14:02,716 for the hands to stretch out horizontally? 236 00:14:02,800 --> 00:14:03,801 Huh? 237 00:14:05,135 --> 00:14:08,389 What? I could have sworn it was… 238 00:14:08,472 --> 00:14:10,766 [sighs] You carry it without knowing how to read it? 239 00:14:10,849 --> 00:14:13,727 Oh, no. I know how to read it, of course. 240 00:14:15,271 --> 00:14:16,647 I'm sure you do. 241 00:14:18,107 --> 00:14:20,150 -[sighs] -I really do know. 242 00:14:21,151 --> 00:14:23,654 I admit that today 243 00:14:24,446 --> 00:14:27,867 I'm greatly troubled, and my mind is unsettled. 244 00:14:29,201 --> 00:14:30,911 I shall therefore pretend 245 00:14:32,037 --> 00:14:33,414 I have not seen you here. 246 00:14:33,497 --> 00:14:34,582 [gasps] 247 00:14:38,168 --> 00:14:39,837 Do you really mean it, my lord? 248 00:14:39,920 --> 00:14:43,632 You would do well not to draw attention by wandering. 249 00:14:43,716 --> 00:14:45,092 Wait till the agreed time. 250 00:14:45,718 --> 00:14:49,263 You may occupy yourself by reading Elementary Learning aloud. 251 00:14:49,346 --> 00:14:52,308 I shall be listening outside to see if I can hear you. 252 00:14:52,391 --> 00:14:53,934 [stammers] 253 00:14:54,602 --> 00:14:56,520 Elementary Learning? 254 00:14:56,604 --> 00:14:58,022 You don't even know that? 255 00:14:58,105 --> 00:15:00,357 Uh, yes, I-I know it. 256 00:15:00,441 --> 00:15:01,859 It's just… 257 00:15:01,942 --> 00:15:03,277 Just what? 258 00:15:03,861 --> 00:15:04,862 Well… 259 00:15:04,945 --> 00:15:06,739 -I shall alert my cousin. -[exclaiming] 260 00:15:06,822 --> 00:15:09,825 I'm going. I'm going. I'm going, my lord. 261 00:15:14,663 --> 00:15:15,956 [sighs] 262 00:15:16,040 --> 00:15:18,959 Young Master In-ho, you say? What to make of that? 263 00:15:19,543 --> 00:15:23,380 If I can get him to wait, So-ok could… 264 00:15:24,381 --> 00:15:25,841 [sighs] 265 00:15:26,800 --> 00:15:28,052 What an utter mess. 266 00:15:32,514 --> 00:15:33,515 [sighs] 267 00:15:36,560 --> 00:15:37,561 [drum beats] 268 00:15:39,772 --> 00:15:40,773 [drum beats] 269 00:15:42,191 --> 00:15:44,652 [servant] Young master, the hour is 9:00. 270 00:15:56,956 --> 00:15:57,998 [grunts] 271 00:16:11,220 --> 00:16:12,221 Hmm. 272 00:16:14,348 --> 00:16:18,852 "Once a girl has reached the age of ten, she ought to refrain from going out. 273 00:16:18,936 --> 00:16:23,107 She must listen to her teacher and mother with meekness and follow their teachings. 274 00:16:23,190 --> 00:16:25,901 She should be engaged in tending of hemp"… 275 00:16:25,985 --> 00:16:27,236 Hmm? Oh. 276 00:16:29,738 --> 00:16:30,823 [sighs] 277 00:16:31,448 --> 00:16:34,702 …"raising silkworms, spinning thread, weaving silk, 278 00:16:34,785 --> 00:16:37,162 and braiding silk sash among other"… 279 00:16:38,664 --> 00:16:40,666 [snoring] 280 00:16:48,799 --> 00:16:50,092 [gasps] 281 00:16:50,175 --> 00:16:51,635 I was reading it! I read it! 282 00:16:53,178 --> 00:16:54,179 Huh? 283 00:16:54,763 --> 00:16:57,224 [gasping] 284 00:16:58,308 --> 00:17:01,729 [stammers] Oh, no. Oh, no. Young master… 285 00:17:13,615 --> 00:17:14,616 Huh? 286 00:17:16,785 --> 00:17:18,537 -[drum beats] -What? 287 00:17:19,038 --> 00:17:20,039 [drum beats] 288 00:17:20,914 --> 00:17:21,915 [drum beats] 289 00:17:23,500 --> 00:17:24,501 Huh? 290 00:17:25,335 --> 00:17:26,795 Surely not. 291 00:17:26,879 --> 00:17:29,923 He could not have left simply because I was slightly late. 292 00:17:31,383 --> 00:17:32,509 [whimpers] 293 00:17:33,677 --> 00:17:34,678 [birds chirping] 294 00:17:36,346 --> 00:17:38,307 -[sighs] -[footsteps approaching] 295 00:17:47,816 --> 00:17:49,151 Um… 296 00:17:53,155 --> 00:17:54,156 [huffs] 297 00:17:55,407 --> 00:17:57,493 Why did you not meet me last night? 298 00:17:57,576 --> 00:17:58,577 What? 299 00:17:59,244 --> 00:18:00,245 Um… 300 00:18:00,996 --> 00:18:03,332 -I was most certainly there. -[So-ok scoffs] 301 00:18:03,415 --> 00:18:04,666 I'm sure you were. 302 00:18:05,334 --> 00:18:07,127 And you could not wait a moment. 303 00:18:09,546 --> 00:18:10,589 I understand. 304 00:18:11,090 --> 00:18:12,382 The fault is all mine. 305 00:18:12,925 --> 00:18:15,177 I have committed a most grievous offense! 306 00:18:15,260 --> 00:18:18,597 Oh, I didn't mean to suggest it was your fault. 307 00:18:18,680 --> 00:18:21,350 [sighs] I know what you thought. 308 00:18:22,434 --> 00:18:24,728 You thought you could dismiss a woman such as I. 309 00:18:25,312 --> 00:18:27,523 Dismiss you? That's preposterous. 310 00:18:27,606 --> 00:18:29,483 -Absolutely untrue. -It is not untrue! 311 00:18:30,067 --> 00:18:32,694 You're dismissing me because I am a concubine! 312 00:18:44,164 --> 00:18:45,165 A what? 313 00:18:45,666 --> 00:18:46,667 Are you… 314 00:18:47,709 --> 00:18:49,128 Huh? What? 315 00:18:50,087 --> 00:18:54,007 [stammers, breathes shakily] 316 00:19:02,182 --> 00:19:03,934 [footsteps departing] 317 00:19:05,227 --> 00:19:06,687 [whines] 318 00:19:08,564 --> 00:19:09,565 [sighs] 319 00:19:17,781 --> 00:19:18,782 Hmm? 320 00:19:20,659 --> 00:19:21,660 [sighs] 321 00:19:22,911 --> 00:19:24,913 [chuckles, sighs] 322 00:19:29,168 --> 00:19:31,461 -Hello, my lord. -There you are. 323 00:19:48,896 --> 00:19:51,857 [chuckles, stammers] 324 00:19:51,940 --> 00:19:55,527 His Majesty had summoned me on a matter of great importance. 325 00:19:56,945 --> 00:19:59,072 -[So-ok] Oh? -On my way back from the palace, 326 00:19:59,156 --> 00:20:00,699 I bought this for you. 327 00:20:01,450 --> 00:20:03,285 Oh. They're yakgwa. 328 00:20:03,869 --> 00:20:06,914 -[chuckles] Mmm. -Oh, my lord, thank you so much for this. 329 00:20:06,997 --> 00:20:08,040 Of course. 330 00:20:11,084 --> 00:20:12,669 -[sighs] -Mmm. 331 00:20:13,170 --> 00:20:14,880 -Say, "Ah." -Ah. 332 00:20:17,424 --> 00:20:18,550 Mmm. 333 00:20:18,634 --> 00:20:19,718 Mm-hmm. 334 00:20:24,765 --> 00:20:26,225 Now, my dear, 335 00:20:26,975 --> 00:20:29,394 I must leave Bukchon for a while. 336 00:20:29,478 --> 00:20:30,479 Huh? 337 00:20:30,979 --> 00:20:32,773 I shall not be absent for long. 338 00:20:33,273 --> 00:20:38,278 While I'm away, mind the madam's teachings and learn the conduct of a young lady. 339 00:20:38,362 --> 00:20:40,322 -Mmm. -[whines] 340 00:20:40,405 --> 00:20:41,949 As soon as I return, 341 00:20:42,824 --> 00:20:44,868 I will make you my concubine at once. 342 00:20:44,952 --> 00:20:46,578 -Understood? -You mean it? 343 00:20:46,662 --> 00:20:48,247 Oh, yes. [chuckles] 344 00:20:48,330 --> 00:20:50,707 I'd be ever so grateful, my lord. 345 00:20:50,791 --> 00:20:52,459 [chuckles] 346 00:20:57,297 --> 00:20:59,675 [grunting] 347 00:20:59,758 --> 00:21:01,510 [sighs] This wretched hat. 348 00:21:01,593 --> 00:21:02,886 [both chuckle] 349 00:21:03,512 --> 00:21:06,348 [Lord Yoo breathes heavily] 350 00:21:10,477 --> 00:21:12,771 It will soon be Princess Hyegyeong's 60th birthday. 351 00:21:12,854 --> 00:21:14,439 Hwaseong will host the banquet. 352 00:21:15,232 --> 00:21:17,067 His Majesty entrusted it to me. 353 00:21:18,860 --> 00:21:20,779 I shall show you, my lady, 354 00:21:20,862 --> 00:21:22,739 how resolutely I will make use… 355 00:21:22,823 --> 00:21:23,824 [huffs] 356 00:21:23,907 --> 00:21:25,742 …of the opportunity you have provided. 357 00:21:28,787 --> 00:21:29,871 [Lord Yoo clears throat] 358 00:21:35,544 --> 00:21:36,586 Dear cousin, 359 00:21:37,379 --> 00:21:39,423 would you be so good as to stay with us, 360 00:21:39,506 --> 00:21:42,175 just for the time while your brother-in-law is away? 361 00:21:42,259 --> 00:21:44,928 You must have many questions to ask of me. 362 00:21:47,472 --> 00:21:50,434 Now, the young widow, what did she say? 363 00:21:51,727 --> 00:21:54,187 I have no way of knowing what she said. 364 00:21:54,271 --> 00:21:56,732 Since you sent that filthy letter, 365 00:21:57,274 --> 00:22:00,694 I have not caught so much as a glimpse of the young lady's skirt. 366 00:22:01,820 --> 00:22:02,821 Indeed, 367 00:22:03,905 --> 00:22:07,367 who could fathom the state of the lady's heart at present? 368 00:22:08,660 --> 00:22:12,914 I can only hope she's still in possession of her mind. [clicking tongue] 369 00:22:13,498 --> 00:22:14,541 Who knows? 370 00:22:15,042 --> 00:22:16,418 Perhaps no one. 371 00:22:16,918 --> 00:22:18,587 Could it be, she read the letter 372 00:22:19,212 --> 00:22:22,257 and became so overcome with lust, she lost her mind? 373 00:22:23,633 --> 00:22:24,676 [chuckles] 374 00:22:29,806 --> 00:22:31,850 [cheerful music playing] 375 00:22:32,476 --> 00:22:35,062 [chuckling] 376 00:22:40,358 --> 00:22:41,693 [sighs] 377 00:22:42,694 --> 00:22:45,697 Goodness, I must resolve to be virtuous from now on. 378 00:22:46,448 --> 00:22:48,450 My So-ok has entered Bukchon. 379 00:22:48,533 --> 00:22:51,119 Her mother should bear herself as befits her station. 380 00:22:51,203 --> 00:22:52,913 My, oh, my. 381 00:22:52,996 --> 00:22:55,207 You are more naive than I thought. 382 00:22:55,290 --> 00:22:58,752 If you knew how the ladies in Bukchon entertained themselves, 383 00:22:58,835 --> 00:23:00,712 you would faint dead away. 384 00:23:00,796 --> 00:23:03,799 -What do I care? -Oh, did you hear the news? 385 00:23:03,882 --> 00:23:06,218 Choi, from the folding screen shop, was banished. 386 00:23:06,301 --> 00:23:10,013 The Chief State Councilor warned him to never set foot in Bukchon again. 387 00:23:10,097 --> 00:23:12,265 Huh. Whatever could he have done? 388 00:23:12,349 --> 00:23:14,142 The youngest son of the councilor 389 00:23:15,435 --> 00:23:18,063 is left-handed, is he not? 390 00:23:18,146 --> 00:23:20,148 Just like Choi from the folding screen shop. 391 00:23:20,232 --> 00:23:23,193 -[gasps] So that's where his seed went? -[exclaims] 392 00:23:23,276 --> 00:23:28,657 My word, what an amusing place this Bukchon is, 393 00:23:28,740 --> 00:23:30,951 where such things happen every day. 394 00:23:31,034 --> 00:23:32,869 [chuckles] 395 00:23:34,329 --> 00:23:37,457 [servant] Madam, Lord Cho Won is here. 396 00:23:37,541 --> 00:23:38,792 Fine, let him… 397 00:23:38,875 --> 00:23:40,168 Uh… [stammers] 398 00:23:40,794 --> 00:23:42,921 What? What did you say? 399 00:23:43,630 --> 00:23:45,173 [gasps, exclaims] 400 00:23:47,509 --> 00:23:48,510 [clears throat] 401 00:23:52,055 --> 00:23:53,306 My lord, 402 00:23:53,890 --> 00:23:57,811 the sample of tobacco I sent you must have been pleasing indeed. 403 00:23:58,603 --> 00:24:01,022 [Won] I could not forget its taste, so I came to see you. 404 00:24:01,606 --> 00:24:02,858 [chuckles] 405 00:24:02,941 --> 00:24:06,194 But I must confess, the scent of these flowers is so strong… 406 00:24:06,278 --> 00:24:07,279 [sighs] 407 00:24:08,989 --> 00:24:12,325 …that I cannot remember the scent of the tobacco I came to purchase. 408 00:24:12,409 --> 00:24:13,952 -[sighs] -Oh. 409 00:24:15,078 --> 00:24:16,454 You may go now. 410 00:24:17,164 --> 00:24:19,583 I must attend to my esteemed guest. 411 00:24:19,666 --> 00:24:20,750 [friend scoffs] 412 00:24:22,210 --> 00:24:23,920 Goodbye, my lady. 413 00:24:27,883 --> 00:24:29,885 Go on now. All of you. 414 00:24:52,699 --> 00:24:53,700 [tea pouring] 415 00:24:53,783 --> 00:24:58,455 I wrote to you so long ago, yet you did not come to see me. 416 00:24:59,748 --> 00:25:02,334 I thought I should quite perish with yearning. 417 00:25:03,585 --> 00:25:04,586 [Won sighs] 418 00:25:04,669 --> 00:25:09,674 So that is why you dared to send so brazen a letter as that. 419 00:25:09,758 --> 00:25:11,509 [scoffs, clicks tongue] 420 00:25:17,390 --> 00:25:20,769 Did you not tell me once that you liked that I was fearless? 421 00:25:20,852 --> 00:25:25,023 And that it was for that very reason you held me deep in your embrace. 422 00:25:25,106 --> 00:25:26,650 Brazen or not, 423 00:25:27,317 --> 00:25:30,445 it seems this letter has brought you to me once again. 424 00:25:33,531 --> 00:25:34,532 [clicks tongue] 425 00:25:35,784 --> 00:25:36,868 You… 426 00:25:38,370 --> 00:25:42,207 have no idea how meddlesome those scrawlings have proven to be 427 00:25:42,958 --> 00:25:47,712 or how much trouble that scrap of paper may still cause me. 428 00:25:47,796 --> 00:25:50,715 -You never even thought of that, did you? -[moans] 429 00:25:53,385 --> 00:25:54,469 [sighs] 430 00:25:55,679 --> 00:25:56,680 Bun-hui. 431 00:25:59,266 --> 00:26:04,354 I am always worrying about this wet tongue of yours. 432 00:26:07,274 --> 00:26:08,275 [sighs] 433 00:26:09,234 --> 00:26:10,860 If used unwisely, 434 00:26:10,944 --> 00:26:12,821 it could become a noose around your neck. 435 00:26:12,904 --> 00:26:14,781 [scoffs] And yet, 436 00:26:15,657 --> 00:26:19,661 you so delight in wagging it, you do not seem to care. 437 00:26:24,582 --> 00:26:28,169 You speak as though my letter were a matter of life and death. 438 00:26:34,217 --> 00:26:35,343 [Won] Bun-hui. 439 00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:39,014 If you do care about your daughter, 440 00:26:40,348 --> 00:26:43,143 you would do well to put your brazenness aside. 441 00:26:46,438 --> 00:26:50,734 It would be all the easier to peek at the scholar-officials you admire so. 442 00:26:51,318 --> 00:26:52,986 And if you do play it right, 443 00:26:53,737 --> 00:26:56,573 you may even join the ranks of those wives you envy. 444 00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:00,201 [chuckles] 445 00:27:04,581 --> 00:27:08,168 If you truly wish to enter Bukchon society… 446 00:27:11,921 --> 00:27:13,757 you must learn to behave 447 00:27:14,799 --> 00:27:16,551 as though you have neither heard… 448 00:27:19,262 --> 00:27:20,889 nor seen what you have. 449 00:27:32,734 --> 00:27:33,735 [clicks tongue] 450 00:27:38,323 --> 00:27:39,783 Do remember that, Bun-hui. 451 00:27:44,079 --> 00:27:45,163 [sighs] 452 00:27:47,707 --> 00:27:48,708 [scoffs] 453 00:27:58,176 --> 00:28:02,806 My lord, please forgive me. Please forgive us. 454 00:28:03,390 --> 00:28:04,933 My mother's brush is clumsy. 455 00:28:05,016 --> 00:28:07,435 I was the one to copy the letter from her hand. 456 00:28:07,519 --> 00:28:10,188 If it displeased you, I beg your pardon on her behalf. 457 00:28:10,939 --> 00:28:13,441 I swear, until the day I die, 458 00:28:13,525 --> 00:28:16,236 no word of this matter shall pass beyond these walls. 459 00:28:16,319 --> 00:28:17,487 I swear it to you, my lord. 460 00:28:19,406 --> 00:28:20,490 Amazing… 461 00:28:22,659 --> 00:28:27,247 To think a mother had her own daughter copy such a letter. 462 00:28:30,750 --> 00:28:32,460 [laughs] 463 00:28:32,544 --> 00:28:34,421 My father is all that binds us. 464 00:28:34,921 --> 00:28:38,258 To honor that bond, I had no choice but to obey my mother. 465 00:28:38,341 --> 00:28:41,886 But if I had it my way, I'd have nothing to do with that filthy wench. 466 00:28:50,311 --> 00:28:54,607 Fine porcelain for sale! Fine porcelain for sale! Fine… Yes, sir? 467 00:28:58,820 --> 00:29:03,366 Your mother seemed to know quite a bit about paintings. 468 00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:05,702 Do you share her eye as well? 469 00:29:05,785 --> 00:29:06,786 What? 470 00:29:07,454 --> 00:29:10,623 Oh, I am no judge of what is good or bad. 471 00:29:10,707 --> 00:29:13,001 I can only judge if something is expensive. 472 00:29:13,793 --> 00:29:15,587 [chuckles] Really? 473 00:29:16,796 --> 00:29:19,841 In that case, what do you make of this painting? 474 00:29:20,675 --> 00:29:22,427 Will it fetch a decent price? 475 00:29:23,011 --> 00:29:24,304 Hmm… 476 00:29:25,096 --> 00:29:28,224 It looks as though the flowers are swaying in the breeze, 477 00:29:28,308 --> 00:29:31,728 and the scent of peonies is practically wafting off the paper. 478 00:29:33,104 --> 00:29:36,149 The tiny flower buds here, behind the leaves, 479 00:29:36,232 --> 00:29:40,445 are so adorable that I want to reach out and put them in my hair. 480 00:29:43,656 --> 00:29:46,826 This is a very important occasion for His Lordship, 481 00:29:46,910 --> 00:29:48,953 as he has long been away from court. 482 00:29:49,454 --> 00:29:50,705 Ah… 483 00:29:58,046 --> 00:29:59,047 Uh… 484 00:30:00,799 --> 00:30:01,800 [Yun] Here. 485 00:30:02,300 --> 00:30:04,260 If you and I work together 486 00:30:04,344 --> 00:30:07,680 and have this flower painting completed upon His Lordship's return, 487 00:30:07,764 --> 00:30:10,642 it would be a most wonderful way to show him our support. 488 00:30:13,061 --> 00:30:16,147 Your handwriting was very lovely, but firm. 489 00:30:16,231 --> 00:30:18,191 I was deeply impressed by it. 490 00:30:18,775 --> 00:30:22,153 Let's complete this with your writing. Any message will do. 491 00:30:23,321 --> 00:30:24,489 [whimpers] 492 00:30:25,740 --> 00:30:26,825 Mm-hmm. 493 00:30:28,368 --> 00:30:30,495 [breathing shakily] 494 00:31:01,192 --> 00:31:04,237 THE WHITE PEONY IN FULL BLOOM IS 495 00:31:06,406 --> 00:31:08,700 Why, this is an entirely different style. 496 00:31:10,076 --> 00:31:12,203 You've changed it for the painting. 497 00:31:12,829 --> 00:31:15,582 To think you could so alter your handwriting 498 00:31:16,124 --> 00:31:18,877 to better suit the piece's whimsical nature. 499 00:31:19,878 --> 00:31:23,339 It would seem we have a remarkable young lady in the house. 500 00:31:25,008 --> 00:31:26,050 [chuckles] 501 00:31:29,304 --> 00:31:32,140 [So-ok whimpers, breathes shakily] 502 00:31:33,349 --> 00:31:34,851 I have committed a sin! 503 00:31:35,602 --> 00:31:37,604 Pray, have mercy and spare me, madam. 504 00:31:37,687 --> 00:31:42,275 [sighs] In truth, I did not write the copies. 505 00:31:42,358 --> 00:31:44,110 Young Master In-ho did. 506 00:31:47,030 --> 00:31:50,825 Young Master In-ho of the Kwon house? The Left State Councilor's son? 507 00:31:50,909 --> 00:31:53,119 Forgive me. No, just kill me. 508 00:31:53,202 --> 00:31:55,580 How dare I, a mere concubine! 509 00:31:56,748 --> 00:31:58,124 [sobs] 510 00:31:59,459 --> 00:32:02,337 At any rate, now it is all over. 511 00:32:02,420 --> 00:32:06,758 Oh, the young master has already learned what I am. 512 00:32:06,841 --> 00:32:07,884 And now… 513 00:32:08,635 --> 00:32:11,137 And now… [sobbing] 514 00:32:14,265 --> 00:32:15,266 [Yun] Hmm… 515 00:32:17,018 --> 00:32:18,811 Poor thing. 516 00:32:19,854 --> 00:32:23,399 Being in one man's arms when your heart is with another. 517 00:32:23,900 --> 00:32:26,903 It must have weighed so heavily on you. 518 00:32:32,116 --> 00:32:33,201 Madam? 519 00:32:33,284 --> 00:32:37,372 When the young master found out, did he refuse to acknowledge you at all? 520 00:32:37,455 --> 00:32:41,209 I told him. And I have not seen him since. 521 00:32:41,834 --> 00:32:42,919 [sighs] 522 00:32:43,544 --> 00:32:46,756 -[So-ok cries] -Oh. 523 00:32:48,716 --> 00:32:53,513 I fear for your heart, which is delicate as a flower petal. 524 00:32:58,393 --> 00:32:59,727 Listen to me. 525 00:32:59,811 --> 00:33:03,022 As long as you serve His Lordship dutifully, 526 00:33:03,856 --> 00:33:06,401 I can turn a blind eye in such matters. 527 00:33:08,736 --> 00:33:13,992 I am not unaware of how difficult life can be for a woman in Bukchon. 528 00:33:15,952 --> 00:33:17,161 Madam. 529 00:33:18,287 --> 00:33:19,288 Tell me. 530 00:33:19,872 --> 00:33:22,667 There's no one else who knows about this, is there? 531 00:33:22,750 --> 00:33:24,335 Mal-ttong is the only one who… 532 00:33:27,505 --> 00:33:28,965 [stammers] 533 00:33:29,799 --> 00:33:32,885 Lord Cho Won has a passing knowledge of the matter. 534 00:33:34,137 --> 00:33:35,346 [sighs] 535 00:33:37,557 --> 00:33:39,017 Oh, goodness. 536 00:33:39,100 --> 00:33:40,101 [So-ok sighs] 537 00:33:43,938 --> 00:33:45,189 I would go to my cousin. 538 00:33:46,107 --> 00:33:48,609 -What? -I would go to him and beg for mercy. 539 00:33:50,069 --> 00:33:52,155 He knows what spring is for a woman. 540 00:33:53,573 --> 00:33:56,367 If your plea to him is sufficiently heartfelt, 541 00:33:56,909 --> 00:34:00,329 he will surely set his duty aside, and look the other way. 542 00:34:00,413 --> 00:34:04,333 T-Truly? Do you think he will? 543 00:34:05,334 --> 00:34:06,669 If I were to guess, 544 00:34:07,628 --> 00:34:11,883 he would gladly be a bridge between you and Master In-ho. 545 00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:14,469 [gasps] Oh. 546 00:34:16,929 --> 00:34:18,097 [chuckles] 547 00:34:19,515 --> 00:34:20,683 Mmm. 548 00:34:36,991 --> 00:34:39,202 Oh. Oh, my lord. 549 00:34:40,828 --> 00:34:44,415 Um, I have something to say to you. 550 00:34:44,499 --> 00:34:45,500 Right now? 551 00:34:46,501 --> 00:34:47,502 Yes. 552 00:34:51,422 --> 00:34:52,423 [Won] Very well. 553 00:34:53,716 --> 00:34:55,468 [footsteps departing] 554 00:35:03,476 --> 00:35:04,602 A letter? 555 00:35:06,395 --> 00:35:08,272 This may take a while. 556 00:35:10,900 --> 00:35:15,404 Do you think it is suitable to leave your shoes outside in plain view? 557 00:35:15,905 --> 00:35:16,906 [So-ok] Hmm? 558 00:35:19,367 --> 00:35:21,202 [sighs] What I mean is… 559 00:35:23,329 --> 00:35:27,291 do you think it is wise to allow someone else to see that you are here? 560 00:35:33,756 --> 00:35:34,757 [door opens] 561 00:35:37,218 --> 00:35:38,219 [sighs] 562 00:35:39,887 --> 00:35:42,223 Um, my lord. 563 00:35:52,650 --> 00:35:56,737 The young master has found out that I am a concubine of this house. 564 00:35:56,821 --> 00:35:57,947 You kept it secret? 565 00:35:58,030 --> 00:35:59,866 I did not mean to. 566 00:36:00,449 --> 00:36:01,450 At any rate, 567 00:36:02,785 --> 00:36:06,497 what should I write? How can I make him forgive me? 568 00:36:07,665 --> 00:36:09,375 [sighs] My… 569 00:36:11,335 --> 00:36:13,671 You do rather look like her. 570 00:36:14,380 --> 00:36:15,423 Like who? 571 00:36:17,633 --> 00:36:18,634 [chuckles] 572 00:36:20,303 --> 00:36:21,846 Luckily for you, 573 00:36:22,430 --> 00:36:25,892 I am somewhat of a master in this area. 574 00:36:27,226 --> 00:36:28,311 A master? 575 00:36:32,857 --> 00:36:34,233 [Won] "How could you… 576 00:36:36,986 --> 00:36:40,156 only brush my shoulders and pass on? 577 00:36:44,577 --> 00:36:48,331 I think of you, young master, and find the breath caught in my chest. 578 00:36:49,832 --> 00:36:51,792 I was wet all through the night, 579 00:36:53,085 --> 00:36:54,629 and left in quite a state." 580 00:36:55,213 --> 00:36:56,214 "Breathe"? 581 00:36:57,340 --> 00:36:58,758 Um, my lord. 582 00:37:01,552 --> 00:37:04,055 How do you spell the word "breathe" again? 583 00:37:05,056 --> 00:37:07,516 Is there another "E" at the end, or not? 584 00:37:12,813 --> 00:37:13,814 [sighs] 585 00:37:15,733 --> 00:37:16,901 That's it. 586 00:37:21,989 --> 00:37:23,616 You did spell it right. 587 00:37:33,167 --> 00:37:35,586 "My legs keep spreading apart. 588 00:37:40,424 --> 00:37:44,303 If only I had a pair of large hands to take hold of them." 589 00:37:44,804 --> 00:37:45,805 [So-ok sighs] 590 00:37:47,974 --> 00:37:49,100 "I long for you. 591 00:37:53,062 --> 00:37:55,731 You are in my thoughts tonight, young master." 592 00:37:57,984 --> 00:37:58,985 [whimpers] 593 00:38:09,537 --> 00:38:11,414 "When I see you next… 594 00:38:16,460 --> 00:38:18,963 I expect you to scold my womanhood." 595 00:38:19,714 --> 00:38:20,840 [sighs] 596 00:38:28,055 --> 00:38:29,807 [Won] "I beg this of you." 597 00:38:31,892 --> 00:38:33,227 [whimpers] 598 00:38:51,537 --> 00:38:53,414 -[clanging] -[gasps] 599 00:38:54,415 --> 00:38:55,583 [clattering] 600 00:39:01,881 --> 00:39:03,090 Yes, there it is. 601 00:39:05,343 --> 00:39:06,844 And what shall you do next? 602 00:39:10,306 --> 00:39:13,059 Imagine, if you will, that I am Young Master In-ho. 603 00:39:14,393 --> 00:39:18,105 What shall you do to appease my anger? 604 00:39:27,656 --> 00:39:29,658 [So-ok breathing shakily] 605 00:39:49,053 --> 00:39:51,430 [both breathe heavily] 606 00:39:53,265 --> 00:39:54,809 Young master. 607 00:40:05,820 --> 00:40:07,405 It is I, So-ok. 608 00:40:09,740 --> 00:40:11,075 Young master. 609 00:40:14,912 --> 00:40:17,665 Young mas… [gasps] I… 610 00:40:18,707 --> 00:40:21,127 -[Won sighs] -Please do not leave, young master! 611 00:40:24,380 --> 00:40:25,840 -Oh, why? -[gasps] 612 00:40:26,632 --> 00:40:28,175 Why, oh, why? 613 00:40:29,760 --> 00:40:31,720 What cruel aberration is this? 614 00:40:31,804 --> 00:40:32,972 It is I, So-ok! 615 00:40:33,889 --> 00:40:35,433 -So-ok. -A concubine? 616 00:40:39,478 --> 00:40:41,856 From the day we could not see each other, 617 00:40:43,149 --> 00:40:44,692 I could not sleep. 618 00:40:44,775 --> 00:40:46,777 I was thinking of you, young master. 619 00:40:46,861 --> 00:40:49,738 [sighs] My lady. 620 00:40:53,534 --> 00:40:56,662 There is not an ounce of falsehood in what you have said. 621 00:40:57,371 --> 00:40:58,497 There couldn't be. 622 00:41:02,585 --> 00:41:04,879 [both sigh] 623 00:41:10,217 --> 00:41:11,260 Oh. [gasps] 624 00:41:13,637 --> 00:41:14,638 [gasps] 625 00:41:21,270 --> 00:41:22,771 I feel the same way. 626 00:41:23,898 --> 00:41:24,940 I, too… 627 00:41:31,489 --> 00:41:33,574 have been thinking of you, my lady. 628 00:41:35,743 --> 00:41:38,078 I, too, have spent many sleepless nights 629 00:41:38,162 --> 00:41:40,664 in heartrending agony. 630 00:41:44,251 --> 00:41:45,336 [So-ok sighs] 631 00:42:08,108 --> 00:42:09,318 [moaning] 632 00:42:28,045 --> 00:42:30,339 On this moonlit night… 633 00:42:33,133 --> 00:42:35,094 that which we longed for… 634 00:42:37,680 --> 00:42:39,431 and carefully folded away… 635 00:42:41,559 --> 00:42:44,603 I wish to unfold here and now together. 636 00:42:47,940 --> 00:42:49,942 I wish for the same. 637 00:42:52,653 --> 00:42:54,613 Unfold to your heart's content. 638 00:42:56,574 --> 00:42:58,075 Allow me to begin. 639 00:42:59,618 --> 00:43:00,619 [sighs] 640 00:43:14,008 --> 00:43:15,509 Very well then. 641 00:43:16,635 --> 00:43:19,305 We are growing ever so close, my lady. 642 00:43:22,057 --> 00:43:23,100 Indeed. 643 00:43:24,310 --> 00:43:26,520 The Young Master In-ho, who you longed for, 644 00:43:27,104 --> 00:43:28,314 is here for you now. 645 00:43:31,650 --> 00:43:33,444 [So-ok] As is your So-ok. 646 00:43:43,287 --> 00:43:44,371 [sighs] 647 00:43:45,456 --> 00:43:46,665 My lady. 648 00:43:46,749 --> 00:43:49,209 [breathing heavily] 649 00:43:51,337 --> 00:43:52,421 Now, then. 650 00:44:11,148 --> 00:44:12,274 Your hand. 651 00:44:15,110 --> 00:44:16,111 Right. 652 00:44:17,112 --> 00:44:20,199 I would like my young master to begin. 653 00:44:21,116 --> 00:44:22,576 Yes, my lady. 654 00:44:23,243 --> 00:44:25,788 -[sighs] -Young master. 655 00:44:34,004 --> 00:44:35,130 [sighs] 656 00:44:37,257 --> 00:44:38,425 [So-ok moans] 657 00:44:39,134 --> 00:44:40,219 Oh, my… 658 00:44:40,803 --> 00:44:42,012 [So-ok sighs] 659 00:44:47,142 --> 00:44:49,687 [Won] About the flower bud you sent me last night. 660 00:44:50,187 --> 00:44:53,565 Before I even laid a hand on her, she was already half-naked. 661 00:44:54,066 --> 00:44:56,068 I nearly lost my wits and allowed the chase 662 00:44:56,151 --> 00:44:58,654 -to end anticlimactically. -[So-ok] It is I, So-ok, madam. 663 00:44:58,737 --> 00:45:00,197 [Won] But I am still myself. 664 00:45:00,948 --> 00:45:03,075 If I were to simply grant you what you desire, 665 00:45:03,158 --> 00:45:06,245 I feared our wager would become a rather hollow affair. 666 00:45:06,829 --> 00:45:08,914 Somehow I managed to send her away. 667 00:45:09,415 --> 00:45:11,250 [So-ok] Did you sleep well last night, madam? 668 00:45:11,333 --> 00:45:12,376 [Won] For now, 669 00:45:12,459 --> 00:45:16,088 I shall focus on my original goal of conquering the young widow. 670 00:45:17,047 --> 00:45:18,882 Wait for me, dear cousin. 671 00:45:19,716 --> 00:45:23,387 I look forward to claiming that irresistible reward of yours. 672 00:45:25,597 --> 00:45:26,723 Let me see. 673 00:45:30,185 --> 00:45:31,186 [sniffs] 674 00:45:45,200 --> 00:45:49,204 [Bun-hui's daughter] "It was merely a harmless jape, therefore"… 675 00:45:50,956 --> 00:45:53,542 Ah. Oh, master, what took you so long? 676 00:45:53,625 --> 00:45:55,711 You're supposed to stand while you wait for me, 677 00:45:55,794 --> 00:45:57,087 you insolent creature. 678 00:45:57,754 --> 00:46:00,299 Here. Go and deliver this to the lady. 679 00:46:00,382 --> 00:46:02,676 The lady has already left, and took Eun-sil. 680 00:46:05,304 --> 00:46:07,222 She went to Hwaseong to visit family. 681 00:46:07,306 --> 00:46:08,932 What's this all about anyhow? 682 00:46:10,225 --> 00:46:11,310 [sighs] 683 00:46:22,279 --> 00:46:24,490 [Eun-sil crying] 684 00:46:36,710 --> 00:46:38,045 Late last night, 685 00:46:39,546 --> 00:46:42,549 the late Lord An appeared to me in a dream. 686 00:46:43,717 --> 00:46:45,427 He said he wished to see you. 687 00:46:46,970 --> 00:46:50,599 He reached out his hand, and held tight to mine. 688 00:47:16,208 --> 00:47:17,751 [exhales deeply] 689 00:47:19,378 --> 00:47:21,129 [whimpers] 690 00:47:22,172 --> 00:47:26,677 I suppose he must have been missing you. 691 00:47:31,515 --> 00:47:33,934 Go and visit your parents' house. 692 00:48:38,957 --> 00:48:39,958 [gasps] 693 00:49:24,378 --> 00:49:26,755 Oh! Eun-sil! Eun-sil! 694 00:49:27,255 --> 00:49:30,801 [chuckles] Eun-sil! Oh! 695 00:49:32,302 --> 00:49:33,470 Eun-sil! 696 00:49:34,096 --> 00:49:35,263 [gasps] 697 00:49:36,598 --> 00:49:38,850 Madam! Madam! 698 00:49:39,559 --> 00:49:41,561 Madam! Oh, madam! 699 00:49:42,854 --> 00:49:44,231 Lord Cho Won is here. 700 00:49:45,273 --> 00:49:46,441 Did you hear what I said? 701 00:49:46,942 --> 00:49:49,361 The lord, Cho Won, has come all the way here. 702 00:49:54,408 --> 00:49:55,534 Madam. 703 00:50:17,764 --> 00:50:20,267 -You're here. I'll just-- -[Eun-sil grunts] 704 00:50:20,934 --> 00:50:22,644 What is this? Come now! 705 00:50:22,728 --> 00:50:24,604 What is the meaning of this? 706 00:50:24,688 --> 00:50:26,606 -Oh, my lady. -[gasps] 707 00:50:30,360 --> 00:50:33,029 Well, Eun-sil, tell me, 708 00:50:33,113 --> 00:50:35,073 have you informed the lady I am here? 709 00:50:35,824 --> 00:50:37,868 -Yes. -Oh, good. 710 00:50:37,951 --> 00:50:40,120 And what did she say? 711 00:50:40,203 --> 00:50:42,289 That you have no reason to be here, 712 00:50:43,081 --> 00:50:44,916 and you should go back at once. 713 00:50:45,500 --> 00:50:46,585 Oh. Uh… 714 00:50:47,794 --> 00:50:48,795 That's… 715 00:50:49,629 --> 00:50:51,673 [sighs] That cannot be. 716 00:50:53,049 --> 00:50:55,177 That simply cannot be true. 717 00:50:57,053 --> 00:50:59,556 -Go get her. -Tell your lady again. 718 00:51:01,558 --> 00:51:03,310 Tell her I will not take a single step… 719 00:51:04,144 --> 00:51:05,437 -Look. -[stomping] 720 00:51:06,021 --> 00:51:08,148 …until she agrees to come out and face me. 721 00:51:08,231 --> 00:51:10,275 She did as she pleased, leaving without a word, 722 00:51:10,358 --> 00:51:11,943 so I will do as I please as well. 723 00:51:12,944 --> 00:51:14,029 I will wait for her. 724 00:51:14,738 --> 00:51:16,948 See that you relay exactly what I have said. 725 00:51:17,032 --> 00:51:18,867 My lord, please do not do this to her. 726 00:51:19,367 --> 00:51:20,827 Please go back at once. 727 00:51:20,911 --> 00:51:22,621 What if the master of this house should see you? 728 00:51:23,205 --> 00:51:24,206 I'm sorry. 729 00:51:27,751 --> 00:51:29,836 -[Won] Come now! Tell her as I said! -[gasps] 730 00:51:42,849 --> 00:51:45,852 [both whining] 731 00:52:01,451 --> 00:52:03,119 [sighs] 732 00:52:06,289 --> 00:52:08,291 [thunder rumbling] 733 00:52:09,376 --> 00:52:10,460 [sighs] 734 00:52:12,546 --> 00:52:16,675 Madam, if you're going to be like this, you may as well see him. 735 00:52:20,262 --> 00:52:22,597 He is still here. He hasn't left. 736 00:52:24,391 --> 00:52:26,393 I hope he hasn't frozen in the rain. 737 00:52:32,649 --> 00:52:33,650 [sighs] 738 00:52:40,907 --> 00:52:43,285 [whispering] Get away! Go, go! 739 00:52:43,368 --> 00:52:45,412 Hurry up and go! Go! 740 00:52:52,294 --> 00:52:53,712 [coughing] 741 00:52:54,588 --> 00:52:56,339 Cho Won, that rascal. 742 00:52:56,840 --> 00:53:00,844 What was he intending by making you write a letter of explanation for him? 743 00:53:01,678 --> 00:53:02,846 Out with it. 744 00:53:02,929 --> 00:53:05,682 Mother, I swear, I don't know anything, really. 745 00:53:05,765 --> 00:53:06,766 [scoffs] 746 00:53:06,850 --> 00:53:09,644 All I know is Lord Cho Won sought me out this morning. 747 00:53:09,728 --> 00:53:11,605 He said if I did not write what he wanted, 748 00:53:11,688 --> 00:53:14,149 he would ensure disgrace came to our family. 749 00:53:14,733 --> 00:53:19,070 I was worried that some misfortune might befall you if I refused, 750 00:53:20,280 --> 00:53:22,324 so I did as he told me to do. 751 00:53:23,825 --> 00:53:25,243 Think about it, Mother. 752 00:53:25,785 --> 00:53:28,538 Why would a man like him explain himself? 753 00:53:29,456 --> 00:53:30,498 Really. 754 00:53:30,582 --> 00:53:32,626 You said it yourself, Mother. I'm… 755 00:53:33,293 --> 00:53:35,378 I'm an unbecoming and ill-bred girl. 756 00:53:35,462 --> 00:53:37,923 [coughing] For heaven's sake. 757 00:53:38,006 --> 00:53:40,091 Why would he explain himself to me? 758 00:53:41,509 --> 00:53:44,012 I just did as I was told, Mother. 759 00:53:44,095 --> 00:53:45,722 Please believe me. 760 00:53:45,805 --> 00:53:47,098 [sobs] 761 00:53:48,642 --> 00:53:50,518 [sighs] So-ok may know what's going on. 762 00:53:52,062 --> 00:53:53,521 Why would So-ok know? 763 00:53:54,356 --> 00:53:56,775 Because that is Cho Won's cousin's house. 764 00:53:56,858 --> 00:53:59,736 Go over there to eavesdrop and find out what you can. 765 00:53:59,819 --> 00:54:04,157 Go find out the reason why Cho Won made you do such a ridiculous thing! 766 00:54:04,240 --> 00:54:05,784 [insects chirping] 767 00:54:06,326 --> 00:54:08,453 [shouting] Could you, for one fleeting moment, 768 00:54:09,829 --> 00:54:12,707 show me a glimpse of your face, my lady? 769 00:54:15,418 --> 00:54:17,253 I shall continue to wait here! 770 00:54:21,967 --> 00:54:22,968 [Hui-yeon sighs] 771 00:54:37,816 --> 00:54:38,984 [sighs] 772 00:54:39,067 --> 00:54:41,194 I wish only to show you my heart… 773 00:54:44,155 --> 00:54:46,783 [sighs] …but you will not see it. 774 00:55:03,675 --> 00:55:04,759 [gasps] 775 00:55:04,843 --> 00:55:07,095 Hey, Chil-seong. This is it. 776 00:55:08,096 --> 00:55:09,097 [blows] 777 00:55:13,560 --> 00:55:14,561 [Chil-seong] Eun-sil. 778 00:55:16,563 --> 00:55:17,647 W-Where is she? 779 00:55:34,622 --> 00:55:36,291 The night is most cold. 780 00:55:38,626 --> 00:55:40,670 You should go back to your home, my lord. 781 00:55:47,093 --> 00:55:48,720 Are you all right, my lady? 782 00:55:52,265 --> 00:55:53,266 [sighs] 783 00:55:53,349 --> 00:55:56,728 I wanted you to have this letter. 784 00:56:02,692 --> 00:56:05,904 That is all. Please read it. 785 00:56:07,739 --> 00:56:09,407 You will find in this letter… 786 00:56:11,826 --> 00:56:13,870 my truest feelings. 787 00:56:15,288 --> 00:56:17,832 It is proof that my feelings are not false. 788 00:56:19,626 --> 00:56:20,627 But I… 789 00:56:21,294 --> 00:56:23,338 I cannot leave like this. 790 00:56:24,756 --> 00:56:27,175 I must clear the misunderstanding between us. 791 00:56:30,136 --> 00:56:32,222 Oh, please. 792 00:56:33,473 --> 00:56:35,391 Will you not take this letter? 793 00:56:47,153 --> 00:56:49,280 I had thought our two hearts were one. 794 00:56:51,825 --> 00:56:53,201 I had thought my heart… 795 00:56:54,994 --> 00:56:57,747 desired the same thing as yours. Indeed, I did. 796 00:56:58,248 --> 00:56:59,374 And yet… 797 00:56:59,457 --> 00:57:01,960 Oh, if you will not let me tell this to you, 798 00:57:02,043 --> 00:57:03,711 what on earth am I to do? 799 00:57:08,174 --> 00:57:09,175 Why? 800 00:57:12,387 --> 00:57:14,389 Why did you appear before me? 801 00:57:16,266 --> 00:57:18,977 Why did you appear to a lowly creature such as I? 802 00:57:19,060 --> 00:57:20,353 Was it to kill me? 803 00:57:22,772 --> 00:57:23,982 Why have you… 804 00:57:26,568 --> 00:57:28,486 made me long for you? 805 00:57:32,490 --> 00:57:33,491 [sniffles] 806 00:57:54,220 --> 00:57:55,805 [Hui-yeon breathing shakily] 807 00:58:00,602 --> 00:58:01,769 Because… 808 00:58:06,941 --> 00:58:09,235 I want to live, my lord. 809 00:58:12,197 --> 00:58:13,198 [sniffles] 810 00:58:21,706 --> 00:58:23,333 [Hui-yeon crying] 811 00:58:32,967 --> 00:58:34,093 My lady. 812 00:58:37,805 --> 00:58:39,390 I swear to you… 813 00:58:43,186 --> 00:58:44,771 I will keep you alive… 814 00:58:48,525 --> 00:58:49,901 no matter the cost… 815 00:58:53,029 --> 00:58:54,656 if it's the last thing I do. 816 00:58:56,115 --> 00:58:57,867 [Hui-yeon cries] 817 00:58:58,409 --> 00:59:02,664 [Won chuckles]