1 00:00:12,220 --> 00:00:15,098 [slow geomungo melody playing] 2 00:00:49,466 --> 00:00:52,969 "In truth, I was embarrassed. 3 00:00:54,929 --> 00:01:00,477 Every burning touch of your hand upon my body 4 00:01:01,561 --> 00:01:04,773 caused a stirring and rising heat, 5 00:01:05,356 --> 00:01:06,733 and my body twisted. 6 00:01:08,193 --> 00:01:09,736 And I was… 7 00:01:10,862 --> 00:01:12,947 embarrassed quite abundantly. 8 00:01:14,616 --> 00:01:16,576 It was also painful 9 00:01:18,036 --> 00:01:20,622 once you were fully inside of me… 10 00:01:22,916 --> 00:01:26,795 as if my flesh were being flayed, and it left me in a daze. 11 00:01:28,421 --> 00:01:29,422 However… 12 00:01:31,549 --> 00:01:35,887 Ah, the instant I felt your skin moving inside of me, 13 00:01:37,555 --> 00:01:39,682 I realized, once and for all. 14 00:01:44,229 --> 00:01:46,731 And let me say, however many nights I have left, 15 00:01:46,815 --> 00:01:48,525 I wish to share with you 16 00:01:48,608 --> 00:01:51,319 and to stay with you until my days run out. 17 00:01:56,616 --> 00:02:01,162 Pray, stay beside me as you are beside me now." 18 00:02:02,122 --> 00:02:04,707 [laughing] 19 00:02:14,008 --> 00:02:16,636 That woman is such a sorry simpleton. 20 00:02:19,681 --> 00:02:22,142 She's as amusing as she is pathetic. 21 00:02:24,227 --> 00:02:28,148 Now, cousin, won't you tell me how you experienced that? 22 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:32,861 Tell me, was there a stirring in your bones 23 00:02:34,154 --> 00:02:36,114 as the young widow lay down? 24 00:02:36,906 --> 00:02:39,701 The lady never had a man, at least not really. 25 00:02:43,079 --> 00:02:44,998 She latched on to my neck… 26 00:02:46,457 --> 00:02:48,626 then she begged me with her eyes. 27 00:02:55,383 --> 00:02:57,510 How warm and tender that was. 28 00:02:58,261 --> 00:02:59,846 Oh, was it, pray tell? 29 00:03:04,726 --> 00:03:06,352 I take it you're displeased. 30 00:03:07,020 --> 00:03:08,563 And if I am, so what? 31 00:03:09,606 --> 00:03:12,150 You know as well as I, dear cousin, 32 00:03:12,233 --> 00:03:14,611 why I went to such lengths. 33 00:03:16,321 --> 00:03:18,448 Everything is because of you. 34 00:03:21,743 --> 00:03:22,869 Now, then… 35 00:03:26,331 --> 00:03:27,790 Will this finally be the day? 36 00:03:32,420 --> 00:03:34,422 For so long, I've been expecting that. 37 00:03:44,140 --> 00:03:45,266 [chuckles] 38 00:03:55,568 --> 00:03:56,569 [Won sighs] 39 00:04:13,211 --> 00:04:16,714 Yet, we'll have to delay this… 40 00:04:17,674 --> 00:04:19,676 bestowing of your reward. 41 00:04:20,677 --> 00:04:23,888 I was enjoined to see a matter of great tenor. 42 00:04:41,322 --> 00:04:43,950 A WOMAN HAD FALLEN OFF A CLIFF 43 00:04:44,534 --> 00:04:46,953 NONE OTHER THAN THE LADY HERSELF 44 00:04:47,829 --> 00:04:48,955 What on earth… 45 00:04:49,038 --> 00:04:51,791 YOUR SERVANT, CHO WON, HUMBLY REPORTS TO YOUR MAJESTY 46 00:04:51,874 --> 00:04:53,126 Oh, my God. 47 00:04:53,209 --> 00:04:57,005 I hear you were directed to retrieve the remains of the young widow. 48 00:04:57,088 --> 00:05:00,341 Still, I knew you'd be thinking of that wretched wager. 49 00:05:00,425 --> 00:05:02,427 So, I thought I'd write it on your behalf. 50 00:05:03,928 --> 00:05:05,513 But I did not realize 51 00:05:05,596 --> 00:05:08,808 how very desperately the young widow has come to cling to this life. 52 00:05:10,768 --> 00:05:13,896 She has forgotten all about her promises, I guess. 53 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:15,565 What are you saying? 54 00:05:17,275 --> 00:05:19,652 I wrote a marriage proposal letter. 55 00:05:19,736 --> 00:05:21,612 And certain promises have been made. 56 00:05:24,532 --> 00:05:27,452 Notably that she will, at the very least, 57 00:05:27,994 --> 00:05:30,413 fulfill her duty and let death carry her off. 58 00:05:32,415 --> 00:05:34,459 It is fitting and apt, is it not? 59 00:05:35,460 --> 00:05:39,422 That's how it is. Her life ends now. 60 00:05:41,841 --> 00:05:44,385 It is regrettable to learn that she is still alive, 61 00:05:44,469 --> 00:05:46,637 though it won't matter much, I guess. 62 00:05:47,764 --> 00:05:48,890 For, as we know, 63 00:05:50,391 --> 00:05:51,976 death will occur in the end. 64 00:05:52,810 --> 00:05:53,811 [Won huffs] 65 00:05:53,895 --> 00:05:55,897 All you need to do, dear cousin, 66 00:05:56,439 --> 00:05:59,108 is take what I have written and present it to His Majesty. 67 00:05:59,692 --> 00:06:01,527 Go to him with these words, 68 00:06:02,195 --> 00:06:06,574 that some are saying that they saw an abominable thing. 69 00:06:07,075 --> 00:06:09,035 A woman who threw herself off a cliff. 70 00:06:09,118 --> 00:06:12,872 Are you telling me that I should tell a despicable lie? 71 00:06:12,955 --> 00:06:16,417 When the young widow hears what everyone says happened, 72 00:06:17,418 --> 00:06:21,672 she will know that the only option she has is to end it all. 73 00:06:22,298 --> 00:06:24,133 And, gladly, she will do so. 74 00:06:24,717 --> 00:06:28,805 Then, all shall be restored to its rightful place. 75 00:06:29,764 --> 00:06:32,475 Your concern for me may be heavenly in aspect… 76 00:06:32,558 --> 00:06:33,768 [chuckles] 77 00:06:34,268 --> 00:06:38,773 …however, this kindness, dear cousin, is far too much. 78 00:06:39,690 --> 00:06:40,900 This thing 79 00:06:41,984 --> 00:06:44,904 shouldn't really involve you at all. 80 00:06:44,987 --> 00:06:46,656 Really? Do you think so? 81 00:06:48,116 --> 00:06:49,200 Dear cousin, 82 00:06:50,827 --> 00:06:52,703 can you recall the day that you… 83 00:06:54,914 --> 00:06:58,334 took my verse, which I wrote for you, and brought the family honor? 84 00:07:00,211 --> 00:07:03,798 As I did then, I am merely trying to come to your assistance. 85 00:07:07,009 --> 00:07:08,970 I'll never forget it, of that you can be sure. 86 00:07:09,804 --> 00:07:12,932 Yes, I remember well that piercing gaze you fixed on me. 87 00:07:15,435 --> 00:07:17,186 If it were possible, cousin… 88 00:07:20,940 --> 00:07:22,358 If I could go back in time, 89 00:07:22,442 --> 00:07:25,278 I would say I did not write those lines, 90 00:07:25,361 --> 00:07:27,488 that you wrote it all, right from the beginning. 91 00:07:29,449 --> 00:07:30,491 And I… 92 00:07:36,038 --> 00:07:38,624 I am no longer the child I had been. 93 00:07:46,424 --> 00:07:48,426 -Won… -Do not call me that. 94 00:07:49,218 --> 00:07:52,638 You say you wrote that to help me, as you were helping me then? 95 00:07:54,891 --> 00:07:56,142 Then so be it. 96 00:07:56,809 --> 00:07:57,894 Very well. 97 00:07:59,437 --> 00:08:02,106 In that case, I ask, as I did then, 98 00:08:03,107 --> 00:08:05,193 to hold my hand once more. 99 00:08:08,905 --> 00:08:10,990 And this time you will come along. 100 00:08:17,914 --> 00:08:18,956 [chuckles] 101 00:08:41,938 --> 00:08:43,105 I'm glad… 102 00:08:46,275 --> 00:08:48,569 at last I heard you speak these words. 103 00:08:52,865 --> 00:08:54,909 I've waited so long for you 104 00:08:56,118 --> 00:08:58,579 to ask that I follow you again. 105 00:09:01,749 --> 00:09:03,793 I couldn't stop thinking about it, 106 00:09:03,876 --> 00:09:06,671 since the day that I could not go to you… 107 00:09:08,422 --> 00:09:13,511 About the ferry boat I had to watch through my tears drift away. 108 00:09:16,472 --> 00:09:19,725 And I've wondered if I might see that ferry once again. 109 00:09:20,226 --> 00:09:22,228 [crying] 110 00:09:23,271 --> 00:09:25,356 [Yun] So please, do tell me more. 111 00:09:27,024 --> 00:09:29,485 Tell me of the future you envision for us. 112 00:09:31,737 --> 00:09:34,448 Even now, I would enjoy hearing you speak of that. 113 00:09:38,244 --> 00:09:40,830 And of Yanjing, where they say that wonders 114 00:09:41,664 --> 00:09:43,541 of every sort are gathered. 115 00:09:45,126 --> 00:09:47,128 -[sobbing] -Hmm? 116 00:10:21,162 --> 00:10:22,496 Cho Won… 117 00:10:29,420 --> 00:10:31,297 Cho Won. 118 00:10:38,846 --> 00:10:41,390 I wished to call you by your name. 119 00:10:52,026 --> 00:10:53,027 Hui-yeon. 120 00:10:55,196 --> 00:10:56,530 -Mmm. -[Won sighs] 121 00:10:58,032 --> 00:10:59,033 Hui-yeon. 122 00:11:29,897 --> 00:11:31,440 [gasps] 123 00:11:46,872 --> 00:11:48,749 -[breathing shakily] -My lady… 124 00:11:53,504 --> 00:11:55,631 The Young Master In-ho was here. 125 00:11:58,467 --> 00:12:00,511 He was outside the gate a minute ago. 126 00:12:00,594 --> 00:12:02,138 He was watching me there. 127 00:12:13,023 --> 00:12:15,818 My lord, where we go doesn't matter to me. 128 00:12:18,863 --> 00:12:20,865 You must come away with me, that's what matters. 129 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:25,077 Won't you come away with me, please? 130 00:12:35,713 --> 00:12:37,631 It's going to be fine. 131 00:12:38,257 --> 00:12:42,178 My heart is filled with joy now that you've told me that. 132 00:12:43,387 --> 00:12:45,264 Improper as it might be, yes. 133 00:12:49,643 --> 00:12:50,728 All right. 134 00:12:51,729 --> 00:12:53,022 Where shall we go now? 135 00:12:54,398 --> 00:12:55,566 Across the sea? 136 00:12:55,649 --> 00:12:56,734 I think not. 137 00:12:58,194 --> 00:12:59,945 What if we went to Yanjing? 138 00:13:00,446 --> 00:13:01,989 No one will ever find us. 139 00:13:06,785 --> 00:13:07,786 Mm-hmm. 140 00:13:09,997 --> 00:13:11,999 [crying] 141 00:13:13,209 --> 00:13:17,505 [Yun] How I've waited for you to ask me to leave with you again. 142 00:13:17,588 --> 00:13:19,340 [Hui-yeon] It doesn't matter where. 143 00:13:20,090 --> 00:13:25,262 [Yun] How about Yanjing, where they say that wonders of every sort are gathered? 144 00:13:27,097 --> 00:13:28,098 Hmm? 145 00:13:28,641 --> 00:13:29,975 [Hui-yeon crying] 146 00:13:39,026 --> 00:13:40,611 How long I've been waiting… 147 00:13:46,867 --> 00:13:48,661 waiting to hear you say that. 148 00:13:53,999 --> 00:13:55,793 Tell me more now, won't you? 149 00:13:57,461 --> 00:13:58,504 About… 150 00:14:00,172 --> 00:14:01,507 our future together. 151 00:14:16,564 --> 00:14:17,565 [sighs] 152 00:14:31,287 --> 00:14:33,247 There is one more thing you must hear. 153 00:14:33,789 --> 00:14:35,624 His Majesty has given me a command 154 00:14:36,125 --> 00:14:37,376 to retrieve the remains 155 00:14:37,459 --> 00:14:39,795 of the Left State Councilor's daughter-in-law, 156 00:14:41,005 --> 00:14:43,507 now that she has bid farewell and passed away. 157 00:14:46,302 --> 00:14:47,845 Whatever it takes, 158 00:14:49,263 --> 00:14:52,141 I'll manage to find a way, so I think… I… 159 00:14:52,641 --> 00:14:54,226 You, my lady, should go on ahead. 160 00:14:55,686 --> 00:14:57,021 No, I refuse. 161 00:14:57,521 --> 00:14:59,398 Did you not say you wanted to live? 162 00:15:14,663 --> 00:15:16,582 Yes, I have made it very clear… 163 00:15:20,210 --> 00:15:22,630 that I want to be living with you, my lord. 164 00:15:28,594 --> 00:15:29,845 That cannot be. 165 00:15:38,938 --> 00:15:39,939 [whimpers] 166 00:15:49,865 --> 00:15:51,492 -Hyah! Hyah! -[whinnies] 167 00:15:53,118 --> 00:15:56,205 [Won] The truth is, I have come to ask you a favor. 168 00:15:56,288 --> 00:15:58,874 I need to find someone a position right away. 169 00:15:58,958 --> 00:16:00,209 Who's that? 170 00:16:00,292 --> 00:16:02,336 -A woman. -A… A woman? 171 00:16:02,419 --> 00:16:04,088 A woman in disguise. 172 00:16:04,171 --> 00:16:06,382 Huh. Oh-Oh… 173 00:16:13,222 --> 00:16:16,475 [Ganghwa] Young master, please rise. I have brought some porridge for you. 174 00:16:16,558 --> 00:16:18,185 I have a terrible headache. 175 00:16:19,436 --> 00:16:20,771 Oh, a headache? 176 00:16:20,854 --> 00:16:22,398 In-ho… Oh, goodness. 177 00:16:23,273 --> 00:16:26,819 [sighs] What on earth has befallen you? 178 00:16:27,569 --> 00:16:28,570 Oh. 179 00:16:31,448 --> 00:16:32,449 [door opens] 180 00:16:33,075 --> 00:16:34,451 [sighs] 181 00:16:37,621 --> 00:16:39,415 I told you I don't wish to eat. Why do you… 182 00:16:39,498 --> 00:16:40,624 Shh. 183 00:16:57,933 --> 00:17:00,269 I didn't know your manners were so inappropriate. 184 00:17:01,437 --> 00:17:03,480 You could've let me know a little sooner. 185 00:17:07,985 --> 00:17:10,029 [chuckles] 186 00:17:10,112 --> 00:17:12,823 You're in no position to laugh at me right now. 187 00:17:13,532 --> 00:17:14,783 [sighs] 188 00:17:17,619 --> 00:17:19,872 The girl, my brother-in-law's concubine… 189 00:17:20,706 --> 00:17:21,999 [chuckles] 190 00:17:23,500 --> 00:17:25,586 …has asked me to deliver this to you. 191 00:17:30,340 --> 00:17:32,217 No one ever informed me 192 00:17:32,301 --> 00:17:35,012 that you are a man who lusts after women. 193 00:17:35,763 --> 00:17:37,306 I could've done something. 194 00:17:39,433 --> 00:17:42,770 I could have thoroughly warned my cousin about you. 195 00:17:44,730 --> 00:17:49,276 I wonder what His Excellency will have to say. [clicks tongue] 196 00:17:58,160 --> 00:17:59,161 What… 197 00:18:04,500 --> 00:18:05,793 Master, I'm… 198 00:18:05,876 --> 00:18:07,044 Hey, wait. 199 00:18:08,378 --> 00:18:11,215 What is it, young master? Why are you acting like that? 200 00:18:11,715 --> 00:18:13,008 [laughing] 201 00:18:15,969 --> 00:18:17,471 Don't worry too much. 202 00:18:17,554 --> 00:18:19,848 I'm not going to speak of this to anybody. 203 00:18:19,932 --> 00:18:23,685 As a scholar-official, one's duty is to protect the honor of the family. 204 00:18:25,312 --> 00:18:26,522 However, there are… 205 00:18:28,315 --> 00:18:31,693 delicate matters which, once uncovered, can't be handled. 206 00:19:46,894 --> 00:19:47,895 [Yun chuckles] 207 00:19:53,358 --> 00:19:57,946 You said you're no longer the child that you once were. 208 00:20:00,782 --> 00:20:02,451 But, as for me, 209 00:20:03,660 --> 00:20:06,622 to come away with you once again, dear cousin, 210 00:20:08,248 --> 00:20:09,499 it was like I was 211 00:20:10,250 --> 00:20:13,503 reunited with the compassionate man I knew when I was young. 212 00:20:15,005 --> 00:20:17,216 My whole body shook with impatience. 213 00:20:28,518 --> 00:20:31,647 So, Hwaseong. I heard you went there 214 00:20:31,730 --> 00:20:35,525 in order to have done with the quandary of the young widow? 215 00:20:36,693 --> 00:20:37,694 Yes. 216 00:20:41,114 --> 00:20:42,324 And if, in the end, 217 00:20:42,407 --> 00:20:44,701 we circled back to where it all began, 218 00:20:46,036 --> 00:20:48,914 then I would say that silly wager was unnecessary. 219 00:20:50,958 --> 00:20:54,670 Tell me, the young widow, what happened in the end? 220 00:20:54,753 --> 00:20:56,964 Did she go away without any ado? 221 00:20:59,007 --> 00:21:00,592 [sighs, scoffs] 222 00:21:02,594 --> 00:21:05,847 Her strength seemed gone, as was any lingering attachment. 223 00:21:09,184 --> 00:21:10,936 She will die by her own hand. 224 00:21:15,148 --> 00:21:16,275 It'll happen soon. 225 00:21:19,736 --> 00:21:21,029 I think that's true. 226 00:21:23,490 --> 00:21:25,951 I am relieved in a way, I guess. 227 00:21:28,036 --> 00:21:29,788 One obstacle has arisen. 228 00:21:31,123 --> 00:21:32,249 Though I know not how, 229 00:21:33,041 --> 00:21:34,710 the Left State Councilor's son… 230 00:21:36,753 --> 00:21:38,505 learned about this entire matter. 231 00:21:39,089 --> 00:21:41,383 We can trust the young master, I'd say. 232 00:21:42,134 --> 00:21:43,885 He is of a tender disposition, 233 00:21:44,386 --> 00:21:46,722 and I'm sure he won't be speaking out of turn. 234 00:21:48,598 --> 00:21:49,683 What is more distressing 235 00:21:51,393 --> 00:21:53,437 is that this matter has been told 236 00:21:54,730 --> 00:21:56,398 to the Lady of the First Rank. 237 00:21:56,481 --> 00:21:57,482 [gasps] 238 00:21:57,566 --> 00:21:59,276 I should've told you right away, 239 00:21:59,776 --> 00:22:02,321 but I feared I might cause you needless worry. 240 00:22:03,322 --> 00:22:07,784 She has made it plain she could ignore the troubles that we're talking about 241 00:22:07,868 --> 00:22:11,913 so long as approval for the Memorial Gate for Virtuous Women is forthcoming. 242 00:22:11,997 --> 00:22:14,958 She asked me to ensure the project goes through. 243 00:22:15,584 --> 00:22:17,252 Have you been blackmailed? 244 00:22:20,672 --> 00:22:23,633 It was a request to be of help in this. 245 00:22:23,717 --> 00:22:26,178 -Oh, cousin. -Go to His Majesty 246 00:22:26,261 --> 00:22:29,139 and say the words exactly as I have written them down. 247 00:22:29,222 --> 00:22:31,099 I pray that is all you need to do. 248 00:22:31,600 --> 00:22:33,894 Then no one and nothing will trouble you 249 00:22:34,394 --> 00:22:37,230 or trouble me with this ever again, dear cousin. 250 00:22:42,486 --> 00:22:43,487 All right. 251 00:22:54,790 --> 00:22:57,667 I held on to this to show you when you returned. 252 00:22:58,585 --> 00:22:59,586 Here it is. 253 00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:02,923 Isn't that you, my lord? 254 00:23:04,508 --> 00:23:06,134 THERE WAS A MAN WHO WENT ABOUT SCOLDING 255 00:23:06,218 --> 00:23:07,761 MOIST WOMANHOODS WITH HIS LARGE HANDS 256 00:23:16,436 --> 00:23:17,437 And… 257 00:23:19,064 --> 00:23:20,315 Where did you get this? 258 00:23:20,398 --> 00:23:23,026 Eun-sil's mistress wanted it burned, 259 00:23:23,110 --> 00:23:25,570 but the women of the house were all passing it around. 260 00:23:26,238 --> 00:23:28,824 Eun-sil thought perhaps you should see it, 261 00:23:28,907 --> 00:23:30,408 so she traded for it. 262 00:23:30,492 --> 00:23:32,077 Cost her some dried beef too. 263 00:23:33,036 --> 00:23:36,081 -[sighs] Bun-hui… -Bun-hui? 264 00:23:37,249 --> 00:23:38,792 -Bun-hui. -Bun-hui. 265 00:23:48,009 --> 00:23:50,345 Go to Mapo Ferry Crossing. I need a favor. 266 00:23:51,138 --> 00:23:53,056 -Hmm. -I shall leave for Yanjing. 267 00:23:53,557 --> 00:23:55,767 Yanjing? The Great State? 268 00:23:56,476 --> 00:23:58,061 Whether by ship or by road, 269 00:23:58,979 --> 00:24:01,148 find the swiftest and most discreet route. 270 00:24:01,731 --> 00:24:02,774 One other thing… 271 00:24:05,569 --> 00:24:07,946 It should be comfortable enough for a woman to travel it. 272 00:24:08,029 --> 00:24:09,698 Ah, a woman? 273 00:24:09,781 --> 00:24:12,117 -Who else could catch your eye so… -What about Eun-sil? 274 00:24:12,617 --> 00:24:14,035 You'll leave her behind? 275 00:24:15,954 --> 00:24:17,414 Eun-sil? [gasps] 276 00:24:17,497 --> 00:24:19,916 Eun… Eun-sil is coming with us to Yanjing? 277 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:21,001 Truly? 278 00:24:21,501 --> 00:24:22,836 I have to be somewhere. 279 00:24:23,336 --> 00:24:24,880 Do a good job with that. 280 00:24:24,963 --> 00:24:25,964 [Chil-seong] I will. 281 00:24:36,474 --> 00:24:37,642 [Yun] Dear cousin… 282 00:24:40,270 --> 00:24:42,189 I see you're going somewhere. 283 00:24:52,490 --> 00:24:54,743 I'm making arrangements for us to leave together, am I not? 284 00:24:57,746 --> 00:24:58,997 Oh, but… 285 00:24:59,080 --> 00:25:01,374 Then when will you go to see His Majesty? 286 00:25:05,503 --> 00:25:06,504 It will not be long. 287 00:25:11,676 --> 00:25:15,722 If you fasten this so loosely, it will soon come undone. 288 00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:22,354 Tighten it around you like so. 289 00:25:25,982 --> 00:25:26,983 There you are. 290 00:25:27,609 --> 00:25:28,944 Be careful on the road. 291 00:25:33,740 --> 00:25:35,909 [sighs] I shall. 292 00:25:36,618 --> 00:25:37,619 [Yun] Hmm. 293 00:25:54,511 --> 00:25:55,845 -Hyah! -[horse whinnies] 294 00:25:57,931 --> 00:25:58,932 Hyah! 295 00:26:09,442 --> 00:26:11,444 [panting] 296 00:26:12,529 --> 00:26:13,905 [Asan] Oh, young master! 297 00:26:16,491 --> 00:26:18,868 -[Won] What's the matter? -[sighs] 298 00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:26,418 I only went out for a moment, and when I came back, she was gone. 299 00:26:27,502 --> 00:26:29,170 I humbly apologize, young master. 300 00:26:29,254 --> 00:26:30,422 [Won] That's all right. 301 00:26:31,464 --> 00:26:32,966 I'm the one who did this. 302 00:26:36,136 --> 00:26:38,221 -[Asan] Oh, dear. -[sighs] 303 00:26:44,602 --> 00:26:47,188 Tell me then, when will your mother be arriving? 304 00:26:47,272 --> 00:26:52,193 That is… I don't think she will be able to come today. 305 00:26:53,028 --> 00:26:57,073 Uh… She's gone to Mapo Ferry Crossing to get tobacco from Qing. 306 00:26:57,157 --> 00:26:59,826 And she always likes to verify it all herself. 307 00:27:00,327 --> 00:27:03,455 So, I don't think she'll be back until sunset, madam. 308 00:27:04,497 --> 00:27:06,666 -[Yun] Is that so? -Yes, madam. 309 00:27:08,543 --> 00:27:11,463 [Yun] I have entrusted a certain matter to your mother, 310 00:27:11,546 --> 00:27:13,715 but I've had no word from her in quite some time, 311 00:27:13,798 --> 00:27:15,258 so I've come in person. 312 00:27:17,052 --> 00:27:20,096 Perhaps if I had been more kind in my instructions, 313 00:27:20,180 --> 00:27:23,141 she would have responded with greater urgency. 314 00:27:23,767 --> 00:27:27,187 I am not fond of repeating myself, much less several times… 315 00:27:30,231 --> 00:27:32,150 so this I shall not say a third time. 316 00:27:32,734 --> 00:27:34,277 I shall give you a fortnight. 317 00:27:34,861 --> 00:27:36,529 Do make sure they're all gone. 318 00:27:39,616 --> 00:27:42,952 I have worked too hard to preserve my honor and reputation 319 00:27:43,036 --> 00:27:46,081 to let gossip tarnish them in this way. 320 00:27:50,585 --> 00:27:51,836 I'll count on you to tell her. 321 00:27:54,923 --> 00:27:56,466 Yes, madam. 322 00:28:01,638 --> 00:28:03,515 How could she do this to me, hmm? 323 00:28:04,015 --> 00:28:07,519 When So-ok's belly begins to swell, she'll be relegated to the back room. 324 00:28:07,602 --> 00:28:11,022 The gall. How could she do this to me? 325 00:28:11,606 --> 00:28:13,608 Oh, Mother, is there anything wrong? 326 00:28:13,691 --> 00:28:15,735 What do you think? Huh? 327 00:28:15,819 --> 00:28:17,278 I'm so angry I could die! 328 00:28:17,362 --> 00:28:18,571 Yet, I would say… 329 00:28:19,322 --> 00:28:22,909 Um… When you're angry like this, you're so beautiful. 330 00:28:27,622 --> 00:28:28,623 -Fool! -[grunts] 331 00:28:29,666 --> 00:28:31,584 You have no sense of decorum, do you? 332 00:28:32,085 --> 00:28:33,336 [sighs] Confound it. 333 00:28:33,920 --> 00:28:35,380 -[groans] -I am so angry. 334 00:28:35,463 --> 00:28:37,715 I am very angry. 335 00:28:45,682 --> 00:28:47,183 Uh, excuse me. 336 00:28:47,767 --> 00:28:50,103 -This is a counterfeit drawing. -[chuckles] 337 00:28:50,186 --> 00:28:52,939 What difference could that make for erotic paintings? 338 00:28:53,022 --> 00:28:55,108 If they're provocative, that's all that counts. 339 00:28:55,191 --> 00:28:57,902 All the erotic paintings that you've gathered so far 340 00:28:58,737 --> 00:29:02,532 are merely serviceable copies, and they're spreading all over Hanyang. 341 00:29:03,199 --> 00:29:06,077 It isn't just one or two. There must be dozens of them. 342 00:29:06,161 --> 00:29:08,580 In fact, by now there must be hundreds of them. 343 00:29:09,372 --> 00:29:11,833 You won't be finished anytime soon. [chuckles] 344 00:29:19,257 --> 00:29:22,177 Before his lord arrives, see to it that the servants… 345 00:29:22,260 --> 00:29:23,261 [door opens] 346 00:29:28,516 --> 00:29:29,517 Madam? 347 00:29:33,772 --> 00:29:34,773 Gye-hwa… 348 00:29:35,774 --> 00:29:36,775 Yes, madam? 349 00:29:37,358 --> 00:29:39,903 Send So-ok and the servants out of the house. 350 00:29:40,487 --> 00:29:42,280 And bolt the gate as quick as you can. 351 00:29:42,947 --> 00:29:45,450 Uh. Yes. Right away, madam. 352 00:29:46,117 --> 00:29:48,119 [tense music playing] 353 00:29:52,457 --> 00:29:55,418 -What's going on? -Does anyone know what this is about? 354 00:29:55,502 --> 00:29:57,295 Has my cousin arrived yet? 355 00:29:57,378 --> 00:29:58,880 No, he has not arrived yet. 356 00:29:58,963 --> 00:30:00,548 When he gets here, tell me at once. 357 00:30:00,632 --> 00:30:01,925 Yes, ma'am. 358 00:30:02,425 --> 00:30:03,468 [servant] Let's hurry. 359 00:30:32,121 --> 00:30:34,374 Your courage is quite remarkable. 360 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:38,545 Mocking your sworn agreement to pass on with honor… 361 00:30:39,379 --> 00:30:41,589 What possessed you to come back here? 362 00:30:42,674 --> 00:30:44,217 My shame is mine alone. 363 00:30:52,767 --> 00:30:54,644 Let's hear your explanation. 364 00:30:55,687 --> 00:30:57,105 Why are you here now? 365 00:30:57,188 --> 00:30:59,190 Why did you choose to see me like this? 366 00:31:06,155 --> 00:31:07,907 Please persuade my lord. 367 00:31:07,991 --> 00:31:09,909 What are you attempting to say? 368 00:31:12,287 --> 00:31:13,371 My lord 369 00:31:14,622 --> 00:31:18,960 has been given an order to find and retrieve my lifeless remains. 370 00:31:22,797 --> 00:31:24,632 He told me to go away first, 371 00:31:25,800 --> 00:31:28,052 that he would find some way to find me later. 372 00:31:34,017 --> 00:31:35,518 You're saying that my cousin 373 00:31:36,519 --> 00:31:38,021 said all of that to you? 374 00:31:39,606 --> 00:31:42,191 He made me swear to him that I would go ahead… 375 00:31:43,151 --> 00:31:45,445 go until I found a secure place to hide. 376 00:31:46,154 --> 00:31:47,155 [scoffs] 377 00:31:50,992 --> 00:31:53,202 But I fear if my lord lies 378 00:31:53,286 --> 00:31:56,456 to the king because of me, his life will be in peril. 379 00:31:59,250 --> 00:32:01,920 I cannot go forward alone and leave my lord behind. 380 00:32:08,968 --> 00:32:12,096 If you are so worried about the life of my dear cousin… 381 00:32:14,098 --> 00:32:17,310 could you not save him by eliminating the lie all together? 382 00:32:20,980 --> 00:32:21,981 [horse whinnies] 383 00:32:25,735 --> 00:32:26,736 Whoa. 384 00:32:27,570 --> 00:32:29,322 Ah, my lord. 385 00:32:30,031 --> 00:32:31,449 Is something the matter? 386 00:32:32,033 --> 00:32:33,034 Well, now… 387 00:32:34,702 --> 00:32:36,788 My cousin shows romantic affections, 388 00:32:37,455 --> 00:32:39,457 and suddenly you are afraid to die? 389 00:32:40,750 --> 00:32:44,587 Now your chastity and the honor of your family mean nothing to you? 390 00:32:45,505 --> 00:32:47,757 Do all your principles no longer matter? 391 00:32:50,718 --> 00:32:51,886 Oh, my lady. 392 00:32:52,512 --> 00:32:56,474 If your affection is truly deep enough to save one who is condemned, 393 00:32:57,558 --> 00:33:00,436 why did you not intervene in a more intimate way? 394 00:33:01,020 --> 00:33:03,064 You brought your trouble instead into this house. 395 00:33:03,982 --> 00:33:06,401 Tell me why I should aid in such behavior. 396 00:33:10,321 --> 00:33:12,073 Weak, cowardly woman. 397 00:33:15,743 --> 00:33:16,995 Hmm. 398 00:33:17,078 --> 00:33:18,329 Mm-hmm. 399 00:33:18,413 --> 00:33:19,497 I am weak. 400 00:33:24,210 --> 00:33:26,629 However, the only place that came to mind 401 00:33:27,588 --> 00:33:29,090 was here with you. 402 00:33:30,550 --> 00:33:31,843 Madam, did you not… 403 00:33:34,512 --> 00:33:36,681 make me a confidant with your secret? 404 00:33:36,764 --> 00:33:38,766 Did we not form a friendship together? 405 00:33:38,850 --> 00:33:40,685 You're bringing up my secret… 406 00:33:41,352 --> 00:33:42,812 Is that true friendship? 407 00:33:44,731 --> 00:33:46,232 I beg of you, my lady. 408 00:33:47,275 --> 00:33:50,194 I ask that you simply persuade my lord. 409 00:33:51,070 --> 00:33:53,072 He must not speak to His Majesty. 410 00:33:54,032 --> 00:33:55,199 [Gye-hwa] My lady! 411 00:33:55,700 --> 00:33:57,368 Lord Cho Won… 412 00:33:59,829 --> 00:34:00,830 [Hui-yeon gasps] 413 00:34:16,846 --> 00:34:17,972 [sighs] 414 00:34:20,641 --> 00:34:22,935 Exactly why have you come here? 415 00:34:23,519 --> 00:34:25,521 To appeal for the aid of my lady. 416 00:34:27,356 --> 00:34:29,609 I cannot go on my own and leave you behind. 417 00:34:39,786 --> 00:34:41,537 I beg of you, madam. 418 00:34:41,621 --> 00:34:43,289 Please, you must tell him. 419 00:34:43,372 --> 00:34:45,541 Tell him he must not go to His Majesty. 420 00:34:45,625 --> 00:34:47,585 Tell him to come away with me. 421 00:34:59,138 --> 00:35:02,809 Since you are earnest, I shall do your bidding. 422 00:35:12,652 --> 00:35:16,697 I shall assist both of you to go away together. 423 00:35:17,865 --> 00:35:20,409 For I am not without a compassionate heart. 424 00:35:21,994 --> 00:35:23,079 However… 425 00:35:25,540 --> 00:35:28,292 Dear cousin, I wish to hear these words from your own mouth. 426 00:35:29,168 --> 00:35:31,254 Tell me your intentions. 427 00:35:33,589 --> 00:35:34,715 Tell me truly. 428 00:35:35,341 --> 00:35:37,969 Will you be leaving, you and this woman, together? 429 00:35:50,106 --> 00:35:52,817 I pray that we will leave this place together. 430 00:35:56,362 --> 00:35:57,363 I… 431 00:35:59,448 --> 00:36:00,449 [sighs] 432 00:36:03,870 --> 00:36:05,621 Will I have the strength to leave? 433 00:36:06,831 --> 00:36:07,832 My lord. 434 00:36:11,752 --> 00:36:13,462 I fought to avoid it… 435 00:36:16,591 --> 00:36:20,052 though I won't escape what has appeared in my heart. 436 00:36:21,554 --> 00:36:24,307 I could no sooner do the same after you left, my lord. 437 00:36:26,309 --> 00:36:27,643 That is pure affection. 438 00:36:33,524 --> 00:36:34,525 Yes. 439 00:36:37,278 --> 00:36:39,405 There is someone that is dear to me. 440 00:37:16,234 --> 00:37:17,568 Is this a dream? 441 00:37:20,238 --> 00:37:22,990 It would be so simple for you to leave with me. 442 00:37:26,202 --> 00:37:28,579 It was of me that you were speaking, right? 443 00:37:33,709 --> 00:37:35,086 [sighs] 444 00:38:05,199 --> 00:38:07,451 Have you decided which path to take? 445 00:38:08,452 --> 00:38:11,122 Will you choose to change his lies into the truth 446 00:38:11,205 --> 00:38:13,416 in order to save my dear cousin from danger? 447 00:38:14,292 --> 00:38:16,252 Or will you choose to leave here 448 00:38:16,335 --> 00:38:19,046 and live your life quietly, as though you were dead? 449 00:38:19,547 --> 00:38:24,427 Would it please you if I could devise a way for you to live in solitude? 450 00:38:26,095 --> 00:38:27,722 You would need to choose. 451 00:38:35,354 --> 00:38:36,480 My lord? 452 00:39:17,521 --> 00:39:19,774 [crying] 453 00:39:33,621 --> 00:39:34,830 Tell me now. 454 00:39:36,540 --> 00:39:37,917 Was your affection real? 455 00:39:40,503 --> 00:39:41,587 Real? 456 00:39:44,382 --> 00:39:49,678 Let's say, when she was begging like that, for me to leave with her… 457 00:39:55,059 --> 00:39:57,144 you could say that what I was feeling was real. 458 00:39:58,687 --> 00:39:59,688 Now, cousin… 459 00:39:59,772 --> 00:40:02,942 I was pained to see her cling to me as I desperately clung to you. 460 00:40:04,610 --> 00:40:05,736 And yet, 461 00:40:06,529 --> 00:40:08,948 that is precisely when it became clear… 462 00:40:11,200 --> 00:40:12,410 that you, cousin… 463 00:40:14,286 --> 00:40:16,622 never meant to run off with me at all. 464 00:40:20,084 --> 00:40:22,086 I could not take her away with me, 465 00:40:22,628 --> 00:40:25,756 and so I fabricated some dreams and ramblings. 466 00:40:27,842 --> 00:40:30,469 "Shall we cross the sea or go to Yanjing?" 467 00:40:32,972 --> 00:40:35,015 I came to know how it is for you. 468 00:40:38,060 --> 00:40:41,480 From the start, you knew that leaving with me was an impossible thing. 469 00:40:47,236 --> 00:40:48,237 [scoffs] 470 00:40:49,697 --> 00:40:51,198 I trembled at that. 471 00:40:53,701 --> 00:40:54,743 [sighs] 472 00:40:57,955 --> 00:40:59,874 At the thought of being abandoned. 473 00:41:01,584 --> 00:41:02,751 What irony. 474 00:41:04,378 --> 00:41:05,379 [scoffs] 475 00:41:20,394 --> 00:41:22,188 Dear cousin, you must know… 476 00:41:24,064 --> 00:41:26,442 the bond between us can never be severed. 477 00:41:26,525 --> 00:41:28,652 Why can you not comprehend it? 478 00:41:29,361 --> 00:41:30,404 As promised, 479 00:41:31,155 --> 00:41:33,532 you have reported the matter of the young widow and… 480 00:41:35,534 --> 00:41:36,535 I pray… 481 00:41:38,078 --> 00:41:40,331 Please return to me, my dear cousin. 482 00:41:43,918 --> 00:41:45,878 [breathes deeply] 483 00:41:48,047 --> 00:41:51,592 I wish to know each and every detail 484 00:41:52,593 --> 00:41:55,346 and everything you can read in His Majesty's face 485 00:41:55,846 --> 00:41:59,475 when he replies to the words I've put down. 486 00:42:03,604 --> 00:42:04,605 Pray… 487 00:42:05,898 --> 00:42:08,067 You will report back to me, will you not? 488 00:42:30,464 --> 00:42:32,299 As you wish, dear cousin. 489 00:42:38,264 --> 00:42:39,515 You can count on me. 490 00:42:59,034 --> 00:43:01,036 [footsteps running] 491 00:43:50,127 --> 00:43:52,254 Tell me why you chose to approach me… 492 00:43:55,716 --> 00:43:58,886 when obviously another woman is the object of your affections? 493 00:44:02,598 --> 00:44:05,267 Your chastity was the object of a wager we made. 494 00:44:07,519 --> 00:44:10,189 I couldn't hold your body and your heart in my hand. 495 00:44:14,193 --> 00:44:17,655 It was my chance to win the heart of the one I yearned for my whole life. 496 00:44:20,574 --> 00:44:24,703 It was a… a wager I could not sensibly refuse. 497 00:44:27,414 --> 00:44:29,458 My virtue and honor are now gone… 498 00:44:33,128 --> 00:44:35,631 because you wanted to possess another woman then? 499 00:44:39,259 --> 00:44:40,803 That is the truth, yes. 500 00:44:46,725 --> 00:44:48,143 You are depraved. 501 00:44:55,526 --> 00:44:57,778 Are her virtues now corrupted as well? 502 00:44:59,655 --> 00:45:00,656 They're not. 503 00:45:01,740 --> 00:45:02,783 Why is that? 504 00:45:03,909 --> 00:45:05,953 If you chose to cause me so much shame… 505 00:45:07,579 --> 00:45:09,581 why would you not have taken hers? 506 00:45:16,213 --> 00:45:17,214 [sighs] 507 00:45:28,684 --> 00:45:31,019 The Left State Councilor's house is nearby. 508 00:45:32,271 --> 00:45:35,607 I fear that someone will spot you here. 509 00:45:55,878 --> 00:45:58,338 I will no more ask you of any great favor. 510 00:46:00,466 --> 00:46:02,050 But please don't die. 511 00:46:02,968 --> 00:46:04,678 Live on and live well. 512 00:46:08,682 --> 00:46:11,685 I fear I hold deep resentment towards you, my lord. 513 00:46:17,816 --> 00:46:18,817 [Won sighs] 514 00:46:20,444 --> 00:46:22,738 However, mortality is my claim. 515 00:46:33,957 --> 00:46:36,418 Despite the rage that now dwells in my heart. 516 00:46:49,932 --> 00:46:51,475 [door closes] 517 00:46:51,558 --> 00:46:54,645 -[footsteps departing] -[breathing deeply] 518 00:47:04,154 --> 00:47:06,156 [breathing shakily] 519 00:47:16,416 --> 00:47:17,834 -[grunts] -[clatters] 520 00:48:02,337 --> 00:48:03,964 [sighs] 521 00:48:11,430 --> 00:48:13,432 [breathing deeply] 522 00:48:51,261 --> 00:48:54,306 Cheong, come in here now. 523 00:48:56,975 --> 00:49:01,146 If you please, I feel a need to dress beautifully. 524 00:49:34,554 --> 00:49:37,808 Your mastery of the written language is indeed surprising. 525 00:49:38,850 --> 00:49:41,687 I see you were unable to retrieve the body. 526 00:49:42,521 --> 00:49:44,398 But with the help of your words, 527 00:49:44,898 --> 00:49:48,276 the tragic image of her dignified death is very clear. 528 00:49:49,152 --> 00:49:52,531 That said, the Left State Councilor must be informed as well. 529 00:49:53,031 --> 00:49:54,616 Tell me more about the witness. 530 00:50:01,832 --> 00:50:05,836 A papermaker witnessed it. He saw the instant of her death. 531 00:50:05,919 --> 00:50:08,797 He is the supplier for the Hwaseong construction. 532 00:50:08,880 --> 00:50:10,841 According to his recollections… 533 00:50:12,551 --> 00:50:14,845 it was in the morning. The hour was very early. 534 00:50:14,928 --> 00:50:16,096 There was water gushing, 535 00:50:16,179 --> 00:50:18,181 because of the heavy rain, toward the cliff. 536 00:50:18,682 --> 00:50:21,268 He filled his bucket, and when he looked up, 537 00:50:21,935 --> 00:50:24,980 he saw a noblewoman weeping in bitter sorrow. 538 00:50:25,480 --> 00:50:29,484 But then, in the blink of an eye, she went over the cliff 539 00:50:30,318 --> 00:50:32,612 and plummeted to the river below. 540 00:50:36,283 --> 00:50:40,245 The river was flooded, so no one could find the lady's remains. 541 00:50:40,912 --> 00:50:42,247 That coincides with the day 542 00:50:42,330 --> 00:50:45,751 the daughter-in-law's brother began dispatching people to find her. 543 00:50:46,251 --> 00:50:47,252 That very day. 544 00:50:50,046 --> 00:50:52,340 It had to be the daughter-in-law who jumped in. 545 00:50:52,924 --> 00:50:54,926 [breathes deeply] 546 00:50:56,470 --> 00:50:58,930 Your Majesty, I am afraid… 547 00:50:59,514 --> 00:51:02,267 [stammers] …it was my oversight that caused this pain. 548 00:51:02,350 --> 00:51:05,312 I humbly beg you not to approve the Memorial Gate. 549 00:51:05,395 --> 00:51:06,605 That is not right. 550 00:51:07,230 --> 00:51:10,609 Is there among us a man with the power to stop the heavy rain? 551 00:51:11,193 --> 00:51:13,403 Hear my words, Left State Councilor. 552 00:51:13,487 --> 00:51:16,072 Approval has been granted for the Memorial Gate. 553 00:51:16,156 --> 00:51:17,657 You must accept this. 554 00:51:22,537 --> 00:51:24,998 [Left State Councilor] Your Majesty, I am utterly overwhelmed 555 00:51:25,081 --> 00:51:26,249 by your boundless grace. 556 00:51:26,333 --> 00:51:28,335 [ministers] I am utterly overwhelmed. 557 00:51:43,350 --> 00:51:45,977 I merely obeyed the command that was given to me. 558 00:51:58,615 --> 00:51:59,741 Cho Won, come over here. 559 00:52:02,744 --> 00:52:03,745 Follow me. 560 00:52:11,503 --> 00:52:17,342 I consider this construction work to be the most important undertaking of my life. 561 00:52:17,425 --> 00:52:21,179 Therefore, since my body is confined to the palace, 562 00:52:21,263 --> 00:52:24,641 I depend on the confidential accounts of many officials 563 00:52:25,141 --> 00:52:28,311 concerning conditions and circumstances throughout Hwaseong daily. 564 00:52:28,395 --> 00:52:33,733 On the day prior to when the deceased threw herself into the river… 565 00:52:35,318 --> 00:52:38,363 a light shower fell briefly in Hwaseong, correct? 566 00:52:42,826 --> 00:52:44,411 Well, speak. I'm listening. 567 00:52:47,080 --> 00:52:50,500 Thinking I could be misled with such paltry poppycock… 568 00:52:51,543 --> 00:52:53,295 Why would you even try? 569 00:53:07,642 --> 00:53:09,728 Is there something that you can't say? 570 00:53:09,811 --> 00:53:13,106 Or someone you would protect, even if it costs you your life? 571 00:53:16,151 --> 00:53:18,320 You are just as you have always been. 572 00:53:18,820 --> 00:53:21,448 You wag your tongue with no thought of consequences. 573 00:53:23,116 --> 00:53:24,117 However… 574 00:53:24,784 --> 00:53:27,120 I have always envied that about you too. 575 00:53:28,538 --> 00:53:32,334 In all my life, I have never drawn a breath as my own person. 576 00:53:33,668 --> 00:53:37,631 Always living in the shadow of the late king, as someone's son. 577 00:53:37,714 --> 00:53:40,926 Yes, I envy you, for you live untethered, 578 00:53:41,760 --> 00:53:43,094 flying free. 579 00:53:46,681 --> 00:53:49,351 That is why I have prized you so dearly. 580 00:53:50,101 --> 00:53:52,562 That's why I kept you close, though you were hardly ready, 581 00:53:52,646 --> 00:53:54,314 and watched you act in my stead. 582 00:53:54,898 --> 00:53:57,192 I hoped you could be my trusted confidant. 583 00:53:57,776 --> 00:53:58,818 Your Highness… 584 00:54:02,113 --> 00:54:04,240 I humbly beg you to hear what I say. 585 00:54:06,242 --> 00:54:07,702 To tell you the truth… 586 00:54:11,373 --> 00:54:13,750 I'm like a bird locked up in a cage. 587 00:54:16,002 --> 00:54:18,004 Never once have I taken flight. 588 00:54:26,221 --> 00:54:28,223 Cho Won, hear what I say. 589 00:54:30,392 --> 00:54:32,852 For daring to offend and insult the sovereign, 590 00:54:32,936 --> 00:54:35,313 our friendship is ended forthwith. 591 00:54:35,814 --> 00:54:36,982 Never again 592 00:54:37,649 --> 00:54:40,402 shall you be granted an audience with me. 593 00:55:07,178 --> 00:55:08,763 [door opens, closes] 594 00:55:14,936 --> 00:55:16,104 [sighs] 595 00:55:26,740 --> 00:55:32,412 CHO-HUI 596 00:55:36,249 --> 00:55:40,170 [Won] His Majesty was greatly moved by the words you wrote, dear cousin. 597 00:55:40,670 --> 00:55:42,922 You described that death so vividly 598 00:55:43,006 --> 00:55:47,510 that His Majesty seemed more affected by the sorrow of losing one of his people 599 00:55:47,594 --> 00:55:50,096 than by the gravity of the Memorial Gate. 600 00:55:50,180 --> 00:55:53,183 Thus, the Memorial Gate for Virtuous Women 601 00:55:53,266 --> 00:55:55,810 shall be bestowed upon the Left State Councilor's family. 602 00:55:55,894 --> 00:55:58,229 What trouble you've taken to carry so precious a letter. 603 00:55:58,813 --> 00:55:59,856 [Chil-seong] Thank you, madam. 604 00:56:00,815 --> 00:56:02,150 Gye-hwa, are you outside? 605 00:56:02,233 --> 00:56:03,735 Please prepare some drinks… 606 00:56:03,818 --> 00:56:05,987 -[Gye-hwa] Yes, madam. -…for when my cousin arrives. 607 00:56:06,488 --> 00:56:10,366 No. That's all right. I think I'll go and wait outside. 608 00:56:23,797 --> 00:56:24,923 [Won sighs] 609 00:56:25,465 --> 00:56:26,758 You arrive just in time. 610 00:56:26,841 --> 00:56:27,842 Though I… 611 00:56:28,885 --> 00:56:30,095 Are you going to be alone? 612 00:56:30,178 --> 00:56:33,765 I was told there was a lady, so I came to escort her. 613 00:56:34,641 --> 00:56:36,518 Well, this is how it turned out. 614 00:56:37,727 --> 00:56:38,770 Now then… 615 00:56:40,355 --> 00:56:43,650 I shall pay you the same fare, so let's go now. 616 00:56:45,193 --> 00:56:46,402 Very well. 617 00:56:50,115 --> 00:56:52,200 All right then, here we go. 618 00:56:53,743 --> 00:56:57,080 All right. Let us depart. 619 00:56:58,414 --> 00:56:59,415 [grunts] 620 00:58:03,021 --> 00:58:05,064 What business do you have in Yanjing? 621 00:58:05,648 --> 00:58:09,068 It doesn't look to me like you are going there to study. 622 00:58:09,611 --> 00:58:10,695 [Won sighs] 623 00:58:13,406 --> 00:58:14,991 You do have a sharp eye. 624 00:58:16,534 --> 00:58:18,286 You're not going off to live in hiding 625 00:58:18,369 --> 00:58:20,413 after committing some great offense, are you? 626 00:58:21,206 --> 00:58:23,082 That would put me in some jeopardy. 627 00:58:23,166 --> 00:58:24,792 [Won sighs] 628 00:58:26,085 --> 00:58:27,795 A life of chasing women… 629 00:58:30,048 --> 00:58:33,718 Now two of them are chasing me. How vile is that? 630 00:58:33,801 --> 00:58:36,387 -So now I'm making a… -[chuckles] 631 00:58:37,972 --> 00:58:39,724 …a run for it in the dead of night. 632 00:58:39,807 --> 00:58:41,226 [chuckles] 633 00:58:42,227 --> 00:58:44,187 Oh. Only two, you say? 634 00:58:45,021 --> 00:58:48,316 I wouldn't mind three. Even four would be no problem! 635 00:58:48,399 --> 00:58:50,151 [both chuckle] 636 00:58:53,238 --> 00:58:54,531 [Won sighs] 637 00:58:54,614 --> 00:58:58,117 Uh, you just say the word, and I'll turn the boat around. 638 00:58:58,618 --> 00:59:02,413 It doesn't seem that you particularly wish to run away, that's for sure. 639 00:59:03,164 --> 00:59:06,834 If I turn around now, I'll only charge you half the fare, okay? 640 00:59:08,795 --> 00:59:09,796 [sighs] 641 00:59:10,880 --> 00:59:13,216 Who do I have to go back to anyway? 642 00:59:22,058 --> 00:59:23,601 [sighs] 643 00:59:32,569 --> 00:59:33,820 My lord? 644 00:59:34,571 --> 00:59:35,572 Oh, my goodness! 645 00:59:35,655 --> 00:59:37,365 Oh, goodness! My lord! 646 00:59:41,786 --> 00:59:42,912 My lord! 647 00:59:46,082 --> 00:59:48,376 My lord! My lord! 648 01:00:09,105 --> 01:00:10,607 Blast it! Good heavens! 649 01:00:10,690 --> 01:00:13,276 Do you know how hard it is to be born a nobleman? 650 01:00:13,776 --> 01:00:14,777 Damn it. 651 01:00:15,361 --> 01:00:17,030 Oh, for goodness' sakes! 652 01:00:48,728 --> 01:00:50,647 [worker] Keep the pace now! 653 01:00:50,730 --> 01:00:53,191 Let's go, let's go. No slowing down! 654 01:00:55,902 --> 01:00:58,780 Mister, I'm off to make deliveries to Hanyang. 655 01:00:59,280 --> 01:01:00,907 -All right. -I'm going along with him. 656 01:01:00,990 --> 01:01:02,408 I packed some snacks. 657 01:01:02,492 --> 01:01:03,493 Yes, go. 658 01:01:03,993 --> 01:01:05,536 But keep your eyes open. 659 01:01:05,620 --> 01:01:08,956 Who can say? Lord Cho Won could still be in the area. 660 01:01:10,917 --> 01:01:13,795 What use is it to meet a heartless noble like him? 661 01:01:13,878 --> 01:01:15,505 Are you an idiot, man? 662 01:01:16,464 --> 01:01:18,257 He freed you, didn't he? 663 01:01:18,758 --> 01:01:20,093 He paid to have Eun-sil released. 664 01:01:20,176 --> 01:01:22,637 Even asked me to see to it you could make a living. 665 01:01:22,720 --> 01:01:24,055 And that's all you have to say? 666 01:01:24,138 --> 01:01:25,223 Come on. 667 01:01:26,140 --> 01:01:27,600 I was upset. That's all. 668 01:01:29,394 --> 01:01:31,396 I don't know if he's dead or alive. 669 01:01:31,896 --> 01:01:34,691 And if he's alive, he could've sent word to me. 670 01:01:37,443 --> 01:01:39,904 Off with you. Do your errands. Hurry back. 671 01:01:40,822 --> 01:01:41,823 We're leaving. 672 01:01:47,829 --> 01:01:50,915 This paper is always good quality. Thank you very much. 673 01:01:51,499 --> 01:01:54,419 I was careful to choose the best of the best, of course. 674 01:01:54,919 --> 01:01:57,422 I am very glad it brought you delight. 675 01:01:58,297 --> 01:02:00,341 Is your work going well then? 676 01:02:00,425 --> 01:02:01,592 Not too difficult, I hope? 677 01:02:01,676 --> 01:02:03,010 Oh, dear. 678 01:02:03,094 --> 01:02:05,471 To live as a proper human isn't difficult. 679 01:02:06,180 --> 01:02:08,099 I only wish that my lord… 680 01:02:14,272 --> 01:02:16,941 May I… May I be on my way now? 681 01:02:29,287 --> 01:02:32,582 MUN-HEUL 682 01:02:33,166 --> 01:02:34,834 I will deliver this, of course… 683 01:02:35,626 --> 01:02:37,837 But why do you keep writing them when there's no reply? 684 01:02:37,920 --> 01:02:39,213 Would you kindly take it? 685 01:02:42,675 --> 01:02:45,553 I heard there's a new sister who's joining us today. 686 01:02:45,636 --> 01:02:49,015 We've recently had many new sisters, much more than usual. 687 01:02:49,098 --> 01:02:50,767 And a welcome thing that is indeed. 688 01:02:50,850 --> 01:02:52,185 She should be here by now. 689 01:02:52,935 --> 01:02:53,978 [gasps] 690 01:02:55,271 --> 01:02:57,523 -She's here. Mmm. -Oh. 691 01:03:04,781 --> 01:03:06,365 Here. Go on. 692 01:03:07,283 --> 01:03:08,284 Welcome. 693 01:03:08,367 --> 01:03:12,246 I'm very sorry. It's my first time, and I guess I was a little late. 694 01:03:13,873 --> 01:03:16,459 Everybody is here. We can begin. 695 01:03:18,753 --> 01:03:21,506 A vow, when made before God, 696 01:03:21,589 --> 01:03:24,467 ought to be in accordance with what is true and just. 697 01:03:25,259 --> 01:03:26,594 [priest continues in distance] 698 01:03:26,677 --> 01:03:29,931 [sister] I was told we needed more candles for our new arrivals. 699 01:03:30,014 --> 01:03:32,183 -Ah. Hmm. -[priest] …then this is an insult to God, 700 01:03:32,266 --> 01:03:34,060 and a mockery of his grace. 701 01:03:34,143 --> 01:03:37,563 Therefore, we must always be sincere. 702 01:03:38,606 --> 01:03:39,982 [Eun-sil] Why, of course. 703 01:03:40,066 --> 01:03:42,860 You can't expect to live well, if you live a life of lies, can you? 704 01:03:42,944 --> 01:03:44,362 [all chuckle] 705 01:03:44,445 --> 01:03:45,530 [priest] That is true. 706 01:03:45,613 --> 01:03:47,740 I am correct. Am I not correct? 707 01:03:47,824 --> 01:03:49,158 -[sister] Mmm. -[priest] Yes. 708 01:03:50,159 --> 01:03:51,786 -Let us continue. -[gasps] 709 01:03:53,120 --> 01:03:56,415 Even if you refrain from invoking the holy name of God, 710 01:03:57,166 --> 01:04:01,170 the sin is the same as if you did call upon that holy name of God. 711 01:04:02,880 --> 01:04:06,801 Heaven, earth, and all things 712 01:04:06,884 --> 01:04:09,595 were indeed created by God for humankind. 713 01:04:09,679 --> 01:04:11,681 -[continues in distance] -Why? 714 01:04:11,764 --> 01:04:13,140 Why aren't you going inside? 715 01:04:14,016 --> 01:04:15,393 Are you just going to leave? 716 01:04:16,811 --> 01:04:17,812 Mmm. 717 01:04:18,688 --> 01:04:20,982 I have some business to attend to right away. 718 01:04:22,400 --> 01:04:23,818 I'm making this humble request. 719 01:04:23,901 --> 01:04:26,571 [priest] …and therefore, the Mother of God 720 01:04:26,654 --> 01:04:30,575 has designated one special day out of every seven days. 721 01:04:30,658 --> 01:04:34,078 And this is called the Lord's Day. 722 01:04:42,795 --> 01:04:43,796 [sisters] Amen. 723 01:05:01,606 --> 01:05:03,608 [birds chirping] 724 01:05:05,151 --> 01:05:06,861 [rooster crows] 725 01:05:07,486 --> 01:05:09,697 [drummer] ♪ Ever on goes time ♪ 726 01:05:09,780 --> 01:05:13,284 -[drums beating rhythmically] -♪ Flowers all bloom ♪ 727 01:05:13,993 --> 01:05:17,872 -[exclaims, chuckles] -♪ Bees and butterflies ♪ 728 01:05:17,955 --> 01:05:19,123 [So-ok] Oh, young master! 729 01:05:19,206 --> 01:05:20,541 -♪ Come flying ♪ -[door opens] 730 01:05:20,625 --> 01:05:24,003 -♪ It is nature's way ♪ -[gasps] Oh! 731 01:05:24,086 --> 01:05:26,172 -[stammering] -[singer] That doesn't mean 732 01:05:26,255 --> 01:05:28,507 -it always aligns with the moral order. -[gasps] 733 01:05:28,591 --> 01:05:29,842 [drummer] That's nonsense! 734 01:05:29,926 --> 01:05:32,470 What do you mean the natural order isn't the moral order? 735 01:05:32,553 --> 01:05:33,846 ♪ As the saying goes! ♪ 736 01:05:33,930 --> 01:05:36,599 ♪ What you've planted here Will be what you'll reap ♪ 737 01:05:36,682 --> 01:05:39,393 ♪ It's obvious ♪ 738 01:05:39,477 --> 01:05:43,481 ♪ A three-year-old child would know that ♪ 739 01:05:43,564 --> 01:05:46,776 -♪ If you said a noble woman ♪ -[Lady of the First Rank wailing] 740 01:05:46,859 --> 01:05:49,028 ♪ Would throw her pillow ♪ 741 01:05:49,111 --> 01:05:53,115 ♪ I swear… I would believe that ♪ 742 01:05:53,199 --> 01:05:56,285 ♪ More than what you're saying ♪ 743 01:05:56,369 --> 01:06:00,456 -♪ That crying doesn't sound ordinary ♪ -How could they do this? How could they? 744 01:06:00,539 --> 01:06:02,291 -I can't take it! [shrieks] -Oh! Oh, dear. 745 01:06:02,375 --> 01:06:05,086 -Oh! Oh, my. Look, look, look, look. -[sobbing] 746 01:06:05,169 --> 01:06:06,796 [wailing] 747 01:06:06,879 --> 01:06:09,090 It seems she is still full of life. 748 01:06:09,173 --> 01:06:12,635 Even Buddha himself couldn't overcome boiling rage. 749 01:06:12,718 --> 01:06:15,096 [singer] Indeed. Blessed are those who endure. 750 01:06:15,179 --> 01:06:18,265 Hear the temple's moktak, tak, tak, tak, tak… 751 01:06:18,349 --> 01:06:21,560 ♪ Neighboring red-bean Fell into a field of beans ♪ 752 01:06:21,644 --> 01:06:25,731 ♪ And so it happened, it got mixed in Entwined and entangled all together ♪ 753 01:06:25,815 --> 01:06:30,152 ♪ Bukchon's noble gentry all pretend They don't notice it ♪ 754 01:06:30,236 --> 01:06:33,364 ♪ As they're all drunk On liquor and power ♪ 755 01:06:33,447 --> 01:06:38,202 ♪ Isn't it such a joy To practice and to learn? ♪ 756 01:06:38,285 --> 01:06:40,079 -Come this way! This way! -[clamoring] 757 01:06:40,162 --> 01:06:42,957 ♪ Hmm…Then you might as well Raise one leg, good grief! ♪ 758 01:06:43,040 --> 01:06:45,334 ♪ I don't know what you're learning Or what you're practicing ♪ 759 01:06:45,418 --> 01:06:51,090 ♪ However, it is still such a big joy ♪ 760 01:06:52,049 --> 01:06:56,971 [drummer] ♪ Even butterflies Sipping from white flowers ♪ 761 01:06:57,054 --> 01:06:59,306 -♪ Go back to where they came from ♪ -[bell chimes] 762 01:06:59,390 --> 01:07:03,060 ♪ Once their lives have run their course ♪ 763 01:07:03,144 --> 01:07:07,398 ♪ And still we see springtime Coming once more ♪ 764 01:07:07,481 --> 01:07:09,358 ♪ But then… why hasn't it sprouted? ♪ 765 01:07:09,442 --> 01:07:12,153 ♪ Black beans, chickpeas, speckled beans What about kidney beans? ♪ 766 01:07:12,236 --> 01:07:14,488 ♪ Soybeans Beans, beans, beans, beans! ♪ 767 01:07:14,572 --> 01:07:16,949 What kind of bean did you plant that it won't sprout? 768 01:07:17,033 --> 01:07:18,868 [singer] What do you mean, what kind of bean? 769 01:07:18,951 --> 01:07:23,873 ♪ Well, one that was sitting for years All dried up ♪ 770 01:07:23,956 --> 01:07:26,584 ♪ And with no germ inside ♪ 771 01:07:26,667 --> 01:07:29,962 It's that bean that I planted, and you know what happened? 772 01:07:30,046 --> 01:07:31,756 Well, it did actually sprout. 773 01:07:31,839 --> 01:07:34,842 [drummer] It wasn't supposed to sprout, but somehow it did? 774 01:07:34,925 --> 01:07:37,094 Doesn't it mean everything turned out perfectly? 775 01:07:37,178 --> 01:07:38,971 [singer] Didn't you watch Episode 1? 776 01:07:39,055 --> 01:07:41,390 Stop saying nonsense and go watch it again. 777 01:07:41,474 --> 01:07:43,559 ♪ Don't you see? ♪ 778 01:07:43,642 --> 01:07:46,312 This sprout is actually not that kind of sprout. 779 01:07:46,395 --> 01:07:48,564 [drummer] If that sprout isn't that kind of sprout, 780 01:07:48,647 --> 01:07:50,900 then that sprout shows no promise at all. 781 01:07:50,983 --> 01:07:52,735 It's a matter of principle. 782 01:07:52,818 --> 01:07:55,029 -The natural order can't be helped. -[palanquin barer shouting] 783 01:07:55,112 --> 01:07:57,114 [drummer] Then at least follow the right way. 784 01:07:57,198 --> 01:08:00,701 [singer] ♪ This way, that way This way, that way ♪ 785 01:08:00,785 --> 01:08:03,621 -[drummer] What's that supposed to mean? -[singer] What do you mean? 786 01:08:03,704 --> 01:08:05,915 It means a dog ran off that way. [barking] 787 01:08:05,998 --> 01:08:09,043 [drummer] Oh, boy. Speak of the devil. Here she comes. 788 01:08:09,126 --> 01:08:11,545 She'll never be a lady. [hisses] 789 01:08:11,629 --> 01:08:14,381 [singer] Honestly, she has no shame. Look, look, look, look, look. 790 01:08:14,465 --> 01:08:17,384 No, but really look at her. How can she show her face? 791 01:08:17,468 --> 01:08:20,429 [drummer] Come now. A mother-in-law always loves her son-in-law. 792 01:08:20,513 --> 01:08:21,972 [singer] True. [chuckles] 793 01:08:22,056 --> 01:08:25,267 ♪ Green belongs with green Crayfish sides with crab ♪ 794 01:08:25,351 --> 01:08:28,437 ♪ Blood is thicker than water ♪ 795 01:08:28,521 --> 01:08:31,690 ♪ Birds of a feather flock together ♪ 796 01:08:31,774 --> 01:08:34,235 ♪ Each with their own ♪ 797 01:08:34,944 --> 01:08:38,072 [both] ♪ They all look so dignified ♪ 798 01:08:38,155 --> 01:08:41,283 ♪ Yet they are nobles in name And nothing more ♪ 799 01:08:41,367 --> 01:08:44,370 [singer] ♪ It may not even be A bean seed ♪ 800 01:08:44,453 --> 01:08:47,498 ♪ Maybe it is a red bean seed… ♪ 801 01:08:47,581 --> 01:08:54,505 ♪ Her looks will not betray her When she is burning with anger inside ♪ 802 01:08:54,588 --> 01:08:58,092 ♪ They worked so hard To keep it all secret, but still… ♪ 803 01:08:59,176 --> 01:09:04,056 ♪ Listen, and you'll hear whispers Hearsay, chitchat, rumor, and gossip ♪ 804 01:09:04,140 --> 01:09:05,683 -[murmuring] -[singer] ♪ It's everywhere ♪ 805 01:09:05,766 --> 01:09:06,767 ♪ Everywhere ♪ 806 01:09:06,851 --> 01:09:11,564 ♪ Thanks to the tireless tongues Of the ladies of Bukchon, all the time ♪ 807 01:09:11,647 --> 01:09:16,277 ♪ Everyone who should know already knows Everyone except Lord Yoo ♪ 808 01:09:16,360 --> 01:09:17,778 ♪ He must not know For if he did ♪ 809 01:09:17,862 --> 01:09:20,197 ♪ Then he would never act this way ♪ 810 01:09:21,031 --> 01:09:25,244 ♪ No one would ever act like that ♪ 811 01:09:26,245 --> 01:09:29,874 ♪ Goodness, my friend Still this? Even now? ♪ 812 01:09:30,499 --> 01:09:33,919 ♪ See all the noblemen Of Bukchon know it all ♪ 813 01:09:34,003 --> 01:09:37,381 ♪ But just pretend they don't ♪ 814 01:09:37,923 --> 01:09:39,425 ♪ My word… ♪ 815 01:09:39,508 --> 01:09:44,180 ♪ I'm really sure even master performers Would envy today's gathering ♪ 816 01:09:44,263 --> 01:09:47,683 ♪ I admit, I'm so intimidated I've nearly lost my voice ♪ 817 01:09:47,766 --> 01:09:49,435 -♪ Now it's time for me to go ♪ -He thinks he's funny. 818 01:09:49,518 --> 01:09:51,562 ♪ Next stop Namchon's where I'm heading to ♪ 819 01:09:52,062 --> 01:09:57,276 ♪ Really, my legs are trembling, you know It's my escape, a chance to go ♪ 820 01:09:58,986 --> 01:10:01,238 [Lady So, singsongy] Yes, now go! 821 01:10:01,322 --> 01:10:02,448 [courtiers chuckling] 822 01:10:07,536 --> 01:10:09,538 [wind whistling] 823 01:10:41,570 --> 01:10:42,613 [sighs] 824 01:10:45,574 --> 01:10:47,117 [Asan] Why trouble yourself? 825 01:10:48,911 --> 01:10:51,747 You have come all this way when it's so cold. 826 01:10:52,248 --> 01:10:55,292 I suppose, if someone is still sending him letters… 827 01:10:58,921 --> 01:11:04,426 it suggests that I'm not the only one who can't believe that he is truly gone. 828 01:11:04,510 --> 01:11:10,266 For so many years, I've been living in the company of the young master. 829 01:11:11,976 --> 01:11:13,018 So… 830 01:11:13,560 --> 01:11:17,189 If I may be bold, I can maybe read his mind a little. 831 01:11:22,736 --> 01:11:25,030 [imitating Won] "Go fetch her a little warm tea." 832 01:11:25,114 --> 01:11:26,657 [both whimper] 833 01:11:28,575 --> 01:11:30,202 That's what he would say. 834 01:11:33,872 --> 01:11:35,708 Please, go inside. [sniffles] 835 01:11:43,799 --> 01:11:44,800 [sniffles] 836 01:11:55,519 --> 01:11:56,603 [Won] Cousin! 837 01:12:01,317 --> 01:12:02,943 Dear cousin! 838 01:12:08,282 --> 01:12:09,658 Cousin! 839 01:12:42,816 --> 01:12:44,610 [Yun] I have been doing well. 840 01:12:46,570 --> 01:12:50,616 I am living as I always have. 841 01:12:52,117 --> 01:12:53,243 Those moments 842 01:12:53,994 --> 01:12:58,207 when I suddenly find myself wondering if you have truly left 843 01:12:58,290 --> 01:13:00,000 have grown more frequent. 844 01:13:02,503 --> 01:13:03,962 And every time, 845 01:13:04,880 --> 01:13:06,340 I think to myself… 846 01:13:08,967 --> 01:13:12,054 If only I had followed you, dear cousin, 847 01:13:12,137 --> 01:13:13,680 leaving nothing behind, 848 01:13:14,306 --> 01:13:15,391 perhaps… 849 01:13:16,475 --> 01:13:20,229 I would not have wound up with nothing but this longing. 850 01:13:23,315 --> 01:13:24,608 Dear cousin, 851 01:13:25,317 --> 01:13:27,194 if, by any chance… 852 01:13:28,570 --> 01:13:33,325 you are out there, still alive, and only pretending to be dead, 853 01:13:34,952 --> 01:13:37,329 then could you not return to me? 854 01:13:39,164 --> 01:13:42,501 I am dying here, 855 01:13:43,043 --> 01:13:45,879 even as I pretend to be alive.