Original subtitles

However, the reason I've postponed your death is...

because you firmly believe...

the King's illness is due to misdiagnosis...

and because that's why you took out his records

Is that so?

Yes

Can you prove it?

No, I don't need to hear your answer

Prove it

If you prove it, then you'll live

Or else, you will disappear forever

I will repeat it one more time

You can step in the palace again...

only if you find out the King's illness

Do you understand?

(Episode 44)

What's going on?

It's the Queen's resolute decision

She found out head lady's intention...

with the King's Mother situation

And she noticed...

Lady Choi & Lady Han's relationship

She's been suspicious about how Lady Han was expelled back then...

and she probably decided to find out the truth when this happened

But this path...

Yes... that's right

The person who made things this way will be waiting for you

Sir! Physician lady!

Sir... How...?

Wasn't helping you with the plague enough?

You had to pull me into this, too, eh?

I knew you were going to do it, but still...

How did this come about?

It was all Sir Min's idea

He came before the head lady and told her about...

the danger you are in and asked to talk to the Queen

I thought of it because the Queen doesn't like Sir Oh

And the King collapsed on that day...

The King collapsed?

You must've not heard yet

The King collapsed again

The pharmacy has blamed the kitchen again and...

the highest lady is under investigation again

What?!

There's no time to be surprised

The herb garden is not very visible...

and it's easy to find herbal ingredients

It's also close to the palace so we've put the soldiers here

Is everything ready?

Yes, sir

It's true that you've gotten through a serious crisis

But you need to find the real cause of the King's illness...

or else be punished by the rules of the inspectors

You must find it quickly

The head eunuch is right

If we don't find out the cause of the King's illness...

Jang-Geum and you won't be safe at all

Safety is not the problem...

We will lose the opportunity to disclose their crime

Yes...

We must disclose it...

no matter what happens

I've brought patients who showed the same symptoms as the King...

for the last several years

They're showing the symptoms now

We have no choice but to start from there

Yes

There's no time to think of any alternatives

Being anxious doesn't help anything

What can you do now?

We should disclose it

You know what you want to do, eh?

As we know the King's treatment by the records we should be able to find out

According to the records...

he only had duck stew and sulfur ducks

Knowing the symptoms during that time...

those two couldn't have caused the fever

Yes, I brought ten patients who may need that medicine...

so we can check that out first

What are you saying? Jang-Geum went to Jeju?

It turned out that way...

It happened without any notice...

It concerned a physician lady...

how come I didn't receive any notice?

What are you doing?

How could a mere physician be an issue right now?!

Is expelling her a big deal...

when the King's health is in critical condition now?

Just know that Jang-Geum has returned to Jeju...

and start discussing the condition of the King

Has his fever gone down?

Yes. We're working on it through acupuncture

But not giving him any medicine?

Well, we still haven't figured out how the food affected him...

so the medicine...

Sir, the head physician doesn't know how the food affected the King...

and the head lady herself is protesting for the kitchen

So?

Why don't you allow physician Shin and Jung...

to check the King's pulse, too?

I already told them his condition and the prescription

The prescription was given after we all came to an agreement

That's why I'm asking this

It isn't because I don't trust you

When we don't even know what's causing the fever...

The kitchen is protesting strongly

so we should allow other physicians to check the King...

in order to prevent further complaints

But...

If your diagnosis wasn't wrong...

then there's nothing to worry about

That way no one will complain later on

Sure, go ahead

Did you check carefully?

Don't cover for the head physician just because he's a physician

How could we tell a lie about the King's illness?

How is he?

There was nothing different from the head physician's diagnosis

And you?

Same with me

Then the prescription must be wrong

Wrong prescription? If there was a misdiagnosis then there...

could still be a wrong prescription...

but everyone agrees it's the flu...

But there aren't any problems with food either

At the pharmacy, other physicians checked his pulse...

and we proved there was nothing wrong

The kitchen can prove it, too

We'll show you there's nothing wrong by feeding the food to 1000 people

Even if it means asking my brother to buy all the bi-ryong and...

hoodoo mushrooms in China, we'll prove it to you

We thought we'd find something else...

but it was the same

There was nothing unusual about his records either

I'm starting to doubt Jang-Geum...

I learned not to be too assertive

And I saw that the King has suffered...

a lot of minor and major illnesses

If the records show that much...

then I think he has suffered many more minor illnesses

I'll have to ask the physician ladies who worked in the Chamber

Sure, go ahead

I'll examine the kitchen to check if there wasn't...

any ingredient that could've caused such symptoms

Sure

Then you're totally cleared now, right?

Yes, but we're confronting the head lady now

We have to plan how to reconcile with her

Then...

We have to help her be cleared as well and take care of things

It's the head physician Jung for sure

Other physicians have supported him, too

They're probably on his side, too That couldn't be

Sir!

I'm saying it's a possibility

You, me and the head physicians are all related to what happened...

last time, so he'll help us Don't worry

Madam! Madam!

What could make you so rash like this?!

It's big trouble!

Big trouble?

The kitchen... right now...

What about the kitchen?!

They said they're going to investigate the kitchen

How can they investigate without me knowing about it?

The eunuch inspectors are investigating...

What? How could...

And... Sir Choi's home as well...

Wh... what?!

Sir...

Sir, how could this be?

Just normal procedures

I can understand the kitchen...

but how could they investigate my home?!

They said the ingredients were from Sir Choi's home...

Don't worry

But...

What could they find when you're innocent?

Assign someone else to check the ingredients...

and you go find any books that list unusual transactions of items

You must check every corner of the house for any suspicious items

It's a good opportunity to examine Sir Choi up close

Do you understand?

Examine carefully!

Just take whatever looks suspicious!

Over there!

Sir!

Explain these herbs

Aren't these hellebore?

And these are scopolia parviflora...

And those...

These are poisonous herbs

And there are monkshood, celandine, Indian turnip, sk unk cabbage...

and marsh as well

Why are these in the kitchen?

We use them to train the new kitchen ladies

We teach them which are the poisonous herbs...

and which are the edible ones

Since they shouldn't end up in any of the King's dishes

But putting these in the kitchen is...

They weren't in the kitchen...

but in storage

That's true. The kitchen has been doing that to train new members

Then what is that?

That's from Sir Choi's house

This is...

It's cottonseed extract

It has poison so it can't be used for food

I know. But the poison is removed if you steam it to make it into oil

And then the poison is completely gone?

Our family uses cottonseed oil because it is odorless...

however, we don't bring it into the palace

Then what is that with the lid closed?

That is the seasoning only I use

Only the highest lady?

Yes. It has been passed down...

from generation to generation in our family

It is for mixes and stews

You try smelling it

What's wrong?

What is this made out of?

We can't tell you It's our family secret

You can't tell us when it's for the King's dishes?

What are you saying?

It's a family secret...

and it's been used by our predecessor ladies

If it's harmful, shouldn't we have...

heard of some problems already?

How could papilionaceous mushroom not be harmful?

Papilionaceous mushroom?

They're songie mushroom from Mt. Keum-Kang

What is papilionaceous mushroom?

It's a poisonous mushroom...

which can make the person laugh

It can cause paralysis so it isn't used for cooking

What?!

That's nonsense! I've even used it...

when I was in the kitchen. No way

I've heard poppy can...

improve taste, but how could...

they think of putting papilionaceous mushroom in the King's food?!

Oh, no...

I've never used papilionaceous mushroom, sir!

This is a trap! I'll find the person responsible!

This is absolutely a trap!

We don't know how papilionaceous mushroom got in there!

Something is wrong! Ma'am...

What is it?

I've acupunctured three patients...

and the acupunctured spots look strange

Strange?

The spots swelled up and they festered

Those patients with the flu didn't have such symptoms...

I sent away all of those with the flu...

and I've acupunctured the remaining five

Two of them showed these symptoms

That happens from time to time...

when acupuncture is applied

No...

What do you mean, no?

Look. It's written that when the King was pierced by a thorn...

the skin was swollen and it festered

Look over here, too. It mentions festering from small wounds

A normal person would normally be healed

I was going to ignore it since...

it wasn't a significant illness or anything related to the flu

but could it be related to this?

What? Papilionaceous mushroom?!

Yes

That can't be. I know the highest lady

If she had some other purpose she would put something worse than...

poison but they wouldn't do that to the King

And not that carelessly either

I think it's odd, too

Could it be the head physician?

I'm not sure... he wouldn't do...

such a thing. It's a little odd

Then what will happen to the highest lady?

The head lady is strongly protesting...

and Sir Oh hasn't made any decisions...

so she's still locked up

She'll be freed somehow

They aren't people to be victimized like Lady Han

I agree. So using this as an excuse, we've been investigating...

Sir Choi's residence more closely...

and these were found in his residence

Black pepper?

Yes. We've found black pepper and...

rare spices in great quantities

I brought some since you know more about black pepper

This is from Japan

What?

Though it isn't used in the palace, I saw it once when I was in Jeju

Yes, these peppers do come into Jeju...

from time to time, but no one...

can use it since it's more expensive than gold

What is it?

It's nothing

You've helped me greatly

I think I'm finally getting a clue...

Then I think I need your help, too

How can I help you? Just tell me

There is a physician lady named Shin-Bi

She came into the pharmacy with me

There's something I have to find out through Shin-Bi

But this is exclusively for us...

She's a friend I trust...

Yes... I've seen her character She's trustworthy

Is... is that true?

No one must find out Do you understand?

Yes

You must make sure no one finds out about it. Can you do it?

OK

Lady Eun-Bi

Hi

May I...

What is it?

You've served the King many times, right?

Before becoming the King's Mother's physician lady, I was at his palace

That's why I wanted to ask you...

After the King received acupuncture...

did those spots ever turn reddish or fester?

It didn't happen?

But why?

Since everyone is talking about the King's illness

It happened occasionally

Huh?

You know that some patients react to acupuncture that way

The King is like that, too

Do they record such things in private medical records?

I don't know since I didn't record them...

but they probably wouldn't

Anyway, the King has different kinds of skin disease

Besides the swelling of skin?

Swelling of skin here and there...

he sometimes gets pimples, too

But they disappear after one or two days

I see

Did you forget how I helped you? What are you saying?

How could you use the same method I've used to blame us?!

What are you saying?

I don't know what you're saying

I've been wondering about that myself

Head physician is shirking his responsibility?

Yes... he said he was trying to help and that he wouldn't do that since...

there is nothing in it for him if such a thing happens to us

But even the mushrooms were the same!

I know!

It's the head physician for sure

He's using the same tactic used against Lady Han

Sir!

I know! I have a headache, too

Who knew it would turn out this way?

But you know what's going on here It's clearly a setup

But the prime minister and Sir Min are paying close attention...

and even the Queen is watching this carefully...

so I can't make myself conspicuous

It doesn't matter how much it's going to cost

Please meet Sir Lee Kwang-Hee, the prime minister

The King's bedridden so the only one to suppress...

the Queen is the King's Mother

Only Sir Lee Kwang-Hee can make the King's Mother move

What's with this papilionaceous mushroom anyway?!

Sir...

Your status will be restored again for sure

You've saved my life...

and my siblings when we were starving

I won't forgive Lady Choi who has made you like this

When I took you in I didn't know I would make you do such work

I'm sorry

Oh, no, Madam. Don't say that

You were correct when you told me that I would win...

Lady Choi's trust if I offered Jang-Geum

Probably so... since she was a pain in the neck

Now we can get rid of Lady Choi with your help

In the same way Lady Choi expelled Lady Han

Sir Oh Kyum-Ho is here

You are...?!

How have you been?

What is there to gain by sharing profits with Sir Choi?

It's all your profit if you think about it

All he does is follow your orders

If you use this chance to drive out...

Lady Choi and Choi Pan-Sul you can own the whole business

You only have to go with what is happening right now

Just sit by and watch. In the end the medicinal herb fields owner...

will act as proxy to hand you over everything

What do you want?

Nothing

Nothing?

Yes

You only have to put me back as the head lady again

I don't want to die as a criminal

If I disclose Lady Choi's wrongdoing...

then it will reveal my innocence...

and you will gain those assets...

There is nothing to lose

Sir, should we take you to Sir Lee Kwang-Hee's residence?

Let's go home

Yes, sir. Turn around

Stop

Keum-Young Madam

You're innocent. You're innocent

Move. We're taking the criminal to the interrogation

Criminal?! How could you speak such reckless words?!

Let's go

Don't you worry. Don't worry...

Don't worry about me Take care of the rest

OK... OK...

Madam, what will happen to her now?

I'll surely... I'll surely... get you!

Highest kitchen lady really went to the interrogation?

Yes

Anyway, did you check it out?

Yes. I asked every physician lady who served the King. They said...

the King did show such symptoms from time to time

And the King's skin would often get swollen

Often?

Yes

But it wasn't that serious, so...

they didn't even leave any records

Did you have frequent skin problems in the past?

I'm not sure if it was a skin problem...

but I did have swelling on my limbs from time to time

Did you have swelling of skin by any chance?

Yes, I've had it often...

and it happened in many places

Physician lady...

Yes, in summary, the King and these folks' symptoms are...

frequent swelling, festering of skin, overly sensitive skin...

in severe cases, intestine holes and weakening eyes...

He was clearly pierced by a thorn...

but it didn't heal... there was swelling and red spots...

Are you making progress?

I'm not sure what it is yet

And as the head lady is suspicious, nothing seems to be working out

How did that happen anyway?

I did it

What?

I'm former Head Lady Park's person

You...?

But don't worry. Sir Oh Kyum-Ho's heart has changed already

So you don't need to worry about anything...

and just focus on restoring the King's health

Just what is going on?

They've controlled Queen before I had a chance and...

that's why this is happening

So why did you lose the Queen's trust in the first place?

What about Keum-Young? It isn't good to delay this

I know that. I'm thinking about alternative plans, so don't worry

I feel very uneasy about this

She'll be freed soon, so don't worry

Sure. I can only trust you now

There he is...

Hey!

What are you doing here?!

I came to deliver drinks

We don't order any drinks here

That can't be I was told it's this house

Then this isn't Sir Lee's residence?

No, it's not

Then how about Sir Dae? This isn't the place!

It isn't Sir Ho's place either?

You don't even know where to deliver these!

What the...

What...

Hey!

It must not be this house, then

What?!

My wife told me this is the right house

Hurry! Now!

OK. By the way, how did I bring this in?

Hurry and move...

You, these two places

And you, these two places

We're in a hurry so try to investigate as soon as possible

Bye...

What's wrong? What's wrong? The head lady...

Was a tiger chasing after you?

No...

A ghost then? No. That's not it...

Is your wife running away?

I wouldn't run like this, then...

Then why break all the jars and waste precious drinks?!

I saw the prime minister meeting the head lady...

with these two eyes!

They already know each other

Not the head lady right now...

but the previous... Huh?

You mean the previous head lady?

The head lady that was expelled by Lady Choi? That head lady?

Yes, that's right

Sir, I've uncovered such valuable info...

so Jang-Geum can come back from Jeju, right?

When is she coming back?

I'm sorry, but that's not enough...

What?

She'll be back if we find substantial evidence

So please keep watching Sir Oh and...

you keep watching Sir Choi since you deliver drinks there

Yes, sir

Then Jang-Geum will be back, right?

Of course

Sir, why didn't you go to Jeju with her this time?

It's strange... Jang-Geum...

isn't here

The highest lady...

gets arrested

And Sir Oh and the former head lady...

are meeting up

And Sir Min Jung-Ho...

is staying here

It's strange... something is fishy What do you mean?

Isn't it weird that Sir Min is at ease while Jang-Geum is gone like this?

You're right! I can see something has changed with him recently

That's it!

What?

You know how accurate a woman's intuition can be, right?

Sure, I've experienced it many times...

So what is it?

Sir Oh and the previous head lady...

are having that kind of relationship

So what does that have to do with Jang-Geum?

That's why it's hard for you to make a living! It's obvious

Jang-Geum found out about it and was sent to Jeju

How could Jang-Geum find that out?

Is there anything she doesn't know?

How about the highest lady?

The highest lady must know it, too

So since they can't make her a slave they've put her in prison

Right... so the moment Sir Min finds them together and confirms it...

At that moment, our Jang-Geum can come back

That's why he said we need more evidence

Sir Min is someone who would go...

to Jeju since Jang-Geum is there

Didn't you see him go there leaving his post last time?

She never asked him to

Right... so we must help Sir Min no matter what

OK! OK!

Now it feels like all the heavy burden is gone!

Me, too

Honey, let's go to sleep now

OK, let's lie down

Let's go to sleep Let's sleep

Move your leg! I'm tired...

Arrest her!

Speak now!

Who told you to serve such food?!

Who ordered you to do such a thing?!

All I've done is send a personal item from my home...

to prepare good food for the King

You aren't going to acknowledge your own faults

Tell me the truth!

You aren't going to tell the truth?!

Hey!

Beat them until they confess to their wrongdoings!

I deserve to die, ma'am

I didn't mean to do such things all this time

Go back

Madam! The head lady kept ordering me to...

Such a bad girl...

Please look on me with compassion and save me for once

I will do whatever you tell me to do

I didn't enjoy doing what the head lady told me to do anyway

But we spent our childhood together, didn't we?

Childhood? Did you speak of our childhood?!

That's why you helped Lady Han and Jang-Geum to be demoted to servants?

That's...

That's why you helped to...

expel Jang-Geum

Oh, no! It wasn't me this time! It wasn't us who did that...

Jang-Geum stole the King's medical records...

and the inspectors...

What?! The inspectors?

What did the inspectors do?! Then she didn't go to Jeju?!

That's...

I only saw eunuchs dragging her away through the gate of the dead

What?! The gate of the dead?!

Madam!

What did you do to her?!

Nothing...

Isn't it enough that you tried to worsen her illness?!

It's not that...

Since the head lady has...

turned out this way...

you won't be able to spare your life!

I'll go get Shin-Bi right now

Madam!

Shin-Bi! Shin-Bi!

What's wrong all of a sudden?

An attendant lady came and told her that Jang-Geum had been arrested...

by the inspectors and she was dragged out of the gate of the dead

Jang-Geum... Jang-Geum...

Please bring me both cold and hot water

Madam, Jang-Geum is doing fine

What?

Is that true?

Ma'am! They're recovering

There's improvement

Really?

Yes. He is doing better now

Yes, he's clearly better

But we don't know what illness it is

It must be something unknown to us

If the prescription works this time...

Lady Suh!

Lady Choi and Choi Pan-Sul are imprisoned now

What?

Isn't it a good thing?

How could such a thing happen?

Sir Oh and the previous head lady are working together now

What?

I think they've abandoned Lady Choi's family when they were in trouble

Like last time, they figured out...

it would be hard to prove it was misdiagnosis

and even if it were disclosed, Sir Oh would be put in danger...

and since Lady Choi's family is...

caught in both of the cases...

it'd be better for Sir Oh to get rid of them

Then the head lady...

She's probably doing it to take revenge on Lady Choi

Though we haven't found the name of the illness...

we've found the prescription

What? Really?

If it is disclosed...

the head lady and the highest lady would be freed

If you keep this buried they can be finished with

You must hurry...

Why are you...?

How...? How...?

Jang-Geum... it's you, isn't it?

You probably never dreamed that you would end up in the place...

where Lady Han and I were

And for the same reason at that...

you put us in here

You put in that poisonous mushroom, huh?!

Do you think I did it?

I don't use such a trick

I don't use such a childish trick

A childish trick?

Are you speaking rudely just because we're in here?!

But we are different from Lady Han

We won't be victimized by anyone

It is the last opportunity I give you

What opportunity?

The last opportunity to cleanse your past...

and live new lives as human beings

Why you... Why you...

Repent, and apologize to Lady Han

At least show tears and beg for forgiveness!

How rude of you!

At least give an excuse

If you're human beings...

you must do it

No! I won't do it!

If I have to go this way, I will

If I'm not a human being, then so be it

I won't give you excuses...

nor will I ask you for forgiveness!

You can't make us apologize! Never!

That's right... I won't ask you for forgiveness...

if there is someone I need to ask...

for forgiveness, it's only that person

Didn't I tell you that you'd be disappointed again?

What are you going to do now?

We can just send them that way if we play ignorant

No way

No? Then have you given up on taking revenge on them?

No... I'm saying no in order to take revenge

If we leave them alone the grievances of Lady Han...

will be veiled forever

And Sir Oh will stay in his position as well

But these chances don't come often

It's hard to tell what they'll do once they are released

It's the evidence to convict Lady Choi

Really?

They'll be destroyed with this

That needs to be reported to the police. That's all

Meet the chief of police and give your word first

Then I'll send this by someone in the morning when the palace opens

Please send someone trustworthy

OK

The improvement is surely visible now

Yes, it is for sure

Then you should go see the Queen now

Why aren't you going to the palace?

Hi Hello

Is something wrong, Shin-Bi?

No, it's nothing special

Lady Lee was so worried about you...

I told her that you're doing fine here

Good. I was worried about that, too...

Here...

it's a letter from Lady Lee

Will it be OK? We can't know how things are moving along...

since we are in this place

Don't worry. Sir Oh is probably working to get us released

He knows well what he'll be gaining if he helps us

Are you doing OK?

We're OK. How are things going?

I don't know

You don't know?

I went to his house...

several times, but he wasn't home

He must be busy working to get us released

I'll write you a letter Give it to one of his servants

Tell him it's urgent Yes, ma'am

Sir, don't feel too bad...

about using one of the subordinates

I've been thinking that you've let him have too much control

Who is it?!

Who instigated you to do this?!

Instigate? We've never received any instigation, or did we ever...

put such a thing in the food

Then how did it come out?

It's a trap! Someone set it up for sure!

Just who could've set it up?! Who?!

The head physician misdiagnosed for sure and he's trying...

to put the blame on us...

What are you saying?!

The pharmacy is found to be innocent!

The diagnosis was proven to be correct!

This isn't working. Hey!

Torture them again!

Stop!

Stop. It's the order of the Queen

Release them!

What are you talking about?

There is no problem with the food

There's no problem with the food?

Then what?

It's due to misdiagnosis

Misdiagnosis?

Is this true?

Yes, sir