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(Episode 48)

I don't know why he's trying to implicate me in this...

but he shouldn't do such thing

And I heard that he told you...

that I had forged the written will?

What loser could forge a dead person's document?!

I couldn't even have thought of it!

I don't know what the will says...

but could the dying person have written down lies?

He probably wrote with the conscience of a dying person

How could he...?!

What's going on?

His life was in jeopardy so we hid him for a while

His life in jeopardy?

He is the only person who knows everything about the sulfur duck case

When I had visited his house to ask him to disclose the truth

I found an assassin there so I followed him, but I lost him

An assassin? Who could've sent an assassin to him?

Probably people who are afraid of the truth

Then why did you hide him rather than reporting it to the police?

I'm sorry to say this but it's because of me

I needed some time to prepare myself to pay for the crime

So I asked him for more time

You see! Didn't I tell you that it was a forged document?

What's this about?!

I'm asking you a question!

Actually... the head lady instigated...

You see! What did I tell you?!

That girl is crazy! Never!

I've never done such thing!

How dare you lie in this place?!

Lady Choi, be quiet!

This is a setup!

So "the thief turns on the master with a club"

As you know now from observing everything...

it's clear Lady Choi made this up and the sulfur duck case was caused...

by the grudges of the kitchen ladies just as I had told you

Repent and tell the truth!

Sir! You shouldn't be saying such words!

What?!

It is something both of you have done

What?!

What are you talking about?

Choi Pan-Sul, the brother of the head lady plotted it first

so the Royal Physician and I blamed the kitchen...

for our misdiagnosis, when it was being investigated...

Sir Oh who was the head of investigations at the time...

kept silent even though he knew about it and...

charged Sir Jo with treason in the process

You rascal! What are you babbling about as a misdiagnosing physician?!

Do you expect to keep your life?

Sir Min is scheming to implicate me into Lady Choi's crime...

that's why he hid him to plot against me

Everything was Lady Choi's doing and I only followed...

the order of the King to administer with justice with fairness

That's not so, sir! This happened because the physician lady...

Jang-Geum still hates me from that last event

That's why she's trying to implicate me into Sir Oh's crime

What?! Didn't I tell you that...

I wasn't even in the palace when that happened

Everyone knows that!

Isn't that right, sir?

Isn't that right, Lady Min?

You heard what Lady Han said!

Isn't that right? Why can't you speak?

Though you weren't in the palace when it happened

you were here when we were checking the ducks

Why you...?! You're still lying!

Lying to the end!

You only have to tell what happened

Who is she?

The labor girl in the kitchen at the time

She's the one who sampled the duck dish

Tell us. Was Lady Choi in the palace at the time?

Yes... she was in the palace

When they called for me I saw the head lady and Lady Yoon

And Lady Yoon quietly called for me later...

and gave me a King's dish that I've never tasted before

And she gave me a letter to deliver to the head lady who was testing...

the duck dishes, so I only...

You rascal! Do you know where you're right now?! Tell the truth!

Just because Lady Yoon has died it doesn't mean the truth is hidden!

The heaven and earth know this!

This is a setup to get rid of me!

How could I be in the palace?!

Who could've freed me that Lady Han had tied me in the Guesthouse?

Didn't I free you?

Did Lady Park make a decision?

Yes

Why didn't she come herself?

She has said, as a criminal already I will now enter the Song-Duk Temple

And she has given me all of them

What did she give you?

It was delivered secretly to Lady Choi...

who was at the place where they tested the duck on Hong

She told her to give it to Hong and...

you'll find who wrote it by reading the name on the last line

And the person who was in charge of the investigation is Sir Oh

The head lady, and Sir Oh please tell the truth now

I don't know! I know nothing of this!

I was only doing my work I didn't know anything!

Everything was done by Lady Choi!

Oh, no! It's a setup! It's a setup!

Jang-Geum has fabricated this against me!

It's all her fabrication!

Sir, listening and seeing all the evidence, the head physician is right

We can't prove any more than this

We're going to tell this to the King and wait for his order

Detain Lady Choi under the supervision of eunuchs...

and put Sir Oh under house arrest

Hey!

Detain me?! I've done nothing wrong!

I am innocent!

Why you...?! I will not forgive you!!

I won't forgive you!

I'm not going to end up like this!

They don't know my family I won't go away like this!

Your Majesty, please appoint a judge and punish them for treason

And you should disclose everything so such thing won't happen again

Your Majesty, it hasn't been long since the court has known peace

Many people will get hurt if you do that

I believe it's best for the police to take care of the situation

Your Majesty, please understand...

Your Majesty, please understand...

Listen. I'm appointing the Left Prime Minister as the judge...

so let the truth be known and severely punish the criminals

Your grace is immeasurable Your Majesty

Take Sir Oh into custody

Seize all of merchant Choi's assets

Arrest the head lady and all other criminals!

Tie-up the criminal!

Sir... please allow me to walk out of the kitchen at least

Release her

Sir! My Lord... Father...

Return to the house

Sir! My Lord... Father...

Open the door

You, this way. You, that way

Let's go this way!

What are you doing? Why aren't you leaving?!

What are you doing?!

Start rowing! Hurry! Hurry!!

You're so noisy! You aren't going to say you don't know me, are you?

Where do you think you're going?

Stay right there!

Let go!

You should at least pay me the overdue balance!

Let go! Let go!

Let's go

What did I tell you? I told you he'd try to run away like this

Thank you for your help

I'll send you the report of expenses later

Sure, make sure you get enough

Enough...

I only followed the order of King so I have nothing to do with this

Unless ignorance is a crime how can I be charged with anything?

Sir!

Listen, how could you do this just because we have different opinions?

Other criminals are here with you

As a person who held a high office stop lying for your name's sake

What?!

We found that you've diverted the funds through the fields of...

Sung-Gyun College as a paid high official of the court

And you gave merchant Choi Pan-Sul the monopoly over important products

that come into the court and you've been paid with land

It was under your son's and grandson's name

But that has nothing to do with this!

Sir!

Just the fact that you've secretly traded with the enemy state...

is more than enough to charge you with crime

Secret trade with an enemy...?!

Are you going to deny this too?

Please keep your decency!

Sir...

What is it?

The head lady has disappeared

What are you saying? We locked her up so how could she disappear?

We didn't think she would run away so we sent her to the restroom...

Find her immediately She couldn't have gone far

Yes, sir

She's not far away You get to Mapo port

You, Mu-Ak-Jae and you, Kwang port

Move quickly!

There's still time... There is...

Madam!

You're here, please let me meet the King's Mother

Even if I have to go away, I'd like to see her before I go. Please...

Here, keep this

Please help me see the King's Mother and I'll take care of the rest

Hurry... Hurry

What? I'm feeling guilty giving them...

responsibility of protecting the Crown Prince...

so what more does she want to say by meeting me?

Tell the police and get her arrested!

Right now!

Yes, Your Majesty

Go to the police immediately

What?!

King's Mother is very angry She told me to report to the police

but I came to you because of our past friendship

Please go to the police yourself I'm headed to the eunuchs right now

Lady Kim! Lady Kim!

Ma... madam!

Be quiet!

Ho... how did you get...?

You go out quietly from here and tell the attendant lady of the King

Excuse me?

I must be presented to the King

Just tell her that

But right now...

Hurry! What are you doing?

Go tell her right now!

How rude... When I get my power back, you'll be the first one to go

Our family can't end like this and I'm won't be the one ending it!

No way! No way! I must think... think...

what must I do... think what must I do

Lady Choi is in the storage room

Are you sure?

Yes, Madam

Madam, what is it? What is it?

OK! I'll meet the King myself!

I'll die before him if I have to...

I gave you more than enough chances

What chance? Chance to die?

No, a chance to keep your honor

A chance to go away with honor

Honor? What?

Just what has made you like this?

Why did you do such things...

that put you in this kind of danger and wretchedness?

Just what has made you like this?

It's wealth, power, and my household!

Are they more important than yourself?

Are they more important than your life and honor?

Have you ever thought about how your name would stay in this palace?

If you win, I will be dishonored; if I win, my name will be honored

That's wealth. That's power Those without power don't know!

That's why I'm not letting go of my hand of power

That's why I'm helping you to release your clenched hand

For once, open up that clenched fist which you think is wealth and power

In it you'll only find the blood and tears of innocent people...

instead of wealth and power

That's your hand

The King has already made the decision

so all of Choi Pan-Sul's assets have been seized and Choi Pan-Sul

Sir Oh Kyum-Ho and Keum-Young have been arrested

If you don't go to the police...

Keum-Young will be charged with everything

Lady Han falsely accused herself of a crime in order to save me

I believe you'll be like her at least in that way

I believe there is at least one thing that's similar between us

Please turn yourself in

Keum... Keum-Young... is innocent

You should've just reported it, why did you come here?

I know... Madam, should I go tell them?

Please don't

Why?

She'll turn herself in

I wish she'd turn herself in

It's you! It's you!

No

It is you! Myeong, myself...

and Jang-Geum... you drove us to death!

No. You brought to yourselves to it

Lady Choi! I told you many times already!

You had to do such detestable thing?!

I cannot forgive you You should've kept it to yourself

but you had to tell the taster lady, didn't you?

I don't know why it was you who had to witness it that day

And that wasn't enough...

you had to send your own daughter to the palace...

how stubborn of you

I resented it a hundred no, a thousand times

I wished you'd never seen it...

How I wished you and I wouldn't run into another over that

How I wished...

If I was born as Park Myeong and you as Choi Sung-Geum...

would we have been different?

If you or Baek-Yeong were born in my family...

would you still have been that free?

I'm really curious So I had no choice...

So I came back to you, since my evil ways started with you

Though I made Baek-Yeong leave, she had become the highest lady...

and she had a chance to irritate me

she even found joy with your daughter

so she probably left without regrets

But you never had the chance to say a thing

you died because of trusting me someone you never expected

If I have to kneel before someone, it's you

I ask you for forgiveness

Forgive me for coming from such family

Forgive me for not being able to free myself from my family

Forgive my aunt for making me do such things...

and the aunt before that... and...

the aunt before that... and the aunt before...

and the rest of my family who used them

Would you?

You can't?

No?

That's why I'm headed to the police not to ask for forgiveness

but to try to save the last hope of my family...

to try to save Keum-Young

Just as you had saved one to send her to me

I'm going to do the same

I'm not going to give up on this fight

It's OK. Come down

It's not scary. Hurry!

I'm tired! My arms are hurting

Just jump down!

What are you doing? Come down quickly!

Let go of the tie first and come down!

I'm scared... I can't...

Then we'll catch you. How about it?

It won't hurt a bit. If you keep hanging there you'll get hurt

It won't hurt!

Then I'm going to let go...

OK. One, two, three

We're not sure if she was running away or if it was a suicide...

but we found her body at Mt. Dong-In

What is it?

That's the place where my mother's tomb is

After hearing what happened to her I feel somewhat sad for her...

Me, too, if she committed suicide...

What are you saying right now?

You know who made Lady Jung and Lady Han to suffer...

Did you forget already?

She's the one who made our madams and Jang-Geum suffer

She even did the same to her subordinate Young-Ro

It's right for her to die this way...

paying for what she has done

Madam... madam...

This is the order of the King!

Criminal Oh Kyum-Ho is let go from office and exiled to Huksan Island

Criminal Park Bu-Kyum is discharged from office and exiled to Jeju

Criminal Choi Pan-Sul will receive 20 floggings...

and sent to a mine in Hamkyung as a laborer

Criminal Choi Keum-Young have her position taken away

Criminal Jung Yoon-Su will be discharged from office...

and forbidden to practice medicine anymore

Criminal Park Yeul-Yee will be discharged from office...

and forbidden to practice medicine anymore

Sir?

Check him!

Sa-Ryun, go to the pharmacy and get Jang-Geum

I have something to give you

The letter your mother left you...

Aunt asked me to burn it but I didn't

That's me...

I can't be fully devoted to my family and yet I don't have my own ways

I have no perfect confidence and I have no sense of self-accusation

I have no perfect talent and I have no perfect diligence

I've never received perfect love and I've never given perfect love

I'm sorry

That's all I can say to you

If we meet in our next lives speak anything but those words

Honey... honey...

Everyone, may I get your attention!

What is today? It's when the swallow starts to build its nest...

and shortly after the flowers blossomed

Then what is today?

What is today? It's the day Jang-Geum can start relax and sleep well!

Jang-Geum wasn't able to go to sleep because my wife bothered her so much

And Lady Choi made her very anxious!

And she was sick of Sir Oh and her nerves were wrecked

What are you saying?

What is good for wrecked nerves?

It is ginseng!

What are you saying?

I filled the stomach of chicken with ginseng along with dates and rice...

What?

This soup warms the cold person, and cools the hot person

and ladies and gentlemen can have stronger bladders!

You were opposed to her at first but you're rejoicing more than I do

Right, I did oppose her because it's a very difficult thing to do...

and I was afraid she might turn out to become like one of them

But Jang-Geum didn't follow their ways

I know... She's remarkable indeed

Yes... though I told her to accomplish the two, I expect this

Sir, we've made some pancakes for you Is there anything else you need?

No, we're fine

It's not so exciting here with Jang-Geum

When will she come back?

It's not time for her to be back yet

I don't know why I miss her so much today

Since finding out my chronic disease is no small achievement...

and you also uncovered many shameful things

I should give you a reward

Your Majesty...

Don't be hesitant to receive it since you deserve it

Grant Jang-Geum with 77 bushels of rice

77 bushels of beans and 3 lbs of ginseng

Yes, Your Majesty

Your grace is immeasurable Your Majesty

You said you had a wish, didn't you?

Yes, Your Majesty

Tell me your wish

You said you came into the palace for that. It's alright

Go ahead and tell us

I'm sorry to tell you this but I have three wishes. May I tell them all?

Three?

Yes, Your Majesty

Sure, go ahead

Please restore the status of Lady Han who died an unfair death

Of course, we should do that

Isn't that right, Queen?

Yes, Your Majesty

And please restore my mother's status as well

Your mother?

Yes. Actually, my mother was a court lady in the Royal Kitchen

But how?

She was punished by rules...

after she was falsely charged for being intimate with a man

when she witnessed someone put something harmful...

in a dish of In-Su King's Mother when she was a kitchen lady

What?!

What?! To whom?

The Highest Kitchen Lady...

but my mother managed to survive and lived long enough to have me

and when they found out that she was still alive...

So that's why Lady Choi threatened you

Yes. Though she did violate the rule of staying virgin as a court lady...

she has suffered undeserved death

OK. How could I blame her for that in such a situation?

We shouldn't have court ladies settling such matters...

their own that way anymore

Yes, Your Majesty. I'll put more work in managing the court ladies

OK. You have one more wish to tell me. What is it?

Your Majesty, it is...

So who became the Highest Kitchen Lady?

I'm not sure either, who would it be?

That's Jang-Geum, right?

Isn't she a physician lady?

Yes... she used to massage us

What happened?

What happened?

Greet her. She's the new Highest Lady of the Kitchen

We're going to prepare the King's table

Go back to your stations and start the preparation

Chang-Yee, come and help me

Yes, ma'am

Then are you saying that Jang-Geum became the Highest Lady of Kitchen?

For only next few days until we choose the next highest lady

Why?

The King has ordered for it for some reason

So head physician lady, please rearrange the physician ladies...

including Jang-Geum

The assistant lady can recruit more people if needed

Selecting the head physician is more urgent...

than arranging the Pharmacy

Yes, I've talked to my superior and...

he told me that the pharmacy should decide & report back

So Physician Shin can be in charge of the treatment of the King

And Physician Jung can take charge of Sir Shin's post...

at the King's Mother's and the Queen's palace

Then how should we refer to Jang-Geum from now on?

What do you mean?

Her court lady status has been restored

She's also the Highest Kitchen Lady

Even so, at the pharmacy she's subordinate to me

But, I don't think I could call her as a superior

Don't worry, she wouldn't mind at all

I did enjoy your food during the competition some time ago

You probably haven't been able to cook for a while

but your cooking skills haven't diminished at all

I'm grateful, Your Majesty

You must've gone through a lot of hardships and difficulties as a child

but you've grown up as a smart and honorable person

Your Majesty, I don't deserve such praise & I'm ashamed to hear it

No, I had realized something because of you during the competition...

and I've realized something great through this as well

What's going on?

I don't know

What happened?

How could you just appear like this?

You should've given us an earlier notice or something

Just speak casually

How could we when you appeared like this all of sudden?

It's all right...

So you're the Highest Kitchen Lady from now on?

How about being the physician lady? So what's your identity?

She's the Highest Kitchen Lady until they choose a new lady

Why?

I heard there's a story to it

What story?

This fits you well too

What story?

I have something to do

What is it?

Jang-Geum, become the Highest Kitchen Lady and write down my grievances...

in the book that is passed down to the Highest Kitchen Lady

Mother... I miss you... I miss you

Why are you doing all these by yourself?

I kept asking many questions and they said I annoyed them...

so they told me to do all of these

I have to see how they make shapes with dried meat

Don't rush, you shouldn't do a hasty job

But I must get there quickly

You can learn how to make shapes later, but if you...

don't clean these right, the person who eats from it would feel bad

And bad things can get in the food as well

That's what sisters tell me every day, too

How can you cook with such a quick temper?

Hey! This is the kitchen where we make food

If you run around like that we'll have dust on the food

Have you forgotten how you were when you were young?

Madam!

When did I do that?

You can't deny that

You would've been expelled if you weren't so obedient to my words

Everyday, you ran around dug up fireplace

and broke off pine twigs from the trees

Myeong says she doesn't know how she managed to have a child like you

My mother did?

Yes... she says thank you

And I thank you as well

Thank you, Jang-Geum

Madam...

I've felt guilty ever since I did that to my father

I started to miss my mother since she left that way

And I felt guilty

I've felt that it was all because of me

When the guilt and the longing to see her again would sink in my mind...

I wanted to quit even more

You told me you even wanted to kidnap me once, right?

I probably wanted it more

I remember, even though my parents were lowly class...

even though they were fugitives I was happiest at the time

The bean paste soup my mother made me was so tasty

The trinket my father made me was so pretty

I smiled in the blanket hearing my parents talk about me...

whenever they shared their worries for me during the night

So did you complete your work as the Highest Kitchen Lady?

Yes, by your great grace I was able to complete it

OK, that's good

By the way... by the way...

Go ahead and inquire, Your Majesty

It was before I was enthroned...

when I was at my parent's home a little girl came to me with drinks

She didn't recognize me and she bowed to the court lady there...

and asked to become a court lady

Wasn't it you?

You're correct, Your Majesty

So it was you! It was you!

Yes, Your Majesty