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ALL CHARACTERS, LOCATIONS, ORGANIZATIONS, AND INCIDENTS IN THIS DRAMA ARE FICTITIOUS

Can you delay it by an hour instead of just 30 minutes?

Hey, you are already pushing it.

Just give me the ten nyangs and go.

Delay it by an hour.

Move!

Move out of the way.

Wait, do not kill me…

Hold on, just wait a moment…

Stop right there!

Stop!

Young Master!

I am sorry.

Wait!

Just wait…

Get out of my way!

You did not do anything wrong,

Lady Hyo-yeon.

He is the one to blame.

He is right.

You can still choose to do the right thing.

Silence.

I am the only one who can protect her.

I am sorry.

Please, forgive me…

What do we do…

Young Master…

Stop!

Here is the real perpetrator.

This man killed Gae-ban.

I was simply planning on

going on a trip with the love of my life.

What makes you say that I am a murderer?

Did you find the incriminating evidence

that you speak of?

Yes. We have the witness right here.

I saw it

with my own eyes.

He strangled Gae-ban,

and killed him.

-What? Strangled? -How dreadful!

So he is the killer.

It all started when he ordered me to stop playing the geomungo.

I am warning you.

Do not touch the geomungo from now on.

If other men hear you playing it, they will swarm you like flies.

But if you will really do whatever you want,

let us break our engagement.

But if you decide to do that,

you will need to return the money I have paid for our marriage

as well as the debt I paid in your stead.

That is just how the world works.

But,

I secretly kept playing the geomungo.

It made me feel less suffocated.

Ban loved to hear me play.

He even made me a suldae.

SULDAE: A STICK USED TO PLAY THE GEOMUNGO

No.

Let us go, my lady.

Lady Hyo-yeon.

Come on, we need to go.

-Do you really wish to die? -Wait.

We will have to stop by the government office first.

Run, Gae-ban.

You damned bastard!

You evil bastard!

You piece of garbage.

Release this man immediately,

and take Gil-soo to a cell.

Yes, sir.

Young Master.

-Man-bok. -Young Master.

Can you get me out of these ropes?

Of course.

Did you worry about me? Well, I am totally fine.

Her energy is circulating much better now.

That is right.

And it will keep getting better.

If it were not for me,

Ban would still be alive.

I should have saved him.

No, my lady.

Why would you say that? You did nothing wrong.

You had those hand tremors

due to stress, and your heart was weak.

It is in the Donguibogam.

But you managed to speak against him in that stressful situation

without even blinking an eye.

That means that you have overcome the hand tremors.

However, if you start feeling stressed again,

your energy circulation will slow down.

So, try your best to relax.

What I am saying is,

you should try to fart often and make sure your intestines are moist.

So…

So…

What Mr. Yoo is trying to say

is that he is very impressed by

how you overcame the hand tremors all by yourself.

-Right, Mr. Yoo? -Exactly.

Thank you.

I could not have done this without you two.

You were courageous enough to help reveal the truth.

I am sure you will be able to take care of yourself from now on.

Do you really think so?

Of course.

From now on, you can be the master of your own life.

Our boar is back

From now on, do not ask me about anything.

Do you have any idea how much he yelled at me?

Here, eat. And do not ever make us worry like that again.

Ugh, you sure are useless for such a big guy.

Eat up.

Does this mean that you guys…

-were that worried about me? -No, not really.

You should not laugh right after crying.

Just eat.

Thanks for the food.

It is so good.

Hey, slow down.

These are my favorite herbs.

What are you talking about?

If the previous King was really poisoned,

His Majesty would have done something about it.

His Majesty cannot do anything yet because of the Left Councilor.

But I heard His Majesty is looking into it in secret.

The servants should have tested his food with silver spoons.

It makes no sense.

Apparently, it was a very rare poison.

I heard it myself while delivering some goods.

Really?

I do not know anything, sir.

Why are you doing this to me?

Tell me where you heard that baseless rumor of yours.

I have all of the witnesses as well.

Do you really want to get executed for this?

I…

I just…

I once met with Minister Yoo

-because he came looking for me. -Minister Yoo?

What did you plot with Minister Yoo?

No.

I did not plot anything.

Minister Yoo was simply looking for

the source of a strange herb I had never seen before.

An herb?

Did you take that herb?

Of course not.

I have never seen this herb before, sir.

He only let me see it for a split second.

It was wrapped up in a piece of cloth.

So Minister Yoo got his hands on thesedge?

How did he get it?

If someone wishes to uncover the truth behind the previous King's death…

If that is the King, what will you do?

We need to kill Se-yeop, sir.

Even if Minister Yoo had found something,

we killed him before he could tell the King.

If we kill his son, we have nothing to worry about.

That is easy for you to say,

although you are always messing everything up.

He should have been killed a long time ago, sir.

It will be easy for you. You can do anything in this country.

I will take care of the physician myself.

Your job is to find and kill the court lady from the Royal Kitchen.

Yes, sir.

After we kill Yoo Se-yeop,

nobody else will know about the dan sedge.

If anybody finds out,

we will both be executed.

I understand, sir.

Since all copies of the Haedong Book of Herbs were burnt,

and everybody related to Jeon Gyu-hyeong was killed.

What is this?

Oh, my.

Haedong Book of Herbs?

I thought I had read every medical text in Joseon.

Cirsium pendulum.

Sanyeon herb.

Geungeun herb.

Dan sedge?

HAEDONG BOOK OF HERBS

I wonder if these texts will be too difficult for Eun-woo.

You look like you got lost after getting slapped by a strong wind.

I guess getting locked in a cell counts as "a strong wind."

Do not say that to Mr. Yoo.

You are too good at figuring things out. It is scary.

Come to think of it,

I heard that you are great at telling people's fortunes.

Can you tell me anything about my future? Come on, take a look.

Something like "you will eat a lot of great food at a feast."

How can you predict something like that?

Nam-hae.

Will it rain on March 3rd?

Yes, a lot.

Pick the flowers and mugworts in advance.

I should have asked you earlier.

-Thanks. -Go on.

This is my scorched rice!

Are you seriously stealing Jang-goon's scorched rice now?

Unbelievable.

No, it is not like that.

It was on the shelf, so I thought it was up for grabs.

No! It is mine!

Hey, Jang-goon.

Good food is meant to be shared.

Hey.

I am sorry.

I am sorry.

Jang-goon.

I am sorry.

Here you go. It is all right.

Why did you do that to him?

My goodness.

What is up with him?

I was just messing around.

He does not share his scorched rice with anybody

other than Mr. Gye.

Where did Dad go this early in the morning?

Who is there?

Dad, we have food and firewood.

Who gave us all this?

Gosh.

That was close. I almost got caught.

What?

Mr. Gye.

Hello, Madam Jeodonggung.

What brings you here at this hour?

Please take a look at this child.

What happened?

He started seeing things and speaking strangely

like he was possessed by a ghost.

What should I do?

Well, let us take him inside first.

Get ready to perform acupuncture and moxibustion.

Here.

What is going on?

Hey, be careful.

How is he?

It is hard to feel his pulse.

Are you saying that you cannot save him?

No, madam.

A needle on the emergency points will wake him up.

You said that he was seeing things?

Has this happened before?

I am not sure.

I am not always watching him.

If he was seeing things during the day, it is not sleepwalking.

Apparently, it usually happens in the early morning.

I do not understand what is going on.

Let us get ready for moxibustion.

I will perform moxibustion on his lower abdomen.

His pulse is weak,

but not too weak that he should be hallucinating.

How strange.

By the way, madam. I was not aware that you had such a young son.

I heard they took in a concubine's son.

I guess that is him.

She is not his real mother?

Why does she care for him so much?

She has always been kind and noble. She treats a concubine's son like her own.

There is nothing wrong with being a concubine's son.

Hey!

Those who talk behind other people's backs should die.

I feel like there is nothing wrong with her head.

This child is…

According to medical texts,

the veins of the chest become lax for women aged 49.

the menstruation stops, and they become infertile.

Judging by how pale and gaunt your face looks, madam,

there is no way that you could have given birth to him

before menopause.

This child must be a concubine's child.

What the…

On top of that, you probably took him in very recently

since you do not know much about him.

You idiot, you…

I am sorry, madam.

He does not have much exposure to the real world.

He can be… a bit clueless.

He did not mean anything by it, madam.

She is not that old, all right?

No.

You are right.

He is the son of Lord Cho's concubine.

Should I have told Mr. Yoo that he is a concubine's kid?

I mean, he can be clueless sometimes,

but he probably will not say that to the madam's face, right?

No. He would definitely do something like that.

Oh, no.

I shall perform moxibustion on his back now.

Wait.

I can stay here and watch him, madam. You should return home before breakfast.

You are right.

Please take good care of him.

Please send him back home as soon as he wakes up.

Yes, madam. Do not worry.

Take good care of him.

I will see you out.

Who did this?

I cannot tell you, sir. I will be punished.

There are bruises and cuts on his abdomen, back, and even his arms.

Tell us the truth.

If you do not, we will not be able to save him.

Who hit him?

Was it the madam?

I do not know.

Madam.

Hey, what are you doing? Stop him.

-No. -I have a question for you, madam!

Do not do it.

Madam.

What?

I stopped him.

Young Master.

-Poong. -Young Master?

-Goodness, Poong. -Mr. Yoo.

-What is wrong? -Poong.

-Poong. -Young Master.

Here.

Try doing this.

You know, you really need to learn some tact.

Why are you so careful around her? Who is she?

Her mother is the princess.

She is the granddaughter of the king.

She is one of our most important customers.

Be careful, all right?

Lord Cho was forced into the countryside,

but his family is related to the Left Councilor, so he will be fine.

They are the most powerful family in Sorak County.

So you do not think she abused the child because her family is powerful?

You think the madam hit the kid?

Do not be ridiculous.

The madam would never do that.

She gives out rice when there is a bad harvest,

and she cares so much about the poor.

The concubine that the child stayed with

before he came here did it to him.

He came to stay with the madam because of all the beatings.

I am sure Madam Jeodonggung will take good care of him now.

You are not just tactless. You are overly suspicious too.

Yes. You really should not insult Madam Jeodonggung.

They say the people in Hanyang should not be trusted.

You see, people from Hanyang

are very suspicious by nature.

Just like him.

They tend to be a bit jaded and mean.

Do not trust pretty people.

They always have hidden thorns.

Who are you talking about?

I do not have any thorns.

He is awake.

Seok-chul is awake.

Are you feeling all right?

I am cold.

And I am thirsty.

I cannot hear anything.

Since when?

My head hurts.

It hurts.

Seok-chul, this water is for washing your feet.

Oh, my.

He is rambling and thirsty. He has a headache and is shivering.

These are the symptoms of severe dehydration.

Why is he dehydrated?

I am not sure.

Maybe the injuries on his back have something to do with this.

CHILDREN

Are you lending him your clothes?

How kind of you.

Seok-chul is sick.

Is Seok-chul sick?

Yes, he is sick.

Seok-chul is sick.

Seok-chul is sick. He is sick.

He is sick. He is not feeling well.

Looks like he is awake.

Help him bathe first,

then tell the old man to take him back home.

I will take him home.

What? Why?

What are you going to do now?

I do not like the looks of his injuries,

and the dehydration is suspicious.

I need to check what exactly is going on.

Why are you so nosy about other people's business?

It is not "other people's business."

This is my duty as an adult.

Master Seok-chul, it is time to go inside.

Do you know how busy I have been? What took you so long?

I was weighed down by this.

Fair enough.

You are making good money.

For a noble family, they all seem pretty troubled.

I was almost killed by a premium ink stone.

Lord Cho can be a bit hot-blooded.

Darn it!

Do you know how much money I have spent on your schooling?

What is this?

Seok-chul could write better than you two, and he just learned how to write!

You useless brats.

How despicable. Get out of my sight!

And it seemed like Seok-chul's half-brothers

would rather see him dead.

-What a moron. -You piece of garbage.

Please thank Mr. Gye for what he did this morning.

And thank you for treating Seok-chul.

I have some medication for him,

but I have not figured out why he is hallucinating.

I will observe him carefully when I visit him, though,

so do not worry, madam.

Thank you.

Seok-chul.

The concubine was in the house

right in front of the madam.

It felt a bit…

I could not keep on living

if something bad happens to you.

Thank you, sir.

Thank you so much.

Thank goodness.

Thank the heavens.

There are plenty of other people with worse family problems.

Do not act so naive.

Do you think you will be any different?

Of course I will.

If I ever get married,

I will love my wife for the rest of my life.

Yes, good luck with that.

Anyway, what Seok-chul has is not just a simple illness.

Somebody is secretly abusing him. I am sure of it.

Seok-chul is ill. He is hurting a lot.

-We must help Seok-chul. -We must help.

That is why you are visiting him.

Just do what you can do right now, all right?

Seok-chul is in pain.

-No. I do not want to hear it. -Seok-chul is ill.

Seok-chul is in pain.

Do you think so too, Eun-woo?

Yeah.

I also want to love just one person for the rest of my life.

I was talking about Seok-chul.

Right.

His bruises and cuts all happened at different points in time.

He has been abused for a while.

We need to do something.

We have to.

They look good. Your husband got them?

I cannot sell these for less than two nyangs today.

Getting these was a nightmare.

Madam Jeodonggung must have paid you pretty well.

-Give us a discount. -What are you talking about?

She hasn't been paying us a lot recently.

Just ask any of the merchants here.

It is weird. She has gotten stingy.

-We are eating fish for dinner. -Granny, put them down!

-Stop! -Let us eat fish.

You cannot touch things that you will not buy.

I will buy the ones that she grabbed,

and these as well.

By the way, how long has she been like that?

Who?

Madam Jeodonggung.

She used to be so generous,

so why is she being so stingy now?

It started around this time, two years ago.

Two years ago?

I did not tell anybody.

I did as I promised.

At this rate, you will stay up all night.

Young Master, can you not take a hint?

Let us stop here for today.

All right.

I can take these away. We have all the time in the world.

Pilose bellflower and orange peels.

My goodness.

What? Are you not that kid from earlier in the day?

Young Master.

You do not even have shoes. What are you doing here?

Mom, I am cold.

I am thirsty.

What?

Let us take him inside.

I cannot hear.

I cannot hear anything.

Here.

Who did this to him?

How? Why?

Excuse me.

Sir.

I was looking everywhere for him.

I did not think he would be at this infirmary.

Who is the person abusing Seok-chul?

As you know, Lord Cho has always been very strict,

and Seok-chul is a concubine's son.

Madam Jeodonggung too…

We can hardly do anything in that house.

Do they starve him or forbid him from drinking water?

I should have paid him more attention.

Is he very ill, sir?

If we do not go back right now,

we might both get kicked out.

You should try to stay calm,

since you are pregnant.

Why not go back and get some rest?

We will bring Seok-chul back once he is recovered.

We cannot send him back home.

If we give up on him,

he might as well be dead.

But you will not give up on him.

Besides, I have a plan.

Mr. Gye…

I told you to not get involved with that physician.

But I feel so bad for him. He has these bruises everywhere.

-If you see him, I am sure you would… -I would what?

I would feel pity for him because I was just like him once?

That is not what I meant.

It was different for you. You had people who saved you,

and Councilor Cho adopted you.

You are the one who saved me.

I learned martial arts after you took me to Magistrate Seo.

You gave me my reason to live.

By the way, why have you been distancing yourself from Father lately?

It is because of you.

What?

He made you suffer by marrying you off to that horrible family.

Are you being serious?

I cannot lose her like this.

Please just give me some time.

Eun-woo has already gotten engaged to the son of the Lee family.

How…

How could you do this to me?

Do you not know my feelings toward Eun-woo?

Is it because I do not come from an admirable family?

You are just like everybody else.

I was planning on visiting Lord Cho anyway.

You can come with me.

Really?

Thank you, Shin-woo. Let us go.

Next time.

I need to go to Hanyang first.

I see.

You are going to visit Councilor Cho, right?

I see. You are really a wonderful son to him.

Let me know when you are back.

I will.

Did you find Se-yeop?

Yes, sir.

Kill him.

Will it be too difficult?

Not at all.

You told me to wait, that is all.

But if it is urgent, I can make sure that he dies tonight.

You know, I really do like you.

It was so obvious that the others were putting on an act

in order to become my adopted son,

but I could never read you.

You have the skills to keep your position for a very long time.

However,

that also means that you have the skills to betray me.

That is why I want you to kill him.

Prove that you are truly faithful to me.

You eat so well.

Did I eat all of your food?

Nope, I eat this every day.

Really?

I wish I could live here too.

Do you want some scorched rice?

Here you go.

I have never seen anybody with an appetite like yours!

Try dipping it in here.

Why did you do that?

Sugar is incredibly rare!

Sorry.

I did not know.

-Is it not sweet? -Yes, it is really good.

Here.

-It is good, right? -It is.

You look so pretty.

Anybody can look pretty if they dress up.

No, she has always been pretty.

You should dress like that more often.

I cannot do that.

Why not? You are a widow, not a criminal.

Madam Jeodonggung usually comes to my mother's tea party,

so I will go and hear what she has to say.

Young Master, you want me to come with you?

You are still sitting down.

Wear this gold hairpin.

This one is prettier.

Granny, there is no way that is made of gold.

Sit down and eat.

-Come here. -Where did you even get that?

You are ugly, so you can wear a wooden hairpin.

-What? -My goodness.

My goodness.

I almost did not recognize you in those clothes, Lady Eun-woo.

When you go to the tea party,

please make sure to tell people about our infirmary.

You.

Take your young master back home. Make sure to get paid, all right?

Sure.

Goodbye, Young Master.

See you later.

-I will see you all later. -Bye.

Oh, my.

We need to save Seok-chul.

Seok-chul likes scorched rice.

Hey.

Are you going to give him all your scorched rice

and work twice as hard when you are digging up herbs and working?

I can just share the scorched rice.

That is what I thought.

Stop being ridiculous and eat.

Jang-goon.

Unbelievable.

Young Master.

How is he?

He has gotten better, but he has still got a long way to go.

Please lead us to his room.

This way, please.

Who hit you, Seok-chul?

It is all right. You can tell me.

Mr. Yoo.

It is time for Seok-chul to go to school.

What? He cannot go to school. Look at the state he is in.

-I am sure he can miss one… -I am sorry.

If he misses school, Lord Cho will be furious with the two of us.

Try it. The tea smells exquisite.

Thank you.

My daughter wanted to come to this tea party so badly.

She could have come with you.

How old is she?

Five years old.

Five years old, huh?

You are nothing compared to us.

I do not want to see your dirty face around here.

What are you doing?

Let us go.

I hate him.

We should go back.

You cannot go to school like this.

Are you really going to go?

There is nowhere else for me to go.

I thought you were picking out romance novels or something.

Mr. Yoo.

You can put down that medical textbook.

I have compiled a collection for you to read.

You know, you can be quite impatient sometimes.

I am always learning things from you.

So I wanted to start helping you sooner than later.

I appreciate that, but I have read every single medical text in this country.

You know,

you can bluff a lot sometimes.

I am not bluffing.

I am not bluffing.

I am not.

Did you learn anything at the tea party?

Yes, I did. The madam asked me to visit her and check her pulse tomorrow.

She seemed like she was stressed about something.

Did you find anything?

Well…

Do older brothers usually beat up their younger brothers?

Are you talking about Seok-chul?

They are probably unhappy about suddenly having a half-brother.

It might take some time for them to become a true family.

Are they his family or his abusers?

I do not know.

I told him not to go to school after he was beaten up by his brothers,

but he said that he has nowhere else to go.

I just felt so…

You can try talking with the madam tomorrow.

All right.

Do you think I can do it?

Of course.

When I was young, my mother told me that

the things you worry about will usually turn out just fine.

But the things that you do not think about

will come back to bite you.

I was smart, but I was a bit timid.

Your mother sounded like a wise woman.

I am sure she was a wonderful person.

You are not crying, are you?

What do you prescribe for a runny nose?

Crow-dipper tonic.

I think you might be a genius, Eun-woo.

Crow-dipper tonic.

Se-yeop is His Majesty's childhood friend.

His Majesty is planning on calling him back to Hanyang.

So we must not be rash.

We need to kill him without anybody finding out.

DONGUIBOGAM

Would the Donguibogam be too hard for her?

DONGUIBOGAM 1

DONGUIBOGAM 2, 3

DONGUIBOGAM 4

Eun-woo.

Eun-woo.

Have you been reading again?

I knew it.

Here.

Thank you.

If you plan to read all night,

I shall take them back.

I will not, I promise.

Why not try performing acupuncture on the madam tomorrow?

I will be there to guide you.

Already?

Yes.

Here.

It is a gift to celebrate your first time placing a needle.

I cannot take this. It belongs to you.

You need to use it when you can perform acupuncture again.

Then would it be fine

if you could place my needles for me

until that moment comes?

Then I shall hold onto this…

until that moment comes.

Yes.

When that moment comes, you can return it.

Sure. I will do that.

Is there an herb that could change the color of metal?

You must get rid of him this time.

Were you nervous when you had your first patient as well?

I am sure that one day you will make me think,

"Your hands are even better than my own."

-How dare you turn in something like this? -Be quiet.

Lord Cho had a mark on his right index finger

from using a whip frequently.

Mr. Gye! Are you in there?

If a curse was involved,

we need to take it to the government office.

Come up with an infallible plan.

He is gone, Mr. Yoo.

We can still save him.

I cannot do that.

You must.

Subtitle translation by: Su-in Choi