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

I killed the previous King

with my own hands.

That is the reason

I was banished from the royal palace,

and why I cannot perform acupuncture anymore.

Also,

somebody has been chasing after me because of what happened.

I do not want to leave.

But…

I must reveal the truth.

Will you…

wait for me?

No.

You should do what you need to do.

Go and reveal the truth.

But I will not just stay and do nothing.

I am going to find a way, too.

Together. Just like right now.

Did Councilor Cho order this?

Hurts a bit, does it not?

You would have ruined everything without me.

You should thank me.

You can run, but you cannot hide.

That is what you get, you arrogant prick.

Looks like this is mine now.

JEON GYU-HYEONG YOO HOO-MYUNG, GYE JI-HAN, SHIN GWI-SOO

Who on earth managed to use the dan sedge

while avoiding being discovered?

Why did Inspector Cho come to Sorak County?

To kill me?

To find evidence?

Mr. Yoo.

I am coming in.

CHO SHIN-WOO, CHO TAE-HAK

So Shin-woo is involved in this as well.

I do not know anything for sure yet.

Do you think Councilor Cho sent him?

This belongs to

Mr. Yoo?

Maybe this needle case has something to do with all this.

Did something happen?

A couple of nights ago,

Shin-woo got very surprised when he heard

that this was yours.

Maybe Shin-woo knows about

the thing that you are looking into.

We should go and ask him.

What do you mean, he left?

He was called to Uigeumbu last night,

and I could not find him in his quarters this morning.

He probably left in a hurry.

My goodness.

He could have told us that he was leaving, you know?

He would not have left without a single word.

I wonder what happened.

But those who are after you are like wild beasts.

They will only stop once they have torn you apart.

They are cruel men.

I think Inspector Cho may be in danger.

Where are you going?

You must take this mountain path to go to the government office.

Look at this.

It is blood.

Inspector Cho.

Inspector Cho.

Wake up.

We must take you to the infirmary. Hold onto me.

No.

You must not tell anybody

that I am alive.

Inspector Cho.

Inspector Cho.

Who on earth did this?

The adopted son of Councilor Cho, who was trying to kill me, was attacked.

Who did it?

Why was he attacked?

You need to wake up.

I am not letting you die like this.

I took care of him, sir.

How weak.

Your Majesty.

You have not been tending to your country's affairs for days,

and now you are not even showing your face.

Please reconsider, Your Majesty.

The sores on my legs have gotten so terrible

that it is hard for me to even remain seated.

-Sores? -Sores?

Therefore,

I wish to visit the hot springs in Onyang.

Famine has spread throughout the land.

The journey to Onyang may be too far.

It may worsen your condition, Your Majesty.

I would like to recover at Onyang,

just as my predecessors did.

I hope that you will all understand.

Yes, Your Majesty.

Your good health means

the prosperity of our country, after all.

We will get everything ready, Your Majesty.

Since my illness is very serious,

I would like to leave as soon as I can.

Yes, Your Majesty.

He is heading to his royal villa already?

But he just ascended to the throne.

Well, he is ill.

He suddenly wants to go to his royal villa?

Councilor Cho.

They found the court lady from the Royal Kitchen, Wol.

But His Majesty

has her, sir.

What?

I get it now.

Call Soon-man right away.

Yes, sir.

What happened?

Who tried to kill you?

You need to take Eun-woo and go back.

You will be in danger if you stay with me.

Inspector Cho.

It looks like you saved my life yet again.

Do you know something about my needle case?

Please tell me. Does it have something to do with my father?

Are you asking me to repay my debt?

Your late father

was holding a discolored needle in his hand.

I was investigating the case as an advisor to the police chief.

But…

I no longer have that needle.

I think

the man who stabbed me took it with him.

Who was it?

Here, Jang-goon, you can have one.

And I can have two.

Come on.

It is so good.

You know, Mr. Yoo was acting so weird today.

Well, my young master is always acting very weird.

But I saw him taking a bunch of food

-and sneaking it out. -What?

Eun-woo was acting weird, too.

She carried out some food earlier.

My scorched rice basket was empty too.

Right. If they stole from his scorched rice basket too,

it is obvious.

-What? -What is going on?

The two of them…

are obviously dating.

What?

They are dating?

-They are dating? -They are dating?

So they are finally dating.

What? What do you think?

-The two of them must have… -Yes.

settled down in secret.

-What? -What?

Is that not a big deal?

They cannot get married.

No, there is no way.

See, my young master has never dated before.

He does not have the guts for that.

You can never be too sure about romantic relationships.

We should take a look at where Poong settled down.

Wait, no.

No. Just wait, Jang-goon.

They are dating.

Well…

Have you eaten dinner yet?

Yes. We ate outside.

Where?

-Do you want some honey cookies? -Honey cookies…

Yes. You two can share one.

They are kind of alike.

Inspector Cho.

He has not even recovered yet.

His wound will reopen if he moves around.

He could not have gone far.

Let us look for him.

That inspector

was asking about a herb that could discolor a needle, right?

Yes, he was.

This is the needle that he showed you.

Do you know what it is?

Did you find out anything about it?

I played dumb because I did not want to get arrested.

But this is not a normal needle.

It is used to cut open boils.

So that is what it is?

Yes. It looks very precious.

Did you get a good look?

I want an answer as soon as possible.

Make sure to keep your tongue in check.

Of course, sir.

Anyway, did you bring what I asked for?

Yes, sir. It is right here.

Let me see.

Very nice.

If that idiot goes to Hanyang without a plan…

Minister Yoo died while he was looking into them.

So you better get lost

if you do not have a death wish.

But…

I cannot just hide it forever.

We are not seeing any more patients today. Come back tomorrow.

Who is here at this hour?

Are you the physician?

As for him, this is…

I heard that there is a very skilled young physician here.

Where is he?

A young physician?

Yes.

I would like to see the young physician from the Royal Infirmary.

And how did you find out about that young physician?

I am going to Hanyang for my liberal arts exam,

but I was not feeling well, so I ended up here.

Everybody in this village

was praising this young physician.

I told you, we are closed for the day.

Right, you can come back another day.

No, we are not seeing any more patients.

If it is very urgent, we do offer some late-night care.

What are you talking about? Since when--

Go to your room.

If it is later at night, you will have to pay an extra fee.

But getting better is more important than money, right?

I will pay you what I have already paid

for the extra fee.

You can come inside right away.

This way, please. Come on.

You go inside.

I thought the young physician was going to treat me.

He is my assistant. I sent him on an errand.

I will feel your pulse while we wait for him.

My goodness.

Your eyes are bloodshot, and you have sores on your tongue.

You have a lot of heat in your sangcho.

I am sure you are always feeling ill.

That is right.

I always suffer from minor illnesses,

so I have to visit physicians all the time.

Your servant is so skinny, but you have so much fat on your belly.

So your energy cannot circulate.

You brought that upon yourself.

Then what should I do?

You should find a physician who genuinely treats his patients,

not one who is after money and fame.

When you are looking for a physician,

consider his skill and personality.

We can look for him again when the sun rises.

Hey! Where have you been all day?

Has he been up to no good again?

Who is there so late at night?

Some rich young guy who will take a liberal arts exam.

He seemed suspicious at first,

but it looks like he will be a precious customer.

What? Who is he?

Watch him while I go get the herbs

so that he does not run away.

-Your Majesty. -Lower your voice.

Se-yeop.

Have you been well, Your Majesty?

You have gotten thinner.

It must have been hard for you.

-Your Majesty. -You may raise your head.

Today, I am here to meet my old friend.

But…

I only picked out the very best…

What are you doing?

Here.

You must always be going around drinking, gambling,

and seeing women.

Well, here is some medication.

It will heal your eyes

and get rid of that heat in your sangcho.

Mr. Gye, your finger looks stiff. I think you have mamokjeung.

Hey.

Are you blind?

He is so young, but he is so fat.

He will be dead in a year or two.

You will crawl back to me later.

Just treat your illnesses using this medication, and--

Get up.

Just go to bed.

-What? What is it? -I will explain later.

Just go to your room tonight.

-Make sure to get a lot of money. -Please go.

I am sorry, Your Majesty.

He means well, I swear.

He is a skilled physician who used to be in the Royal Infirmary.

The Royal Infirmary?

I see.

Everything he said made sense.

But…

What are you doing in the countryside, Your Majesty?

Did you come all the way here to meet me?

I have a favor to ask of you.

A court lady from the Royal Kitchen is being brought here.

Please help her.

A court lady from the Royal Kitchen?

The maid of honor asked for her to be found

even at the cost of her own life.

We have a lot to talk about.

Please, sit.

You are saying…

That my father was looking into the previous King and that needle?

The court lady who is coming here right now

probably knows something about this.

You must treat her.

Yes, Your Majesty.

What exactly does she need treatment for, though?

What is it?

Are you all right?

Come on, wake up.

I must go back now.

I will trust you with the rest.

Yes, Your Majesty. I will do everything that I can.

-What happened? -I am sorry, Your Majesty.

She got spooked for some reason and ran away.

She was only frightened, Your Majesty.

You must save her. Do you understand?

You need to reveal the truth.

Yes, Your Majesty.

GYESU INFIRMARY

And who the hell is she?

How could you?

Be quiet.

His Majesty asked me to treat her.

What are you talking about? "His Majesty"?

-The King? -The King?

You must have been out of your mind!

Did you really try to take His Majesty's money?

It was not just money. I heard he insulted His Majesty too.

You have some guts.

I heard he wagged his finger at His Majesty

and scolded him like a child.

"Look at all that belly fat.:

That is what Mr. Gye said.

Your acting is stellar.

Wait, if he really did that to His Majesty,

then we could all…

We could all, what?

Get arrested and then executed!

We will get beaten before we are executed, too!

You crazy jerk.

You are crazy.

-Crazy. -Jeez.

It looks like I will have to open up an inn here.

Yes. My goodness.

He really should not have pointed his finger at him.

My goodness.

She is awake.

Thank goodness. I thought she was dead.

Gosh. You scared us!

What is your name?

Do you not know your name and age?

Hey, do not scare her.

Where are you from?

Have you eaten yet?

Stop asking her questions. She obviously cannot talk.

Yes, I guess she cannot talk.

I see.

Well, since you are awake, you have got to eat.

I will bring some rice porridge.

You are awake.

Thank goodness.

It is all right. You are safe here.

They will protect you.

Yes, we will protect you.

Councilor Cho.

Thank you for calling me here again. It is my greatest honor.

Just give me an order, sir. I will do anything.

I am your true servant now.

A girl will go to Sorak County and look for Se-yeop.

When you find her, notify me right away and keep an eye on where she goes.

I will go down there myself.

Yes, sir.

Do not worry.

You know how I took care

of Inspector Cho too, right?

-Nice and clean. -You must not act rashly.

I have something to offer to you, sir.

What is it?

This is a drug that seduces people.

If you try this once,

you will be seeing both heaven and hell,

and you will keep coming back for more.

You will end up selling all of your livestock and your house,

and even your life.

How sinful.

The profit that I got from selling a box of martens

is nothing compared to the profit that I got

from selling this, sir.

You could even have Joseon in the palm of your hand

if you wanted to.

That is easier said than done.

It is like trying to cover the sky with your palm.

But you are my only sky, Councilor Cho.

You can be the sky

for everybody, sir.

You really are something else.

Thank goodness that I did not bring this one out.

I will find a good time to use it later.

Gosh, I am smart.

She is not talking at all.

Her blood clot was due to shock, and it is blocking the way to her heart.

We should use wonjihwan and bokshinsan.

All right.

Then I will place a needle to help her calm down.

Do you not want to get better?

I promise that this will help.

Are you really so scared of it?

I cannot perform acupuncture on her.

You are right.

What is with the weather?

What?

-What? -What?

-Here! -Oh, no!

You crazy old woman!

Do you know how much these clothes cost?

Why did you come back?

It is a ruckus every time you come here.

That is no way to talk to your elders.

You there, teach her some manners.

I will deal with you later.

Hey.

What do you want now?

From now on,

you need to pay an entrance fee whenever you come to our infirmary.

What?

Look at you.

I am your guest.

You should be asking me to come inside.

I am a paying customer, all right?

If you are not about to die, just leave.

We are pretty busy here.

That's why I need to go inside

so that I can receive detailed treatment.

Hey.

Let me go inside.

I washed the rag.

It is really clean now.

Good work, Granny.

You. Get lost.

What is so special about that girl, anyway?

What is there to look for and hide?

Who cares? It is none of my business.

What really matters is that I am so close

to acquiring Gyesu Infirmary.

I would like to know what caused you

to lock up your heart so tightly.

If you would like to say something, you can write it down.

Here.

It is all right.

You do not have to write it down.

I am afraid that Soon-man came here for a reason.

I will see if there is a monastery that we can go to.

Yes.

What should I do?

According to the Five Minds Mutual Restriction Therapy,

only happiness

can overcome stress and worry.

Man-bok.

What might make her happy?

I heard that a lot of court ladies

fake being sick

so they can go and see their families.

She will love getting to see her family again.

What on earth…

Wol, try drinking this.

Wol.

Wol.

Wol.

-We need to bring her inside. -All right.

Is she breathing?

Yes. She might appear lifeless, but she is still alive.

Eun-woo, place a needle on cheondol, hwagae, and okdang.

Yes.

You are…

I am going to place a needle on cheondol, hwagae, and okdang.

She is the girl from before.

From before?

One,

two,

three.

She has damganjeung.

The worst is over now.

She will wake up with a needle on geogwol.

All right.

Do you know her?

Yes.

I only just recognized her

when I saw the moles on her chest.

Her chest?

Yes.

They are in the shape of a triangle.

I remember thinking that it was quite unique.

Mr. Yoo.

Were you a playboy back at the royal palace?

What?

I bet you were. All handsome guys are like that.

I knew it.

Gosh…

What the…

No.

There was nothing like that between us.

It is not true.

The court lady is with Se-yeop, sir.

Did I not tell you to watch her movements carefully?

Of course I am, sir.

My slaves have been watching them

all day and all night.

Lead the way.

I shall end this myself.

It is all right.

It is all right.

You remember me,

do you not?

You can take your time.

Until you are ready to tell me

what is on your mind.

Do you miss your home?

Your family?

Do not worry. I will go with you.

What is going on?

Who made her cry?

Why did you do that?

My goodness, Mr. Yoo. You are always making girls cry.

Young Master, can you explain what is going on?

I did not do anything.

She is crying because I brought up her family.

Oh, my goodness.

Do not cry.

It is all right.

You are all right.

I did not…

That poor girl. I wonder what she went through.

Something must have happened to her family.

So that is why she convulsed

and passed out, then?

She must have gone straight back home after she ran away from the royal palace.

But now she is not saying anything.

She must have gone through something unbearable.

That is the reason

we are going back to her home.

Would that not make it harder for her?

It is still her home.

She grew up there,

and that is where she spent her happiest days.

I think she will get better if she can remember those good times.

I think that

you cannot talk right now

because you have too many worries.

But do not let yourself suffer too much.

Do not hide from it.

There must be some happy and fun memories

mixed in with those worries, too.

I would like to help you remember those memories back at home.

Do you not want to go?

Do this if you do not want to go.

What do you think? Do you want to or not?

If you do,

then the people at Gyesu Infirmary and I will go with you.

You are not alone anymore.

I have never been outside Sorak County.

This is so fun.

Pretty, right?

Where is mine?

What is the occasion?

Inspector Cho is still injured.

I wonder where he went.

I am worried that something else might happen to him.

Do not worry too much.

Shin-woo is strong. He is very good with his sword.

It sounds like you trust him very much.

I have known him since we were little.

You must have a lot of good memories together.

Yes.

But what I have right now is much more important to me.

I want one too.

-We should get settled down. -Yes.

Jang-goon.

Can you stay here with Eun-woo and Wol for a moment?

We will wait over there.

My gods.

How despicable!

I was right.

Ip-boon, go and get some water with granny.

Man-bok, follow me.

We should clean this up.

Your house looks very warm.

-Ta-da. -Ta-da.

I am about to starve to death.

You only think about food!

Yes, that is right.

I do not care about any books or scholars. I just want food.

Wol.

Let me know if you want to eat anything.

I will make you anything you want.

Really?

Then we should eat beef.

Wol, you want beef, right?

Beef.

What is this, Dad?

You want to talk with me through your drawings?

A brazier? Is it a brazier?

Young Master, I am going to find some herbs.

Sure.

Jang-goon, could you get me some Korean angelica

-and rehmannia from the room? -Yes.

I am sure you miss them

so very much.

I also lost my father,

the only family that I had left.

You might have known him, too.

Do you remember Minister Yoo Hoo-myung?

Would everything have been fine

if I had not performed acupuncture on the king back then?

If I had not been so arrogant,

then

my father might still be alive.

Those thoughts

have been haunting me every single night.

I want to apologize to you, too.

Maybe

everything that is hurting you right now

was caused because of me.

So, I hope you will not suffer too much

or blame yourself for any of this.

It is

all my fault.

What are you up to, Jang-goon?

Butterfly.

Mr. Yoo.

It is a butterfly.

She drew a butterfly.

So she was not scared of the needles,

but the butterfly on the hinge?

It is all right.

It is fine. It is a drawing of a butterfly.

It cannot hurt you.

You were trying to say something with the drawing, right?

That is why you drew the picture?

You can tell me anything.

I will be here to listen.

Mr. Yoo…

It was not your fault.

Your father…

was murdered.

What…

What are you talking about?

It was a man wearing a belt with a black jade butterfly.

He is the one

who killed your father.

You need to die here.

Did he kill my father? Is he trying to finish me off too?

I cannot disobey my order,

but I cannot kill somebody who saved my life.

Just leave. Do not ever come back.

But he did not manage to kill me.

Why?

It was probably somebody else wearing the same belt.

It cannot have been Shin-woo.

We need to find out who it was.

What a poor, unlucky girl.

I am just too persistent.

Oh, my…

Young Master.

Young Master.

Something is happening.

I do not know why,

but Soon-man is bringing a bunch of soldiers this way.

They want me and Wol.

Why…

I am going to take Wol and run.

Eun-woo, take everyone

and go to the crowded street market.

No. What if something happens to you?

Come with us.

No, they are after the two of us.

I do not want to put all of you in danger.

Go straight to reach the market.

They cannot attack you there.

But…

My goodness…

Be careful.

I will be fine.

We must go. You must survive.

Do not be afraid.

I said I would protect you.

I will draw the assassins that way.

Stay here, and stay hidden.

-No, Mr. Yoo. Then you… -This is an order from His Majesty.

You must live,

and I must save you.

So stay alive.

-Find them. -Yes, sir.

-Find them. -Yes, sir.

-Track them down. -Yes, sir.

Track them down.

-Yes, sir. -Yes, sir.

Lady Eun-woo, we need to go.

All of you, go to Gyesu Infirmary.

Try to blend into crowds.

Where are you going?

Take me with you.

You must lead the others

to Gyesu Infirmary. Keep them safe.

I will go and get Mr. Yoo.

-Go. -My lady.

-Go. -Lady Eun-woo.

Wol.

Mr. Yoo.

What happened? Why are you all by yourself?

I told Wol to hide here,

but she is gone.

Maybe she went back to her house to avoid them.

Councilor Cho.

I think they ran away into the mountains.

I will bring them to you right away, sir.

Wol…

Wol is…

I will get rid of Yoo Se-yeop

and bring back the needle.

What can you do in Hanyang?

You will come with me.

Please help me.

Please give me just a little bit of opium.

Hey.

How dare you sell something like this?

Arrest them!

So Councilor Cho was involved, after all.

You must be more careful.

We brought the corpse from the ice storage.

Her blood has traces of the dan sedge?

Please promise me that you will not do anything dangerous.

Subtitle translation by: Su-in Choi