(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...
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?
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