(Episode 50)
Your Majesty, that's utterly unreasonable
Please take your words back
Your Majesty...
This concerns only myself!
I trust this person, with great skill
and talents, I'm making this person my personal physician...
so why would you argue about this?!
Your Majesty!
Minister, listen I'm appointing Jang-Geum...
as my personal physician so go ahead and do that
(Letter of resignation)
What are you saying?
The King wants Jang-Geum as his personal physician?
That's nonsense You must've heard wrong
That's what he commanded
No way! How could a physician lady be the King's personal physician?!
I thought you weren't coming
Why would I not come? Let's go
Sir Min didn't come in yet?
He did. He told me to give this to you
Where is he right now?!
He left
Find him quickly! Right now!
Huh?
How could he resign when the court is in shambles over the King's order...
to have Jang-Geum as his personal physician?!
Huh?
Bring him by any means!
If you don't, things could get much worse!
What does it say?
What does it say?!
Jang-Geum... Jang-Geum...
Jang-Geum's leaving, right?
How did you know?
Leaving with Sir Min, right?
How did you know that?!
She'll write when she settles down, right?
How did you...?
I've done business with the scholar-official class...
for over 40 years now
I know exactly what they're thinking
I know that... I can't stay here like this
I should go and get Jang-Geum!
No way. It's a good thing
Good thing?
Or else how could she be with Sir Min?
That's too bad... I have to be able to see her!
Where are you going?!
Get my foot
Are you afraid? My heart flutters
Is your heart fluttering?
Are you afraid?
I'm happy... My heart's overflowing with emotions
And I feel comfortable
I'm afraid
I'm afraid that this might be a dream
So you're asking if a pretty lady and a handsome man...
got on a boat?
Yes. Did they or not?
Pay up first
You're just like my wife!
Forget it, then
OK... here... come here
Did they get on the boat or not? They did
To where? Yee-Po
Yee-Po? Yeah
That boat is headed for Je-Mul-Po!
What? Je-Mul-Po?
One going to Yee-Po will be here tomorrow!
To where? Je-Mul-Po!
I'm not going to Je-Mul-Po! I must go to Yee-Po!
I'll write you a letter Deliver it to the prime minister
Prepare horses, we must track them on horses
Let me get off!
How could this make any sense?!
No matter what, she's a physician lady!
But it's the King's command so we can't help...
Do you think you're making any sense?!
I'm just saying... That's utterly unreasonable!
The head physician already takes care of his health!
A physician lady as the King's personal physician?
He's basically saying he'll disregard...
all the physicians, myself and the whole government!
We must stop this!
Jang-Geum as his personal physician?!
He probably just said it since Jang-Geum's achievement was great
Jang-Geum only has to refuse courteously
Even if he didn't mean it...
such a command ruins the hierarchy...
of the pharmacy and what becomes of us and the physicians?
Jang-Geum has been buttering them up for sure
She's not that kind of girl
Then how could such a thing happen?
Jang-Geum, the King's personal physician?!
That's nonsense!
Since she saved his life, the King probably...
No, it's unreasonable
A physician lady should only follow orders
She was so impertinent
She's so bad...
Have you ever heard of such a thing before?
Or seen it before?
But... what is a physician?
It's a person who earns the trust of...
the patient and attends to the person's health
Then it's only natural that the King trusts Jang-Geum...
but it's "unreasonable"? What's going on here?
Just what is going on?
He wants a physician lady as his personal physician?
Just what have you been doing?
I'm sorry, Your Majesty. But...
shouldn't you have tried to...
block him by all means?
It's not even worth any further discussion
I'm going to tell him directly...
and you must turn down his decision
Yes, Your Majesty
How could a physician lady be his personal physician?
Isn't she the one who received...
secret orders from the Queen?
How could she possibly hold...
the position of his personal physician?!
It's probably Sir Min's scheme to...
plant one of his people near the King
Plant a person?
Isn't that physician lady and Sir Min your people, prime minister?
Jang-Geum saved his life, and He has...
made that decision by himself
Then are you suggesting that...
we should uphold the King's command?
No past king has ever...
had a physician lady as his personal physician
And Sir Min, the head isn't even here at a time like this!
Just how did the court come to this point?
The officials try to be careful with the King...
and the high officials are taking secret orders of the ladies...
so how could the court be secure when such things are happening?
Isn't that right, sir? Gosh...
Didn't Sir Min and the physician lady...
got on the boat together? Yes, sir!
I don't think his resignation is the problem here
If people find out Min Jung-Ho and that physician lady left together...
Just for that, both of them wouldn't be able to survive...
and we'd be put in a crisis as well as the King
Everything we've accomplished...
so far would be ruined Then...
both of them must come back...
and Jang-Geum has to decline and Sir Min must...
settle this issue or else we'd all be gone by one swing of their sword
Is that true?!
Yes. So my husband went to look for her
What have you been listening to so far?
It's a good thing if you think about it
What destiny can a woman have?
She only has to marry a good man...
and have children to be happy
That's the happiest thing for a woman, isn't it?
Ma'am... ma'am... Jang-Geum...
What? The rumor has spread already?
What? What are you saying?
No... it's nothing
Actually, the King has ordered Jang-Geum to be his personal physician
What?!
The King has ordered Jang-Geum to be his personal physician?!
Yes, he made that order, but...
Oh, my...!
Are you OK?
The King has ordered my Jang-Geum to be his personal physician?
Yes
Oh no, oh no, oh no...
What's wrong? And where is Jang-Geum?
You have to give up everything for me. Is that OK?
You have to live as a peasant because of me, OK?
You have to touch dirt with hands that used to hold a brush. Is that OK?
We may barely manage to survive only on plants. Is that OK?
How many more promises should I make...
in order for you to leave with me?
It's alright. I'm OK with all of that
Even though it's all because of me?
That's why I'm OK...
Be careful
There's no choice. Get on my back
Come on... get on my back. Come on
Why are you laughing?
I'm remembering my parents
Why?
My father had secretly put stepping stones...
in the stream before my mother's path...
and my mother secretly saw him doing it...
and that's when she fell in love
Really? You should've told me before
Get down and start walking from over there again
I'll put down stepping stones You don't know about it
What is that? Get down
No... Please get down!
We can get on the boat over there
Let's go
How could...?
You must go back
Move! No! You must go back!
I have given up on all of my duties. Move away
You must go back I said, move!
I can't. Take them away
Stop!
I give you my last command
Move away from my path
Move away!
I'm sorry. Take them away!
Move away! Move away!
Sir!
Please move away
I'm sorry
I'm no longer an official or your superior
What are you doing?!
What are you doing with the physician lady who has to...
become the King's personal physician?!
Sir...
Follow us!
Is this how I taught you?!
I've watched you from your childhood
So I've been worrying for you
It's good that your will is deep and upright...
but I worried that it may snap in the wind
It's good that you're affectionate but I worried that it may...
dull your keen mind
You can't do this
Although I do acknowledge that love between a man and a woman...
can overcome everything, this is wrong
You know the effect of the King's command better than I do
It isn't too late
Change your mind and go back immediately
Sir
Do you really want to ruin your life and put all of us in trouble?
Many scholars have entered...
the government office from remote areas trusting us
Are you going to abandon them for a woman now?
Go back immediately
That's the only way for you and I and the rest of us to live
Go back immediately
Sir... please give me some time
Why you...
It won't take long. It won't
Please follow me
Can we send them away like this?
They will be back
Go back. I only thought of myself
This place seems like a good place for a pharmacy
That area looks good for a school
I can't be a stumbling block to you of all people
The mountain looks good...
behind the house and there is a stream in front of it
There are a lot of trees so it'll be good to find herbs...
and it's a quiet neighborhood so it'll be good to teach the kids
You were whipped by your mother...
for secretly going to school, right?
And you were whipped again for playing with boys...
and you caught rabbits even though she told you not to
Yes
And your father would always take your side
Yes
If it weren't for your father, your calves wouldn't have been saved
You wanted to learn even being whipped like that?
Yes. I don't know why but I was curious...
how sky could look that way...
and where the sun would rise...
and where the moon would set...
and why the rabbits weren't able to walk...
I was filled with questions
So the rabbits I caught always suffered a lot
If not now... if not now, we wouldn't be...
able to even dream of such things together
Come on... Come on...
I can't go
I'll return to the palace first...
You and the lady must go to the palace now
Jang-Geum should refuse to accept the command of the King...
and you must lead in refusal
Do you understand?
You must not refuse
There is a certain type of person Whether she intended it or not...
the person attaches significance to her work
That's your situation...
and you are that type of person
You'd become the only lady...
who has ever held such a position...
in the history of Chosun if you become the King's personal physician
I don't need such fame
I'm not asking you to take fame
I'm asking you to go back to yourself, to the person you wanted to find
You said you went to school asking why a peasant can't learn, huh?
You said you caught rabbits asking why a girl can't do such a thing, huh?
That is your true self And that is why you came this far
You do the things that seem impossible and you do it well
I'm not going back for your safety...
or mine or the prime minister's
Though such things seem great now, they have been...
occurring throughout Chosun history and it will fade away again
But you becoming the King's personal physician is something...
uncommon in the history of Chosun
It is only proper that you should be the one
Putting a person in her rightful position is a more just thing to do...
than making the prime minister's authority greater
That is what a scholar should do
That is why I'm returning
Please become the King's personal physician
So you're saying you went to Je-Mul-Po...
when Jang-Geum went to Yee-Po?
What else could I've done?
I couldn't dive into the water...
Then what should we do now?
If they find out that she left without receiving the King's order...
Jang-Geum!
Jang-Geum, the King has made you his personal physician
What's wrong with her?
She should be happy
Become his personal physician...
even if only for one day
I became a physician lady to take revenge...
but I wasn't distracted at all while practicing medicine
I tried very hard to treat illnesses
But no matter how hard I tried, I was a woman
I often had to practice medicine without the full trust...
of patients and even if I succeeded the scholar-officials thought...
they were giving me a reward by sleeping with me for one night
So I became rougher and more eccentric
People even called me a female saint
What I wanted wasn't some big reward or fame
I just wanted to be acknowledged as myself...
for what I do like men
You must show that physician ladies work hard
And that they are able to give prescriptions
You must show them that a woman can be good at her job, too
You have that ability and character
Do it even if it means only one day
Even if your life comes to an end
I'm asking you to go back to yourself, to the person you wanted to find
You went to the school to secretly learn again?
I told you so many times not to go there!
Eun-Sung and Yoon-Kyun can learn...
so how come I can't learn characters?
You said you went to school asking why a peasant can't learn, huh?
You said you caught rabbits asking why a girl can't do such a thing, huh?
That is your true self
But no matter how hard I tried, I was a woman
What I wanted wasn't some big reward or fame
I just wanted to be acknowledged as myself...
for what I do like men
Do it even if only for one day
Even if your life comes to an end
Jang-Geum, let's go
Jang-Geum, you know what's going on now, right?
You must refuse it
Why get yourself tangled up in this?
Just refuse and live in silence
Do you understand?
Yes. They say, you can't break a rock with eggs
Yes! Hitting a rock with eggs
You know things are really serious...
when she says difficult expressions
Madam!
Am I not right?
Anyway, madam, when will I become a court lady?
When there is a ceremony of course!
Are you going to do it by yourself?!
Jang-Geum, this will cause a big commotion in the court
I don't want you tangled up in...
what Lady Jung and Lady Han had warned us of
I don't want you to have to endure this commotion
You understand, huh?
A physician lady becoming the King's personal physician?
Putting aside the Royal Physicians and the judges...
This is nonsense!
It should never happen!
But her skills are so good...
If you turn down the command...
I'll take care of the rest, so do that
Sir, don't worry
Jang-Geum has enough sense to know what to do
Yes. She probably knows what she must do
It's something we can never accept
I haven't taken back my command to you
Become my attendant lady and assist me
The King wouldn't be able to do much if you tell him that
I trust you
Your Majesty! Please take back your command!
Your Majesty, all of the officials and scholars are opposing it
What are you going to do?
Please understand
Your Majesty, please take back your command
Chosun stands on the ranks of...
the nobles and commons, men and women
So how can a woman take care of your health?
It shakes the foundation of this court and our nation
Even the greatest, late King Sejong gave a 4th class position to...
lady Jang Young-Sil who was born a peasant for what she had done
Of course, the servants opposed saying it...
shook the foundation of the nation
But it was the most stable during his reign!
But that's...
But what?!
The reason why I gave such an order was not to shake the foundation...
nor was it to turn Chosun upside down
Jang-Geum treated...
the King's Mother and the Queen...
and I also heard that she saved people from the last plague
And as you well know she saved my life
It's not like a govt official job
I'm only telling the physician lady...
who saved my life to take care of my health
Just what am I turning upside down?!
And I've seen one aspect of her character which you haven't seen
I trust that she won't incline...
towards the Left Prime Minister's power or the Right Prime Minister's power
Your Majesty, but you're saying...
Why? Why are you saying I can't do this?!
I'm going to trust you with my health...
so become my personal physician!
Your Majesty...
I will accept your command
What happened here?
Go and dissuade Jang-Geum immediately
I can't do that
What?
I have no reason whatsoever to oppose the King's command
The arrow will return to us for sure
They'll say it's all our scheme
She accepts the King's command?
This is outrageous
She took care of the King...
and because of it, Sir Jung's name...
was cleared as well as many other people
Even so, no way
No way!
Why? Is it because a woman did something we should've done?
That doesn't matter
We can't accept this even if we have to rusticate again
Turn things around in a few days
Or else we will all turn our backs on you
What will happen now, sir?
It may be a good thing after all
Huh?
Everyone is opposed to this
Even the officials who obeyed...
the Right Prime Minister and scholars who obeyed Min Jung-Ho are against it
They'll destroy themselves and...
this physician lady problem will solve itself, too
King, what oddity am I hearing about?
Mother...
This can't happen according to the Chosun rules
No, it shouldn't happen
I do acknowledge her medical skills
And I'm ever grateful to her for saving your life
So you can just have her as a regular physician lady
A personal physician?!
Please take back your command
I don't think he is going to bend
Her accepting his command is the problem
How outrageous of her!
Your Majesty...
I'm sorry to say this, but...
What is it?
Actually, Lady Suk-Won...
You mean Lee Suk-Won?
What is it? Tell us quickly
She's close to Jang-Geum since they were in the kitchen together...
Really?
I've heard that the King and Jang-Geum...
met privately at Suk-Won's place twice already
What?!
Is this true? Yes, Your Majesty
How detestable...
What is this?
It's a letter of resignation
A letter of resignation?!
I have no other words to say
If it's about this physician lady, then take it back right now
I understand you, but this isn't something to be solved this way
So take it back immediately
Look what you've done with your own eyes
How does it feel to step above your teacher?
Sir, please forgive me
Teacher...
A physician that the patient doesn't trust is not a physician
It doesn't matter whether the person is a lady or not
So that's why I gave him a letter of resignation
And that's why you accepted the King's command, eh?
I know your character and your skills
But don't expect to receive any help from me
Though you didn't intend it at all...
I'm ruined because of you
Teacher...
If that is your will then you should go ahead
But... don't try to get our support
In other words, don't expect to have both of them with praises from us
Shouldn't we be resigning when...
the head physician has resigned now?
I know. We should let the King know...
by gathering our strength together
Hurry...
I'm done writing
Me, too
I won't write it
What?
What's wrong with the King's command?
What?!
People treat us like dancers
Even if the King gave clear orders...
if officials give us orders, we must go to such places
It's worse in civilian offices
So? So what about it?!
I became a physician to treat sick people...
not to be a dancing girl
What does that have to do with this?
This tells others that physician ladies practice medicine...
just like the physicians
This tells others that we too...
can give prescriptions just like the men
Now I see that you're bad girls
You've been taking the work of massaging the Royal Families...
making medicine and helping the physicians very lightly!
No, that's not it. Jang-Geum was more diligent in such work
You know better about that than any one of us here
I don't. This is an act of holding the physicians, myself...
and the physician ladies in contempt!
Here
Sir... aren't you going to write one?
What?
Everyone in the pharmacy is writing resignation letters!
A physician shouldn't take part in...
anything that isn't medicine...
You're afraid they might accept it without any hesitancy, right?
That's right! I lack medical skills...
and I'm afraid they might kick me out!
Do you even know my suffering?!
I know... I know...
Father, why did you give birth to me?
You rat! You enjoy my suffering?!
No, sir... Let go
Are you that great?
Are you that great that you have to betray...
your teacher Sir Shin and Sir Jung?
What are you trying to prove...
while making it hard for everyone?
That a lady can do well in medicine, too?
A woman can do something great, too?
Sure, I know you're talented
I know you read all the difficult books that even...
physicians don't read...
when we were reading our little books
And I know you select good bowls for medicine when we are chatting
But can't you do it quietly in the background?
Can't you live quietly...
fitting into the background?
What background? Where we put on make-up for...
His Highness or the Prince?
Or where we have to be careful of the superior ladies...
when we want to read a book?
Is it true that you had the King and...
Jang-Geum meet privately at your place?
Is it true?
That is true, but...
What?
Why did you do such a thing?
You must have ulterior motives now that you've conceived
Oh, no, Your Majesty, how could I...
And you did this not once but twice?
That's...
First, you got rid of Sir Oh and now you want to make...
Jang-Geum the King's personal physician?
Do you think you can become the queen by moving the King like this?
Your Majesty, that's nonsense
I have never thought about such things!
Never?
Then why did you do it? Tell us quickly! Right now!
Your Majesty...
Please calm down, Your Majesty!
She's pregnant
Are you OK?
Madam! Lady Suk-Won
The water broke!
Madam...
Jang-Geum! It's big trouble!
Lady Suk-Won's water broke!
Hurry!
Madam! Madam...
Jang-Geum, do something I'm so scared
It's a premature birth
What?
The delivery room isn't even ready
Shin-bi, ask them to prepare the delivery room...
and prepare everything else
OK
What happened? Why would this happen so suddenly?
The King's Mother and the Queen called her...
and harshly asked her why she had you and the King meet privately
She's delivering in her 8th month
She has high blood pressure, it's very dangerous
She could faint, or bleed a lot...
If things go wrong she could even die...
So she's finally put her closest friend in this situation
Madam, one more time. Give it a push
You must not relax now
Madam, open your eyes
Gather up your strength
Madam
Give it all you've got
Give it one more good push
Her legs are swelling severely
Madam...
What's wrong?
Madam...
don't go unconscious, understand?
Be strong
Your Majesty...
Your Majesty, it is reported that Lady Suk-Won is in labor
What?! Then it's a premature birth
How is she?
Not good, because of her high blood pressure
They said both the mother and baby are in danger
Really? How could this happen so suddenly?
I'm sorry to report this...
but the King's Mother found out...
that you and Jang-Geum met...
privately at Lady Suk-Won's place and she was asking her...
What?
Madam... Madam...
Madam...
What?
Then she's in labor right now?
Yes, Your Majesty She said it started...
right after they went out of here
So how is she doing right now?
Not good. It's a premature birth and high blood pressure...
is making it very dangerous
A little bit more!
One more time!
The baby's coming out!
Madam, one more time!
Once more...
Madam, it's what you wanted, a princess!
Madam
The blood isn't stopping...
Shin-Bi, go prepare the medications!
Madam! Madam!
Madam!
Madam! Madam!
What's going on?
Why are you silent?
What happened to her?
Madam
Jang-Geum, what's going on?!
I can't feel her pulse
No! No!
Madam
You can't die
You can't die because of me
I won't do it while killing you like this
I'm sorry. So please open your eyes, Yeun-Seng. Please
Yeun-Seng, please open your eyes!
I'm sorry... open your eyes!
Jang-Geum, she's back! I feel her pulse!
Yeun-Seng, Yeun-Seng
I'm going to decline
No way
I want to be a physician who saves lives...
not someone who takes away lives
Is my wish that great?
What? She gave birth to a princess?
Yes, Your Majesty. Congratulations
So is Suk-Won doing fine?
Her breathing stopped once, but Jang-Geum...
was there to help her through it
That's a relief...
So everyone is doing fine?
Yes, they passed the crisis
Jang-Geum's help was great this time as well
Yeah?
Madam...
Jang-Geum...
I'm sorry... I'm sorry...
Look... it's a princess
Don't be sorry
I'd be dead if it weren't for you
Your Majesty!
Your Majesty, please take back your command
I cannot become your personal physician
Your Majesty!
Your Majesty, there is big trouble!
Prince Kyung-Won...
Prince Kyung-Won is in critical condition!
What? Prince Kyung-Won?
What happened to my son?