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While this drama is based on historical facts, it has been fictionalized in many areas. The use of posthumous titles for the queens is to assist the understanding of the viewers.
Episode 1
You're looking for clothes to wear for the first round of crown princess selection?
First, I need an ivory top
and an overall to wear on top of that. Then maybe a red skirt?
I will decide after I have seen your skills.
She's the only daughter of the Min family, who belongs to a mighty clan.
Until our lady is done here,
do not take any other customers.
Yes, of course I will, as we have agreed.
If I like your work, I'll purchase the gold-embellished top and skirt,
as well as matching accessories
for the second round of selection here.
You can assume that she has already passed
the 2nd and 3rd round of the selection.
For some reason, I feel like the colors are popping out.
I've done so to bring out the feeling of a flower seducing a butterfly.
That is why I personally dyed these clothes.
It is the butterfly that looks for the flower,
why would the flower seduce? - That was just a figure of speech.
My aim was to make clothes that would earn the love of a man.
How frivolous.
I don't need such clothes; the ones I need are
those with blending colors that fit every situation.
So it always has a consistent air of grace and majesty.
That is what a queen should be like, after all.
What are you doing?
I don't think you and I match.
Your clothes are beautiful...
but they don't convey the traditional feel I'm looking for.
Since you weren't able to receive other customers because of me,
I will still pay for that.
No, it is fine.
Since I didn't make a sale, I will not be accepting any payments.
Just a moment.
You have to give back the stolen item.
I did not steal anything.
If I did not get caught, then it would not have been a stolen item.
I have a better idea than that.
If I give this to you as a present, then you did not steal it.
But this is for only once.
What is your name?
I do not have one.
Some call me Gae Tong, and some call me Whatchamacallit.
But I do have a last name, Choi.
What about you?
I am...
Jang Ok Jeong.
When I am older, I want to be like you.
Just like Jang OK Jeong.
I will.
Born in August of the year of Metal-Ox...
Your constellation is great.
Your fate is excellent.
I do hear that I have the best fate in Joseon.
Even if you just sit still, you'll be surrounded by supporters,
and even if you don't do anything, treasure will just fall into your lap.
Your fate is to...
forever just play around!
It's similar, but...
The life of a beggar!
To pick a spot out in the market
and to beg for mercy.
You got it totally wrong.
With those skills, the straw mat you sit on is wasted.
Did I throw the rice in wrong order...?
I was taught to just throw it like this.
You said that while you can't do physiognomy because you're blind,
you're good at rice fortunetelling, but you suck at that, too.
To be honest,
I can do some physiognomy myself.
Your ancestor
was Shilla's most renowned Master Geomungo player Back Gyeol,
and up until 5 years ago, you yourself was a renowned scholar,
and was called the sage of music.
The five taboos of Geomungo
that prohibit playing
when the wind is strong and rain is pouring,
when in the presence of a vulgar person,
when outside in the market place,
when the sitting position is not adequate,
and when not dressed in proper attire, were your creation,
and your reputation even reached to the King Empire of China,
Lord Baek Eun.
That is your past.
Who are you?
I am the prince next in line for the crown,
Lee Soon.
Hyang, are all the gisaengs here?
Of course! With money, you can even get tiger's eyelashes,
much less for gisaengs! All the famous ones of Hanyang are waiting.
Good. Pay special attention to your fingertips
and move towards your shoulder as you turn.
One moment. Please play something with a faster tempo.
Welcome, welcome.
Welcome,
If it isn't the lady of the mayor of Hansung!
It is an honor to have you come.
What honor?
I hear that you become a country bumpkin if you miss
the seasonal feast of Booyoungjung.
By the way, why do you make me bring this? It's such a hassle.
Only reputable people get in, anyway.
Well, since so many shops copy the design of our dresses so blatantly,
if we don't do this, imitations float around in less than a day!
Please look over this inconvenience, my lady.
Did she send it to you?
Not only is she a good at business,
but also good at making clothes!
She's not that good.
I'm just thankful that she's grown up in good health.
You have no concern for your reputation!
You're the younger brother of the Dowager Queen Highness,
yet you're flirting with an old maidservant
in broad daylight!
Ahem... my lady!
Booyoungjung? That's right.
Your daughter is that dress maker at Booyoungjung, right?
Who does she think she is to throw a feast like this in her lowly station?
That is not so.
If not, how come a maidservant like you came to have this invitation
that is only sent to the households of powerful clans?
It.. it really is not so.
My lady. She says it is not.
Why don't you stop...
This is a womanly affair,
so please excuse us, my lord.
I won't interfere since you're in charge of the internal affairs,
but please, behave like a superior!
Do you take me as a fool or something?
If you once again try to seduce my lord with your tears,
I'll teach you a lesson!
Partial humility is the same as full humility.
If one of the parents is a servant, the child is a servant as well.
You may have gotten your daughter free by charming my lord.
I will drag her back in and make her clean the outhouse!
Place this slightly more towards this way.
This green outer top is for ladies of court officials at state ceremonies,
so being graceful is the key.
Imagine that you're in front of the queen and be graceful and delicate
as you bow your head.
I, Yeon Hong, is also called Grace.
Even if I were
to pour it out to all the four seas, I'd still be overflowing in dignity.
Ok Jung ah!
everything is ready.
Everyone!
Just like we practiced!
As you turn around the corner,
walk briskly on the red silk,
then come back.
Be careful that you don't bump into the person coming out and coming in.
Please open the dress up as widely as you can.
Hyang, let's change this pendant trinket.
Now!
The grace I mentioned earlier, remember it and wait.
For this dress, the plum and red lotus flowers are the focus,
so make sure you lift the skirt a bit to show it clearly as you spin around.
Make sure to stop for a bit in front of the JyungKyung Lady sitting there.
She is a devout Buddhist,
so make sure she sees the embroidered lotus.
Wait a minute!
I was mistaken.
Jade does not go with the color and texture of this dress. What will work?
Hyang-ah!
Amber is better than jade.
As you do the final spin,
pretend to be sweeping your hair and show the amber ring like this.
So that the ring and the hair pin stand out. That's the key, okay?
This is the most important dress today.
The most beautiful and showy.
Mother! That dress!
With the amber and jade embellishments, I love it all!
I want that for my wedding, yes?
Apparently, everything was sold out even before the feast was over.
You wrench!
Just as I had thought. You are that wrench!
Partial humility is full humility.
I'm sure you know what it means.
Your father may have been a translating officer or whatever,
but your mother is a humble servant.
Then, since one of your parents is a servant,
you are a servant as well.
You should be pounding rice at my house,
yet you're being so pretentious here?
What do you mean?
Our lady is the niece of
Translating Officer Jang,
who is called the richest man in Hanyang.
Niece?
Ladies,
listen to my story here.
The vulgar mother of this wench
was not satisfied after seducing my husband,
but also is using her daughter
to get herself set free as well!
Now that you know,
would you still buy and wear the clothes
this vulgar wench has made?
What in the world?! - After all we've been through...
This is
a feast I spent a fortune to prepare.
Looks like
you don't like my clothes
and aren't interested in buying any,
so
please leave.
Please leave?
What are you waiting for?
Take all these down!
Anticipating the performance
of Baek Eun, the best Geomungo artist of Joseon again,
I'm really excited.
However, I heard that he won't be coming because
he's against the alliance of Qing and Joseon.
That is an important issue.
How come they want to form an alliance
when their own court hasn't even
reached a consensus?
Any news from the crown prince
who went to get Baek Eun?
I beg your forgiveness, Your Majesty.
He'll have to get here before this feast is over.
How much longer do we have?
This is the last of the program,
so... - They haven't
agreed to the positioning of the
boundary markers on the border.
What if they say they'll just leave like this?
Lord Prince Dongpyung!
Oh, Yanggoon!
I heard that
the feast today is the work of you and the crown prince. Good job!
Please... Save me.
Do I have your lifeline in my hands or something?
Please, buy some time.
Time?
If the feast is over before the crown prince returns,
I'm dead.
Please.
Man, this isn't even mine!
A true artist does not care about what instrument he uses.
Just get over it and do it. Please?
What do you mean?
For a musical performance, the beginning is crucial!
What if it gets out of tune
after I start playing on this cheapstake?
Wait.
It's still not Baek Eun!
They are mocking us!
This is an insult!
We can't wait any longer.
Let's leave!
"The happy union of a married couple
is called as the harmony of two stringed instruments."
This is a quote from the Book of Songs,
from the passage about marrying a coy maiden
and playing the Geomungo and lute together.
In other words,
the deep resonance of the deep tunes of Geomungo and lute
is an analogy to a happily married couple.
In hope of the future relationship
between Qing and Joseon to be
as beautiful as the harmony of Geomungo and lute,
I propose a collaboration performance with the Qing's musician.
The master
makes his appearance at the very last,
I would like to make ready
for the anticipated appearance of Master Baek Eun.
Music sheets.
The sound of father and son
is like an earthquake swallowing the sky.
What good are lyrics
for a music to be played in Geomungo,
but there was a person who composed a song to this poem
to express his filial affection for you.
That...
That was... - Your son
who's departed this world before you.
I know very well that the reason why you quit playing Geomungo
and became a hermit is not because
you became blind, but because of your grief
of losing your son.
Where...
did you find this?
After I was sleeping,
I couldn't find it no matter how hard I looked.
It's fine even if your performance is bad.
The ones waiting for you will be
ready to listen with their heart
as they hope for peace after the long international conflicts.
Just
the tune composed by your son,
that one song will be enough.
What if Baek Eun does come?
Even if he were,
he won't make it
Hurry! Time is of the essence.
Protect the carriage!
Who dare blocks the path of a Crown Prince!
Another master artist is here
who has come a long, dark way
led by the sound of the collaboration performance.
It is Lord Baek Eun, who has come to congratulate and support
the alliance between Qing and Joseon!
The road to peace
will be difficult and far!
Your performance can make it shorter!
Do you expect that a mere
scroll of peace treaty will end the international conflicts?
Even big dreams have to start with small steps.
Would establishing outposts in the north without any army or weapons
put Qing under our feet?
I see,
Your Highness is still too young
to understand politics.
I think I'll have to give you a lecture some time.
I'm not interested in
the political trickery of makeshift coalition
that you promote.
As the future king, I only think from the king's perspective,
I don't need to learn from the politics of the subjects.
Your Highness, have you already
forgotten the warning from that time, that day?
How dangerous it can be
to have authority without modesty?
Swords are to be sharpened in battlegrounds,
sharpening it for such endless verbal arguments would only ruin the blade.
Aren't you already busy enough with the affairs of the state?
If it were just the state affairs, it's not too bad.
However, Her Highness the Queen
often asks for my assistance with matters within the royal family.
Please excuse me.
Find out discretely what he's doing
to mother.
I heard that Jeonggyeong Lady is not feeling well,
so I had the royal doctor prepare some medicine.
Oh, what an honor this is.
At any rate, what is...
The crown prince's marriage.
Lately, within the royal family, the favor is on
the daughter of Kim Man Gi, the Minister of War.
Does it really matter?
As long as the queen is from one of us, the West Party,
Your Highness,
Yes, my lord.
I have raised my daughter
since she was a toddler
to become
the queen of Joseon.
Actually,
because you and the prince
are opposing each other...
If you are really concerned about that,
there is another way.
Before he finds out that she is my daughter,
just plant an illusion
to His Highness that she's his destiny...
Coincidence, fate, destiny!
That's quite fantastic!
Will you pretend to fall for it?
How about you, Uncle Dongpyung?
Will I get an aunty this time?
My mother has finished the arrangement.
However, the exchange of marriage documents is on hold because of you.
Unless something happens,
I'll be getting married.
She's totally my type.
What is your type, Uncle Dongpyung?
An heiress with a lot of inheritance.
Lord Prince Dongpyung, Your Highness!
Her Highness the Queen has sent a message for you.
I guess it's time
The fake destiny.
I am here with a letter that came from the outside of the palace.
An urgent message has come for Lord Prince Dongpyung.
What do we do? All the orders got canceled!
As the word gets out, everybody will think Booyoungjung is over!
Then, your dream of leaving for Qing with your mother after selling
all the silk is over, too.
First off, figure out the amount of our loss
and get a list of ladies that we might be able to convince.
Ah, the customers who haven't picked up their orders,
get their list and the dresses.
I'll have to deliver them myself before they cancel.
Well, given our past history,
I'll make the purchase this time.
Wait! Do you make clothes for men?
Depending on the situation, yes. - Come closer.
Buy some time doing that.
I don't want to get out
unless I'm perfectly beautified.
What if she hits on him?
Like she's going to get far by hitting on him.
She's of a humble origin, not a person.
If the two of you happen to meet in the mountain,
and then again at the third round of selection,
who would deny that coincidence being destiny?
Who are you?!
What do you want?
Looking at the way she's dressed, her ransom would be over 100 pounds!
You call yourself a man with just 100 pounds?!
Who are you?
Get him!
Are you alright?
Yes, I don't know who you are,
but I owe you my life.
Nah, you don't owe me that much.
They didn't have the guts to kill someone.
If they really wanted to threaten people, they'd have had swords,
but what can they do with just clubs?
I mean, why did they have clubs instead of swords?
You saved my life,
could you tell me your name?
I'm a member of the royal family,
Prince Dongpyung, Lee Hang.
I knew it!
You heard my reputation as a womanizer, right?!
Yes.
Ah, and who are you?
Ahh... excuse me.
It is rude to ask for the name of a noble lady in Joseon,
I spent too much time in Qing, you know.
Then, excuse me.
Man, what kind of an arranged date is at a temple?
Well, I suppose I shall introduce myself...
You're the betrothed?
The betrothed?
Well? I'm not sure...
Um...
Have we
met before somewhere?
You look so familiar...
I hear that a lot.
Because my face is rather ordinary.
It's not ordinary.
Then, may I start?
Start what?
In order to make clothes, I need to take measurements.
Clothes?
You will make me clothes?
Yes, that's what I was told to do.
So she wants to see the sewing skills of her future daughter-in-law?
Would you raise your arms?
The only daughter of a powerful family,
with such a beautiful face,
and even sewing skills?
Can't you keep your arm still?
How can you be so shameless
and touch a man's body like that?
Just like the doctor's hands do not distinguish the gender of the patient,
the hands of a tailor are the same.
The hands of a tailor?
My apologies. My preparations caused the delay.
Did you take all the measurements?
Yes.
Then, I'd like four undercoats,
in green, white, blue, and navy colors each.
Also, a couple of outfits for state ceremonies of the royal family,
and a court officer's uniform, too, just in case.
In the case of uniforms,
the latest trend has a deeper neck line with smaller rank badge.
Would that be alright?
I'll leave it to your judgment.
Then, I'll contact you later.
Prince Dongpyung instead of the Crown Prince came to that place?
I deserve to die, Your Highness!
I was...!
I don't want to see you,
just get out!
After all that trouble,
the plan didn't work out.
Destiny is not something that you go to,
but something that comes to you.
Maybe it didn't work out
because we were trying to
go against the law of nature.
Is that what you think?
I will wait.
Wouldn't a hard-earned destiny
be cherished more deeply?
If that's what you think,
I guess I may have been too impatient.
I hope that the medicine this time
will work for mother.
I'm concerned.
There's a saying,
that an officer may make mistakes, but not the messenger,
but I guess that's not true at all.
What a pathetic plan that was!
Even though it ended up as a mistake,
but she will plot more schemes like that,
hoping that repeated chance meetings
will be taken as fate.
How about just getting married
to whomever to get over with?
I can't possibly
marry just anybody, when my consort will be my secret weapon.
By the way,
for some reason, I keep being bothered.
About the misfired destiny with the daughter of Lord Min?
Or
the young lady you saw at the wrong house?
Well?
Maybe both.
At any rate,
she really looked familiar.
Where could I have seen her?
You were so vicious to me earlier,
what's this now?
All the fortune I have made so far.
It's twice as much as what you had said last time.
My lady!
This isn't even close!
But, my lady!
Last time, you said you'd set my mother free if I brought this amount!
Why do you keep changing your word?
Do you think I keep her because I want her in my household?
Then, why...
Well,
if you really want to know,
ask that rich uncle of yours!
As a woman gets older,
the closest friends are money and fortune.
Thanks to you, I'm all set!
Then,
my uncle has been doing that every time?
The fiasco at Booyoungjung,
I knew that you were behind it, uncle.
But I didn't know that you were also behind keeping my mother's freedom.
You must have a misunderstanding.
Why would I do that?
No matter what you do,
I want to live with my mother.
You must know that to live with your servant mother
means that you have to live as a lowly servant as well.
Can you really handle that?
I can
handle it not.
Therefore,
I will leave Joseon and settle down in Qing with my mother.
I have sent a letter to my brother
in Qing about that, too.
Settle down...
Do you have any capital to start out?
You've been interfering to make sure that I don't.
You did it because
once I had sold off all the silk to make up the deficit at the feast,
I was going to leave for Qing!
So far,
you've been trying to keep me under your shadow.
However, every time, when I explained and reasoned with you,
you let me go freely.
You even found my lost brother.
How come
when it comes to me leaving to Qing with my mother,
you are being so merciless to me?
I guess it's about time for me to explain.
There is something I would like to
undertake with you.
Wouldn't you love to swallow the whole Joseon up?
You, in your skirts,
and I, in my mouth.
Uncle,
that sounds really grand!
Besides, what could a worthless girl like I do?
No, no, no, no.
You're not a worthless person at all.
You are the only person who can make my dreams come true.
The only kin that can replace my dead
Hong Joo
is you.
To replace
Hong Joo Unni?
Is that what your ambition about?
You made your daughter, Hong Joo Unni into a lady in the palace,
and now, even me...!
I've been working on this for a long time. Now is the chance.
Hence, Ok Jeong,
No, I won't be involved with your ambitions
or join your efforts to fulfill them.
I made myself clear.
Ok Jeong!
Jang Ok Jeong! Where are you?
7 Years Ago Aren't you supposed to be hiding? Why are you out?
Hong-Joo! It's Nungsowha (trumpet creeper)
Have you not seen Nungsowha before?
It covers every outer wall of our home.
Nungsowha is only planted in a nobleman's home!
You know, my father does everything that a nobleman does.
I don't like Nungsowha because it has such a sad legend attached to it.
It's such a pretty flower... why is it sad?
Once upon a time, there was a maid named Sowha in the palace.
Being pretty and kind-hearted, she earned the favours of the King.
However, that was just for one night.
Her chamber was set at the most remote corner of the palace,
and in the end, the King forgot about her.
And?
But Sowha longed for the King more and more...
and always stood by the walls, waiting.
She got heart-sick, and with the wish of being buried near the wall,
she died.
I feel sorry for her.
Shortly after Sowha died, flowers resembling her grew around the walls.
That's Nungsowha.
That's the fate of a palace maid.
The fate... of a palace maid?
If the King doesn't care for you,
you just die lonely.
I thought the palace was a spectacular place, but it sounds sad.
Are you going to become like that too?! Since you're a palace maid?
I...
am in love with someone else, not the King.
Really?!
I won't wait around like Sowha,
because what's most important is what my heart really wants.
I want to do that too!
But I'm always getting chased by the slave hunters...
and hiding in that stuffy room. I'm scared.
Have this. I made it.
It's pretty! Can I really take it!?
I always wanted to go to the palace's sewing room,
but my dad forcefully put me near the King's headquarters of the palace.
I'm should head to the palace.
I thought your rotation was tomorrow!
To tell you the truth, there is someone I'm anxious to see.
Shh! Shh!
What is this?
Prince Boksun has relations with a maid in the palace?
Yes... they were just caught red-handed.
Goodness, goodness... Prince Boksun finally stirred up trouble.
Just because he had the favors of the previous king,
he had been coming in and out of the palace so frivolously...
At any rate, who is the maid?
She is from a Jang family, serving at His Majesty's quarters,
and her father is Translating Officer Jang Hyun.
Translating Officer Jang Hyun's daughter? This is a big deal!
I was annoyed by the way Prince Boksun was acting up
with the South Party behind his back...
This is a great opportunity for me to teach them a lesson!
Who is the interrogating officer?
She has fainted.
Wake her up!
Don't you want to end this misery?
Prince Boksun wanted to get classified information from you, right?
No.
He's never done that.
Then, how come that you had relations with another royalty
when you should be serving His Majesty?
Prince Boksun was never interested in me,
and it was me who pursued him first and seduced him.
Just kill me.
How stubborn you are!
Continue beating her until she speaks the truth!
Yes, sir! - Stop!
A love affair is committed by two people!
We seduced each other, and we were in it together!
I'll take responsibility for my actions,
so place stop this!
Are you even defying His Majesty's commands, Prince Boksun?
Aren't you supposed to be confined to your house until further notice?
No, Prince Boksun has done nothing wrong!
I seduced him alone.
The sin of insulting His Majesty
has been admitted by both her and me!
Whether it was just a simple affair or if there was an ulterior scheme,
that's what this interrogation is after.
What are you waiting for? Twist her legs or sear her with hot iron,
and make her confess her sins!
Hong Joo!
No, no, no, this won't be enough!
Heavens know how greedy he is!
Get at least three times more!
No, five times more!
Five times.. or ten times?
Open the door!
What's this ruckus about?
Looks like the local authorities and slave hunters are here!
Cousin! Just this once!
Please, help me just this once!
With your connections,
you should be able to set her free!
Even if she were to be set free, her blood will remain humble.
In this kingdom, if the mother is a servant, her children are servants.
Whose fault was it that your children ended up being lowly servants?
How dare you ask me to set her free now?!
Cousin! Please, help me out just once!
Though we're not a noble family,
we're quite prestigious among translating officers,
but you brought disgrace upon us my marrying a lowly servant,
and now you're even getting us involved with the local authorities?
My own daughter's life is hanging by a thread right now...
Stop causing more trouble and just get lost!
Cousin!
Then, at least
could you take in our children?
Please!
Mother, I'm ok.
So don't cry.
Open the back door for them.
The family has decided not to take you back at all.
Don't you ever show yourself to me again.
That way! Get them!
This way, this way!
Father, how much longer do we have to run like this?
We can't just keep running away like this.
I think we'll have to go there.
You mean, your close friend's place?
I'll find you again.
No, Hee Jae! Hee Jae!
Brother!
Father!
I'm sorry.
What a fool.
I sent you to bed the king,
but what foolery did you do instead?!
Hong Joo, just hang in there a little more.
Just a little more.
Man does not die because of lack of possessions,
but because their allotted time by heavens runs out.
Since you, my lord,
have the authority to let my daughter live or die...
I see,
Palace maid Hong Joo, who has turned the whole palace upside down,
is your daughter.
You should have told me that sooner!
My lord, thank you for your kind words...
Did you think that I didn't know that you've been funding
the political expenses of Prince Boksun and the South Party?
You know, every merchant needs protection...
Do you know what I hate even more than the fact that
you've been funding the South Party?
The world is governed by
law and order. Just as the sky is different from earth,
there are differences of stations in Joseon.
The distinction between nobility and the commoners.
Your lowly daughter has slept with a royalty! How disgusting!
And here you are, showing off your fortune,
bringing part of it me,
and ask me to overlook the fault of disrupting the order of the world?
Just because she's your daughter?
My lord, she's a person first and foremost.
She fell in love because she's human...
That's what you have wrong!
The distinction between nobility and commoner comes first,
and only then comes humanity.
Take that trash out of here!
Hong Joo!
What a fool!
I told you to hang in there for just a little bit...
Hong Joo!
Is anybody there? Anyone?
Who are you? Why this noise so late at night?
I'm here to see
my friend, Translating Officer Hyun.
Once he hears that Jang Hyung is here,
he should welcome me on barefoot.
He passed away last year.
You didn't know, yet you call yourself his friend?
Hubby, hubby!
Would you like to come in?
Mother, what is it?
Take these people inside.
I'll see about preparing something to eat.
Come this way.
Let's go that way!
Last night, I had a dream where
my but was soiled while going number 2 on grass,
I guess nothing is luckier than poop dream.
Listen, guys.
Don't you all have your own family?
Just overlook us once and leave us alone!
Of course, we have family. To provide for them,
we have to take your family and collect the reward!
Stop! What are you doing at my house?!
Mother!
Please! Please!
Father! Hubby!
Please let her go!
Please, I beg you! Let her go!
Ok Jeong!
You cannot take her!
Here,
the purchase receipt of Ok Jeong!
Ok Jeong
is not a servant any more!
I spent all my savings
to buy her as my own!
Regardless of her mother's status,
she is wholly my property,
and my daughter.
Therefore,
as long as I don't sell her off,
my Ok Jeong
can't be taken away!
Unless I sell her,
nobody can take Ok Jeong!
Hubby! - Father! Father!
Hubby! - Father!
Take her!
Hubby!
Our Ok Jeong...! - Mother!
Mother! Mother!
Mother!
My Ok Jeong...! - Mother!
Ok Jeong!
- Mother!
You'll get to see her again. - Mother!
Father! Father! Are you alright?
Father!
Father! Father!
My son went to get the doctor,
so just hang in there until he gets here.
Yes, father, just a little while.
Father, what's the matter?
I'm scared.
You poor thing...
No, father!
You can't leave like this!
What about me?
Doctor! Please save my father!
Father!
You must
find your mother and your brother...
Father!
Seven years, did you say?
Yes indeed.
As you know, revenge is a dish best served cold.
so there's no reason to hurry.
Preparing it with a cold heart yields the most satisfying
revenge...
However, spending precious time for just getting revenge is wasteful...
I'll focus more on making the world yours, Prince Boksun.
Are you crazy?
Make the world mine?
Isn't that
what you've been dreaming about for a while now?
You don't mean to
plot treason, do you?
No need for treason,
Once the king
and Prince Lee Soon are gone,
the next in line...
How reckless!
You and all your relatives will become extinct!
The pork that's already in my stomach does not fear hot water.
What would I fear after losing my only child?
I'll fund all the necessary expenses for raising an army.
Just promise me one thing.
Promise?
That a kin of mine, of the bloodline of a humble translating officer,
may produce an heir
to the throne!
Your daughter is no longer in this world, though.
I have a bloodkin.
She's not my daughter,
but she's still from my family, of my bloodline.
Please make it
so that she can conceive an heir.
Who is
this child?
What are you doing?
Father's
clothes.
For him to wear in the afterlife.
You...
sewed this?
I'm sorry.
I used the materials there without permission.
Have you...
sewn before?
I haven't seen sewing either, but...
I drew up the image
remembered what my grandfather looked like in one,
and made this.
The first clothes you made is the burial garment for your father!
We'll dress him in it
and let him go in peace.
Father!
Are you Jang Ok Jeong?
She's my blood kin,
I couldn't possibly let someone else take care of her.
Aren't you ashamed as a woman?
Why would I be ashamed?
I'm just looking at what I want to see.
So, did you kiss her or not?
You should only kiss if you're betrothed!
We're going to meet again?
Yes, I have something very important to do,
so I'll come right after that. Right at this hour,
let's meet here.