Episode 8
I will marry her.
If I must fight the law for her, I will do so.
You fool!
I will arrest that low-class wench and execute her before you!
Will that make you come to your senses?
It is a crime to use violence and force against an innocent person.
Even so, if you have to take her life,
take my life first.
What?
Jin-Yi's fate is already doomed.
How could you have let it get this far?
I will resolve this problem no matter what it takes.
What can you possible do at this point?
You irresponsible woman!
Do you like her that much?
So much that you're willing to sacrifice yourself?
That is so.
Fine.
I will give that girl to you.
Sir!
I will request the Gyobang to prepare the guest quarters for you.
Spend the night there if you wish. Make her your woman.
If you so desire, you can keep her close to you forever.
You can sleep with her or be in love with her. That's your choice.
But...
But as for marriage...
You must marry my Ga-Eun. This is the only option you have.
No. I cannot do that, sir!
Eun-Ho!
If that were acceptable to me,
if she was someone who would be satisfied with that,
I would never have submitted a Declaration of Intent to you!
You are still naive to the ways of the world.
A woman can never be everything to a man.
A man can never be happy with just one woman!
I do not agree, sir.
Cease this talk and do as I say!
No matter what you say, there is only one woman
who will be my wife.
Is my Ga-Eun...
so unworthy in your eyes?
How can I dispute how lovely and kind she is?
Then...?
But... there is no more room in my heart.
I can no longer give my heart to any other, sir.
You know the torment of marriage without love, sir!
I know that this is a difficult request,
but do not consider me as your friend's son, nor your son-in-law.
Please treat me as you would a simple citizen who is in love.
I was taught that it is the duty of a minister and a nobleman
to always listen to the cries of the people.
Please show me that it is so, sir!
He said he just wanted to see you for a short moment.
I told you I can't!
I'll look out for you! No one will know!
You're so stubborn!
Don't be too upset.
She is so stubborn!
You know how she is...!
Do you have a message for her?
Just tell me, and I'll relay it to her!
Just tell her...
I wanted to hold her hand for a little while.
If I held her hand... if I just held her hand,
no matter how hard things become, no matter how much I suffer,
I can overcome anything.
I can bear anything.
If fate is with us, I will go to her.
And I will create a path for her to come to me.
So until then, don't lose hope.
That's what I wanted to say to her.
What is the meaning of this!
- Stay out of it, Mistress! - Stay out of it?
You are taking away one of my girls, and you want me to stay out of it?
The governor has given us orders to slay anyone who gets in our way!
What?
- So you... - Then slay me.
What are you doing? I said slay me!
Mistress!
If you cannot slay me, then give her back to me.
I will see the Governor with this matter,
and if she is found with fault, I will hand her over to you myself!
It is not you that should be here.
Did you order Jin-Yi's execution
- Stay out of this. - But what will you do?
If you execute that child, your welfare will be under duress.
What... what do you mean?
I have heard that during the last political upheaval,
it was Minister Kim who saved you from dismissal from office.
It was also he that placed you in this position.
That means that Minister Kim is a strong pillar on which you lean on.
Am I right?
How... did you know that?
How can I call myself Gyobang Headmistress if I didn't know such things?
This position is not won by election, you know.
- Impertinent wench! - If you hurt Jin-Yi...
That young man will never accept marriage from your family.
How dare you assume such a thing!
With youth comes recklessness.
It is a time when they are willing to throw away their entire lives for love.
Isn't that right?
My Lord...!
This love that they desperately fight for...
will barely last a hundred days if we leave them alone.
Love always withers away with time.
But...
If either one of them dies and their love is torn,
their love will last a hundred, no...
A thousand years! It will continue for eternity.
And if one is wrecked with sorrow and decides to follow in death,
what will you do then?
Or what if they become invalids due to their sorrow?
What will you do then?
And when Minister Kim finds out about this,
he will no longer continue to be your pillar.
What man would support someone who harms the future of his only son?
Then... tell me the solution!
How do I stop their love?
Do you have nothing to say?
How can that be?
Why are you still sitting there like that?
The world that has thrown you this challenge is a cruel one.
No... This is just the beginning.
It is not too late.
If you do not have the confidence to win, then part ways with him now.
The girls who have decided to attend the training is so few.
Can we really perform the Crane Dance at the banquet?
I have no intention of making those girls perform that dance.
I have been practicing that dance for decades,
and yet I am not able to do the Crane Dance justice.
It will be unthinkable for the girls.
- Then...? - But...
Just by the training they have received thus far,
no matter what they perform, their dance will have changed.
Their movements will be lighter and more luminous.
What's more... it will fan the flames of Jin-Yi's passion for her art.
Look at her face now.
Does she look like a girl in love?
She looks like an artist who wrestles with her talent.
Don't you agree?
Jin-Yi, that girl...
she can survive without love,
but she will die without her art.
She just doesn't know it yet.
You came all the way here to the capital for this?
Do not worry yourself.
Why fret over a low-born wench?
Consider this as him playing with a new toy.
Eun-Ho is now well beyond adolescence.
No. That is not so.
I know my son better than anyone else.
He will not give up so easily.
That is why he went to the Magistrate
and asked for his consent to marry!
W... Wh... What?
W... What did Eun-Ho ask for?
This is no trivial play.
He is determined to get his way.
We must stop it before it gets out of hand.
Even if we have to take drastic measures!
Dras... drastic measures?
My Lord, you must show Eun-Ho
who that girl really is.
How long has it been, my child?
I think it has been three years since I last visited with my mother.
Heartless girl! How can you be so cruel?
You should at least i come here once a year!
Forgive me, Father.
What brings you here? What was it that made you visit?
I am going to perform the Three Thousand Bows.
Three Thousand Bows? Why all of a sudden?
You have already found your long-lost mother and enjoying your life learning the arts.
What else do you need?
I think I need more faith.
Will I... be able to keep my love?
Are you alright?
Do you think I would get better drinking this cheap medicine, you wench?
I might get better if you raise your hair and buy me some expensive herbs!
How did you know I was going to raise my hair?
Who else could it be? Jang-Yi came by.
Why does that worthless boy keep coming around here?
- Does he think we're grateful? - You mean you aren't?
For three years, he has been taking care of our family.
- He treats us like family! - Shut up.
He's just lusting after you, that's all.
He's just a low-born slave boy. How dare he lust after you!
With your face, royal officials will be lining up to raise your hair.
- He should know his place...! - Stop it! Stop it please!
How dare you raise your voice at me!
Do you know how old a man has to be...
in order to become an official?
He has to be at least forty, if not fifty years old.
Do you not feel anything, Mother?
Don't you feel any remorse throwing your daughter into the arms of an old man?
Remorse? I will be singing on that day.
Can't you see the way I live? Grit your teeth and bear it.
Don't give your heart to a worthless fool.
Wait for a rich man, you silly girl!
Only then will your life change. And your brothers and sisters too!
Since the girls are gone, the Gyobang is so quiet!
I wonder if it was a good idea to send the novices home for a visit.
You know every year there's one of those...
They say they're going home, but they run away for fear of raising their hair...!
You've been raising them so long, and yet you are unprepared for such a thing?
No... I didn't say that...
Then why do you worry needlessly?
Where's Jin-Yi?
She's still at the temple...
Mistress... You don't think she's going to do something, do you?
What if she runs away...!
If you have not yet decided on your courtesan name...
What do you think about Myung-Wol?
Did you say... Myung-Wol?
A life as a courtesan will not be easy.
But no matter how brutal and cruel that life is,
do not let yourself be hurt.
Just as the moon wanes to almost nothing and then reveals its glory in full,
so should you live your life - full and bright.
And just like the moon who does not discriminate on who it shines on,
use your talent to be a comfort to those who need it.
Can you do this?
I have looked at all the law books,
but this is a matter that cannot be resolved by me.
When you declared your intention to marry that courtesan,
you started a war against our nation's law.
How can I resolve such a dangerous matter?
It is possible only if we submit your request and receive His Majesty's approval.
Then... please submit my request to the Capital.
I was just about to do so. But...!
Before we do that, there is something you must do.
First, you must receive your parents' approval.
Sir!
This request will be submitted to the Capital, and there will be much uproar.
Thus, even they don't approve, they must at least be aware.
Speaking as a father myself,
you must not allow your father to find out about this through someone else.
First, you must show this Declaration of Intent to your father.
Once he sees this, he will respond back in some way.
If you do this, I will prevent
Jin-Yi from participating in the banquet.
This is all I can do for you.
Sir...!
When was the date of that banquet again?
Do not worry yourself. It is five days away.
Even if we go to the Capital and back, we will still have two days left.
That's right.
I wonder what Father will say...
Did you just tell me the banquet is to be tomorrow?
Did you not tell me that you sent him to the Capital?
- Yes. - Then...
Will you have the banquet without that young man present?
That will not be wise, my Lord.
If you wish to break them up, you must face...
I have a plan too. And this is a part of it.
So don't worry yourself and just focus on the banquet!
Young master...! What brings you to the Capital?
I am here to see my Father. Is he inside?
He left to meet the Chief Minister.
Please come and wait inside. I am sure he will be back soon.
Why are you here in training?
Mi... Mistress!
Don't you know that novices with unraised hair cannot enter the Tournament?
So what of it? Shall I give you another chance?
Make her a hundred times more beautiful than last time.
This is your last chance.
If you show your inner emotions again and cause a scene,
I will erase you from the Courtesan's Register.
Why practice so hard when you're going to throw it all away?
You shouldn't try so hard.
Do you still believe him? Do you still believe he loves you?
Do you think you will win?
I want to win.
And after that? What happens after that?
I don't know.
You may not know, but I do.
You'll take off your silk clothes and wear rags.
Farmwork and housework... You'll age quicker than anyone else.
When you go anywhere, you'll have to carry your own things.
That's the result. That's the result of your love!
Is that what you want? You say you want to throw it all away.
The artist's path, the colorful life of a courtesan...
- You're going to throw it all away? - That's enough.
That's enough, Sum-Sum.
Why are you being like this?
Don't you know? I pity you, you silly thing!
Isn't it more pitiful to be a body without a heart?
What will happen next? Will it be good or bad...?
I do not think about such things.
All I know is what I feel now.
I'm going to listen to what I feel, and live my life with pride and honesty.
I... thought you were special.
I thought you were better than any of the girls.
But I was wrong.
You... You are the world's greatest fool.
I can't. I won't!
I can't do what you're doing. I can't live like that!
I can't throw my life to something so uncertain!
Sum-Sum...
I don't care if you were good to my family.
No matter what you do, it is impossible for us.
We will never be together.
- I know... - Don't ever talk to me again.
If I look at you, I get frustrated!
Alright.
Take it.
What is that?
It's your first banquet. Wear that when you go.
I've been wanting to buy you a new hair ribbon for a while...
Do you know what will happen at the banquet?
I'm going to be thrown into the arms of another man!
Don't you know that?
- I know. - Then?
This is... the only thing I can do for you.
- I wanted to give you something. - I don't need it.
- Sum-Sum! - It's ugly and old-fashioned!
If I put this on, I'll be treated like a low-born slave like you.
I don't want it.
Sum-Sum, aren't you going to sell your special waters today?
I'm combing my hair.
Then... Eng-Moo, will you give us a massage?
I'm busy too!
Is that your idea of a lovely expression?
Of course! Do birds fly?
You're joking, right? How is that lovely? You look like you ate some sour fruit!
If you want to be lovely... you should try that expression.
Come to think of it, that girl looks unusually lovely tonight!
At first glance, it is a melancholy expression...
But at second glance, it's seductive too.
She may very well be the only one who receives a red tassel tomorrow!
Red tassel?
This thing here... this!
This here is what you receive only when a high official raises your hair.
Although I look this way now,
my hair was raised by the Justice Minister!
He raised my hair, and then gave me this tassel!
I'm going to get a red tassel too! I know I can!
How? Are you more lovely, or have more talent than the others?
You're so mediocre in everything!
- Eng-Moo...? - What?
Can I have your oil bottle? I've used up all of mine.
- Then just use water! - Give me some! It's not expensive!
Look at you! Why are you getting angry?
Just because the elders think you're lovely, do you think you're better than me?
- You know that's not what I meant! - No. I won't give it to you.
Look at your bad temper.
Your ugly face just got uglier, you silly wench!
Here, take mine.
Are you Bu-Yong?
You're an angel from heaven!
I can't believe I am raising the hair of the most beautiful flower!
Come here quickly.
What are you doing?
How can you ask me to give my first night to such a man!
Have you revealed your emotions before a man yet again?
You asked Lord Byuk Gae-Soo to give you the future of the troupe?
Do you desire power that much?
And that is why you wanted to stab me in the back?
- That was not... - Whether it was or not,
Because of your arrogance,
the future of our troupe is at risk.
This punishment is not severe enough for you.
Go back inside.
Mistress! Please...!
Do you wish to be erased from the Register?
Should I return you to the hovel of your house?
Why are you not answering me?
I do not wish to return.
Then go back to him.
Now!
Start from the bottom again.
Crawl up from the dirt, and roll around in the mud.
If you can conceal your emotions and smile like a flower in bloom,
that is when you have become a true courtesan.
Do not forget...
your courtesan name is Bu-Yong.
Bu-Yong signifies the flower that grows its roots in filthy water,
but still it blooms and produce a lovely fragrance - the lotus flower!
So tomorrow is the day you all raise your hair.
A courtesan's virginity is like a pair of shoes.
If you cherish it and treasure it, it cannot be called a shoe.
If you decide to use it and put it on your feet,
from then on, it will only touch dirt.
So raising your hair is not always a happy event.
Didn't you say that it was only a matter of time before we can get rich?
Because that is the only thing we have to look forward to, you silly girl!
Why else do they say the house cries the night before the novices raise their hair?
- It cries? - Yes.
Listen carefully. You'll hear the crying.
Because the courtesan's destiny is so sad, the rooftops will cry.
The walls will cry, and the floors will cry too.
The pillars will cry, and so will the well in the backyard.
The crying sounds like a woman.
Or that's what everybody says.
They say that deceased courtesans come to mourn their lives at the Gyobang.
They have every right to mourn!
Who said otherwise?
Other women celebrate their wedding day,
and trust that she is her husband's woman.
She knows that she can depend on him forever.
It is the happiest day of her life.
But the day a courtesan raises her hair is exactly the opposite.
From that day onwards, she is anyone's woman.
That is the way she realizes that anyone can have her.
- I can hear it. - What?
What else can it be?
I can hear the crying!
You really are silly! Did you believe that ridiculous story?
Hear what...!
I can hear it.
It... it cannot be...!
A... a real ghost?
Why don't you go out and check? Quickly!
Why does it have to be me?
What was that sound?
Why is the practise room lit at this time of night?
What is that?
- Go and take a look! - I don't want to!
Jin-Yi! Jin-Yi!
Let's call the guards! What if it's a real ghost?
Go and take a look, you wench!
What is it?
Sum-Sum!
Please wake up.
Open your eyes, Sum-Sum!
Open your eyes.
Sum-Sum, open your eyes, you stupid idiot!
Open your eyes!
Sum-Sum.
Sum-Sum. You...
Sum-Sum!
Please get up, Sum-Sum.
Open your eyes.
Dispose of her body.
Mistress!
She was not suited to be a courtesan in the first place.
She was a worthless and emotional fool.
Mistress!
How could you say that...? This is Sum-Sum.
This is Sum-Sum, Mistress!
Geum-Choon, what are you doing?
Dispose of her body and send the girls back to their quarters.
Tomorrow is the banquet.
If we want a successful banquet,
don't you know we have to focus?
But Mistress...!
How can you...
How can you think about the banquet now?
How can you think about that right now?
Even a parent must perform in a banquet if their own child has died.
That is what a courtesan is.
I can't... I cannot do that.
I cannot just let her go like this!
Can you resurrect her with your grief?
Now be quiet and return to your quarters.
Geum-Choon, call the servants.
Tell them... to dispose of her.
Dispose? Who?
What is the matter with her?
Why is she like this?
Sum-Sum.
Are you sleeping?
You can't sleep like this here.
You must sleep in your own quarters!
Sum-Sum!
Our poor Sum-Sum!
Sum-Sum...!
Eng-Moo!
You can have all of my facial waters.
Fool...!
I don't need this, you wench!
Jin-Yi, do you know this?
You were such a fool,
but I envied you the most.
I too wanted your courage.
But... I am unsure of myself.
So I never... not once...
I never looked at my love square in the face.
Jang-Yi.
Jang-Yi. Have I ever said your name with such warmth?
Actually, in my heart... I always called you this way.
Why did I never say it out loud?
Jang-Yi...
Actually... I really liked the hair ribbon you gave me.
Because I am taking your ribbon with me,
because I am taking your love in that ribbon with me,
I'm happy.
Jang-Yi...
If we are born again...
I hope you are not born as a slave,
and I won't be born as a peasant in poverty.
Then, we can marry each other
and I can be your woman
and you can be my man.
I hope we can be together.
What is the matter? Are you hungry too?
Then come here.
Bring a spoon and sit down.
Foolish girl.
Worthless and useless girl!
But we can't blame her.
We've lost more than one courtesan.
I lost someone like a sister to me.
And I lost my best friend too!
Why is the damned rafters in the practise room so strong?
Let's eat.
Aren't you going to eat?
I didn't give her my oil when she asked me for some.
It wasn't because I didn't like her.
My temper just got the better of me...!
I was jealous of her beauty...
So...
Can we see Sum-Sum again?
Can't we see her again?
Bring her back to life!
Eng-Moo!
If she comes back,
I'll not just give her my hair oil,
but I'll give her all my ornaments too!
Is that Sum-Sum's?
She really loved this instrument...
Master...!
What is love?
What is it actually?
It would have been better...
if we didn't know what love was.
For me and for Sum-Sum...
Are you afraid?
Are you afraid that you will lose your love too?
Do not let it overcome you.
And do not be sad.
If the world starts a fight with you,
fight until the end.
When it tells you to bear the pain,
clench your teeth and bear it.
After that pain and hurt,
after that suffering,
after that, there is love.
My father has returned to the city?
Yes. He didn't return home, so I sent a messenger.
There was word that he had already left for a banquet.
What did you just say? A banquet?
Yes, it is the Governor's banquet.
I think it was Master's farewell banquet?
Young master...! How can that be...?
These girls have yet to raise their hair.
Even though they are trained,
they are still lacking in many ways.
But... if you find them pleasing,
please raise their hair for them.
It will be their greatest honor.
How dare you storm into my quarters like this?
Where did you learn such bad manners?
Father... Where is Father?
He is at a banquet.
Did you say a banquet?
Yes.
He wants you to join him there.
Look at that! Look at that!
Look at this.
We were so mesmerized by the flowers,
that we didn't realize our little prince has joined us!
Come! Come over here!
No, no... Just stay there and find a seat for yourself.
But sir...!
He is still young.
He can sit anywhere.
Is that alright with you?
Yes, father.
These girls are exceptionally beautiful!
A few of them even resemble the famous Yang Gui Fei!
- You flatter us, my Lord! - No, no...!
My sentiments are the same.
I am on the verge of going blind for their beauty is blinding!
I fear that we will all like the same girl
and resort to dueling each other for the honor of raising her hair!
To avoid such a situation, I have prepared something, my Lord.
Prepared something?
Bring it in.
Aren't those swords?
Yes, my Lord.
Why do you have swords at a banquet?
If for some reason,
there was a dispute over a girl,
perhaps they can duel with swords
to determine who gets the girl?
How dare you suggest such a thing to us?
It is one thing to suggest a poetry contest,
but how can you suggest a swordfight amongst scholars?
Isn't a banquet a place you enjoy yourself without the burdens of your status?
If a man likes a girl
and decides to fight for her,
would that make a wonderful show?
That does sound interesting...
Does it not, sirs?
Then, what is next?
Show us something else.
We must see all their talents and their beauty
before we can decide whether to fight for them with our fists or with our swords,
and prepare our hearts for this duel!
Of course, my Lords. Next is a Guhmungo performance.
Guhmungo?
A courtesan knows how to play a Guhmungo?
Yes, my Lord.
I am Hwang Jin-Yi.
Your talent is really extraordinary.
You praise me too highly, my Lord.
Bring me wine!
I will reward this child's talent by giving her wine to drink!
Wine? How can you call that a reward?
Raise her hair... You must raise her hair for her!
That is right.
What do you think?
Will you give me your hair ribbon?
I shall raise your hair for you.
And I shall bestow a great reward to you as well!
No!
Father, no!
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