Yeun-Seng! Yeun-Seng!
Who are you?
Oh, my! Madam, the King's midnight snack...
Bring any ingredients you can find
All I could find were these
Ginger and lotus roots?
Yes
Peel them
(Episode 4)
You do this everyday How can you be late?
I'm sorry
What's this? Didn't the pharmacy tell you to bring milk porridge
to the King because he's become weak?
Yes, but...
Bring it immediately
Madam...
What is it?
They brought the wrong snack from the kitchen
so we're sending them back
What did they bring? Just bring it in
Yes, Sir
What are these?
Lotus root soup and a ginger snack
Ginger snack? Then are they made from ginger powder?
Yes
The doctors told me to eat ginger biscuits for my throat
and I didn't eat it. But now they've even sent it up here
in the form of a tasty-looking snack
It's delicious I don't like the smell of ginger
but I can't smell it in this
So what happened?
Everything went well
I was scared to death thinking I would be dragged away
and I'm soaked in sweat
Which residence are you from?
They told me that they're still under training
How reckless of you! You just came into the palace
and you're wandering around like this?
How dare you come in here!
I know. They shocked me I can still hear my heart pounding
Troublemakers...
What should I do with them?
Put them in the storage for now and tell the Trainer Lady
Yes, Madam
Get in!
Yeun-Seng!
Yeun-Seng! Yeun-Seng! Help! Please open the door!
Yeun-Seng is hurt!
Shut up and stop making a big fuss!
It's for real. Yeun-Seng is hurt
Even if you stayed quiet, you could be kicked out
How dare you trivialize the palace rules
But Yeun-Seng's hurt!
Be quiet! Don't make any noise until we open the door. Understand?
Please help!
Yeun-Seng!
What? They ran away during the night? Who saw them? Who?
I saw them going out and I thought they were going to the bathroom
but when I looked this morning they still hadn't come back
Just what were you doing?
They were in the room when we checked at night
If superiors find out, they'll grill us
What are we going to do?
She caused trouble after all...
What do you mean?
She was brought in by the request of the...
King's Mother's attendant lady But she had to bring in trouble
The King's Mother's palace isn't where they pick out new brides
That's what I'm saying
Anyhow, since we aren't hearing anything from the royal guards
they weren't caught trying to escape You can quietly walk...
around the palace and find out if they're causing trouble
And you check Chef Gang Duk-Gu's home
Did you bring it?
Yes, Madam
Put it down
Yes, Madam
Open it
Yes, Madam
OK, go ahead and unload them
Yes, ma'am
Unload them
Here
This is the jade ring you asked for
It's so pretty! Here...
You have to pay a lot more than this
That's all I have
You asked for a silver hairpin, right? Here
It's so pretty
Here
This isn't enough. Give me more
Then take these
You have to pay at least 3 for this erotic picturebook
You said 1 was enough
This book is only read in the bedroom of the...
Royal Chamber of the Chinese Imperial Household and in it...
What are you doing here?
What is it?
Nothing. A new cookbook came from China and they wanted to see it
Really? May I take a look, too?
No, there are no pictures, only words. It's no fun...
You know Lady Park... She's in big trouble...
Why? Did you find her?
No... it's trouble because I haven't been able to find her
I went to Euju and I sent people to Dongnae to look for her
but no one was able to find her
It's already been 2 years I wonder what happened to her
Don't lose hope. We'll find her soon
I have connections in many places and people...
Iooking for her everywhere so we'll find her soon
I see. Thank you
By the way, Lady Han, would you do me a favor?
A girl I'd adopted about 2 years ago came here as a new bride
She's probably under training and
I'd like you to take care of her
Her parents passed away and she came without any background
so she's probably despised here You know how it is
You'll find her likable too She's very smart and good-natured
I see. What's her name?
Her name is Jang-Geum, Suh Jang-Geum
I'll do so when I can
I'm such a great artist
Excuse me...
What are you doing?
Do you know them?
No
Which residence are you from?
We are trainers of new brides, and we're looking for two of them
Two new brides?
I went to the trainer lady last night, but she wasn't there
I was going to tell her this morning, but I was busy preparing breakfast
and I forgot about them
How could you be so absent-minded? Are you saying the kids...
are still in the storehouse?
Yes
What happened here?
I think she hurt her arm when she fell off the fireplace last night
Did you lock them up even knowing this?
No, I didn't know about it at all
Did you tie that?
Yes
Did you put St. John's wart and agrimony on her?
Yes... she wouldn't stop bleeding...
You found those in this mess here?
Yes
Knowing that those are for stopping the blood?
Yes, I learned it from the town I used to live in
What's your name?
Jang-Geum! Jang...
You're already in here?
Lady Han, she's Jang-Geum Smart and good-natured...
You witches...!
You witch...!
Since you said it wasn't Yeun-Seng's fault
I'll beat her share too, OK?
You're not qualified to be a court lady
You should stop learning here, and go out and clean
Madam!
I said, get out!
You saw what happens if you break the rules
It should never happen again Do you understand?
Yes, ma'am
Recite the ranks of female officials
Bi, bin, gwiin, soui, sugui soyong, sugyong, sowon, sugwon
Ranks of court ladies
Sanggung, sangui, sangbok, sangsik sangchim, sanggong, sangjeong, sanggi
Next
Jeonbin, jeonui, jeonseon, jeonseol jeonje, jeoneon, jeonchan, jeonsik
Next
Yeongsa, daejehak, jehak, bujehak
Jeonhan, eunggyo, bueunggyo gyori, bugyori, suchan, busuchan
Put your right hand on top and as you go down with left knee bent
kneel your right too, and put right and left feet together
That's right. One more time
Put your right hand on top and as you go down with left knee bent
kneel your right too, and put right and left feet together
OK. One more time
Put your right hand on top and as you go down with left knee bent
kneel your right too, and put right and left feet together
OK. One more time...
So I was right
I see you have sense I was very worried
when you were planning dethronement with Sir Oh who never took
an exam and only drinks with people
Now he has entered the Royal Cabinet and
our future will have no difficulties
But it's hard to tell what will happen
now that reformers have separated themselves
That's why I've found him to be the right man
What do you mean?
Do you know how I came to choose Sir Park Won-Jong
among many of the reformers?
Realized it as I saw Sir Oh Kyum-Ho at a dancer bar
I thought, he must be looking for reformers
He's someone who keeps a low profile as much as possible and...
makes decisions after much thought Sir Oh will probably...
continue to do that He will be devoted to his duty
He's someone who will succeed
If he's someone you trust that much arrange for us to become step-siblings
Step-siblings?
Yes, I hear that officials under the King are already...
making step-sibling relationships with the court ladies
Sure, I'll arrange that
By the way, Pil-Du said something strange
Chef Gang Duk-Gu's adopted child came as a new bride
and he thinks she's Lady Park's child
What? Lady Park's child?
Yes
Didn't you say it was a boy?
Yes, it was certainly a boy
How can a boy become a court lady?
That's what I thought too, but Pil-Du who's been watching...
closely told me that So I'm not sure what's going on
Tomorrow, high ranking court ladies will be coming here to see...
what you have learned and they will choose some of you
If you aren't chosen by any of them, you'll have to leave the palace
so do a good job of showing what you've learned here
Yes, ma'am
Madam, will Jang-Geum take the test, too?
Rules of the Palace are to be obeyed She cannot have that chance
Madam! I will never do that again Please let me take the test, too
No!
Please let me take the test
Didn't I say no?
I will do anything you say I'll receive any punishment
Please let me take it
Will you come to your senses if you're whipped?
I'd rather receive the whipping Do that and don't kick me out
I must stay in the palace I must stay in the palace
Who are you to think you must stay in the palace?
I... I...
I have no place to go
She has no place to go That's why you have to stay here?
Sure, then do this. From now until the end of tomorrow's test
fill that big basin with water and hold it
Then I will reconsider and let you take the test
Would you do that?
Yes, I will
You must not spill a single drop of water
Yes, ma'am
You should be standing
She only said I must not spill the water
Don't cry. Why are you crying?
She didn't say I couldn't cry
Then put it down. I'm so sleepy
I can't...
Go ahead and start
What's your name?
Han Go-Mi
How old are you?
You should speak to her
It's all right
She must've been nervous
Take her out
Take it away. Next!
Differentiate between Dae-Gaum, Young-Gaum and Nau-Ri
Jung 2 nd degree and up are called Dae-Gaum
and Jong 2 nd degree, and Jung 3rd degree are Young-Gaum
And everything under Jong 3rd degree is called Nau-Ri
What do you call the Jik-Jae-Hauk of royal scribes?
It's Nau-Ri
Recite the rules of speech and conduct for the household
Inside the heart is affection. And what comes out of the mouth is speech
The tongue can change glory to slander and
friendship to negligence, and it can...
Noh-Chang
Yes
Chae-Ryun
Yes
One child is missing
How can that be? We didn't leave any out
Did you count all the children?
Yes, we did
What's going on? What happened?
What happened here?
Jang-Geum poured water over me all of sudden
Is that true?
Actually, Young-Ro touched the basin first
I did it to the end Please let me take the test
What's going on here?
I said, what's going on here?
Actually, I didn't let her take the test because...
her speech and conduct weren't fit to be a court lady
What's with the basin?
She kept on asking me to let her take the test
So I told her, if she held the basin till the end of the test...
as a punishment I'd give her a chance
When did she start doing this?
From last night...
What? She's been like this all night?
What has she done?
She went to a place she shouldn't have gone
Come inside
We tell no lies in the palace
Since the trainer lady promised you I'll let you take the test
Your words won't be a lie either, so if your answers are not good enough
you'll be going out of the palace Do you understand?
Yes
We'll start now. Listen carefully You already know that Jung 3rd degree
is divided into upper and lower levels And the upper are called Young-Gaum
and the lower, Nau-Ri You know this, right?
Yes
Then tell me all of the ranks ofJung 3rd degree
All of them?
Yes, all of them
Do-Jung ofJong-Chin-Bu, Bu-Wi of Ui-Bin-Bu
Do-Jung of Don-Nyung-Bu...
Do-Seung-Ji, Jwa-Wu-Seung-Ji, Jwa-Wu-Bu-Seung-Ji
Dong-Bu-Seung-Ji of Seung-Jung-Won
Dae-Sa-Gan of Sa-Gan-Won...
Cham-Chan-Gwan for meetings, Sang-On-Gwan of Eunuchs' Dept.
None in Ho-Jo, and in Ye-Jo
Bu-Je-Hak of Hong-Mun-Gwan, Su-Chan-Gwan of Chun-Chu-Gwan
Dae-Sa-Sung of Sung-Kyun Col., the jurisdiction dept. Of...
Hyung-Jo, and local ministers
Next
Zhuge Liang went to fight against Liu Bei, but because he had...
traveled such a long distance, he couldn't keep up
Cao Cao commanded something in code and the generals withdrew
Do you know what the secret code was?
It was Gye-reuk. There isn't much to eat on the ribs of chicken
although it does seem like a waste to throw it away
Jo-Jo used this metaphor to tell the generals to withdraw
OK. Take her with you and get her prepared
Thank you, Madam
If you cause such a commotion again
you'll be kicked out immediately. OK?
Yes
It probably wasn't easy for...
a little kid like you to hold that basin all night
Why do you want to stay in the palace so badly?
It's all right. You can tell me
I want to be the Highest Kitchen Lady of the Royal Kitchen
Madam, how can I be the Highest Kitchen Lady asap?
Get me a bowl of drinking water
Bring me a bowl of drinking water!
Yes, ma'am
Madam...
Bring it again
Do I have to tell you everything twice?
Yes, ma'am
When you wake up tomorrow morning bring it again
Jang-Geum, we have to greet the Highest Kitchen Lady
so gather up by 10:00
Dress up to come into the Highest Kitchen Lady's room OK
Chang-Yee!
Does your court lady tell you to bring water, too?
Water? No
Really...? OK
I brought the water
Bring it again tonight
Sandstorms are covering the entire nation so we decided
to perform religious services on the 7 th day of this month
You can take care of the sacrificial food
Yes, ma'am
It's big trouble Even during the time
of the great King Sejong, sandy rain came for 22 days
and it turned out to be a year of bad harvest
I know. And the King was not enthroned too long ago
Madam, I'm Jang-Geum
What is it? Come in
What is it?
I'm here to greet the Highest Kitchen Lady
Greeting? I didn't give such an order
How dare you come in here
Madam, did you call for me?
Take this girl to Jo-Bang
I heard that you're a troublemaker
On your first day here?
I was told to greet her
Who told you?
Chang-Yee...
It took me 4 years to get into the Royal Kitchen
How dare you enter the Highest Kitchen Lady's place!
And what's with your dress? Did you come here for a performance?
Wash all these bowls
And what are you doing? Get those bowls! Hurry!
It's Young-Ro again, right?
Is your court lady good to you?
Yes, she brings me dried persimmons and tells me old stories
She can even sing!
She doesn't ask you to bring water?
She brings water to me
Why? Is your court lady scary?
She only tells me to bring water
Water?
Yes, water
During King Sejong's era because of sandstorms
they sent out the court ladies
Why?
Because they believed it was caused
by grudges of the court ladies
Then we can go out too?
You'd like that?
I mean... I think it'll be fun outside of the palace
No way. I won't ever go outside the palace
Where else can you eat so much delicious food?
Do you live only to eat?
It's not just eating, but eating delicious food
I'm done
Did you wash the cauldrons by the well?
No...
Wash those, too
OK
I'll check them tomorrow morning, so wash them well. OK?
Sure
She reminds me of you when you first came in
What?
You kept eating the good food from older girls' tables
and you had to do all the dishes as punishment
Why did you remind me of that? I still get mad when I think about it
What's this?
I remembered the saying, "willow leaves in the well"
Bring it again tomorrow morning
Is Jang-Geum doing well?
Yes... she doesn't like rules
so she's only washing dishes for now
So she isn't doing anything else, but only washing dishes?
Yes
Does she have to come early or leave later than others?
No
OK
Madam! Madam!
What's the trouble?
The King's Mother's kitchen is in chaos
Go to the King's Mother's kitchen now They're all waiting
How come the food changed like this?
I don't know. She wanted to eat early in the morning
so we prepared the ingredients last night and
the food this morning and it turned out like this
That doesn't make any sense
The ingredients must be wrong
But it's strange that all the dishes turned out like this
Who manages the ingredients here?
I do
Do you manage it well?
Yes, I received it from the food dept. And...
there was nothing wrong with them for sure
How strange...
Madam! We're in trouble!
What is it?
They say food in the Prince's palace has turned bad too
Is that true?
It's not as bad as here, but several dishes have been spoiled
Madam, the main kitchen...
Let's go. Whose shift is it today?
It's Lady Shin
Is anything wrong here?
Huh? What do you mean?
How is it?
It's fine
This one's fine, too
We're lucky
What's this? What do you think you're doing?
What do you mean the dishes and the vegetables haven't arrived?
Who's in charge of the dishes that they're still missing?
What are you going to do about this morning's meal?
Jo-Bang, what's going on?
I clearly told her to finish it up last night
Who is it? Who?
Is it Jang-Geum?
Yes
Jang-Geum, what are you doing here?
I was...
What were you doing?
I was still washing the dishes...
You've been boiling this water to wash dishes?
Yes
Why?
The sandstorm made the water in the well dirty
so I had to boil water to wash dishes and cool it to wash vegetables
Who told you to do that?
No, it's not that...
Then you did it on your own?
My mother told me that when there is yellow dust in the air
water becomes dirty, dust goes in the food and...
it makes food spoil faster so this is what she did
She said not many people know this, and that's why diseases spread
when there are sandstorms
If you knew, why didn't you tell me?
We let the dust go down and used the clean water on the top
And since there hasn't been any problem doing that so far
You know how bad the yellow dust is
this year that we're even making the offerings!
I'm sorry
And how come she was the only one washing dishes?
Are you all trying to cast her out?
No, we would never do that
I told them not to...
Troublemakers...
You all do the dishes again Keum-Mul and Gui-Yul should tell this
to the King's Mother's Kitchen and the Prince's Kitchen
and have them do the same thing there
Yes, ma'am
You girls, too!
Yes, ma'am
Bring me some water
Why do you keep asking for water? I can't bring warm nor cold water
nor water with leaves
You already know
Why did you boil dirty rainwater?
I saw my mother doing it
Why did your mother do it?
She was worried I might get sick
Would you bring me water?
Is your lower stomach aching?
No
Did you go to the bathroom today?
I did
Is your throat sore?
It gets sore very often
I put a little salt in warm water Don't drink it at once
but drink it slowly like tea
OK, thanks
She asked you that many questions when she gave you a bowl of water?
Yes, she asked me if my lower stomach ached, whether my throat hurt
and other questions She sometimes gave me
cold water, warm water or sweet water
Yes, asking such questions was the reason...
why I asked you to bring water Before you make the food
you must check the condition of the person eating the food
and likes and dislikes and what's tolerable and what's not
thinking of such things is what is involved in cooking food
But you knew this through your mother
Your mother is truly a great person
Your mother knows that even water becomes food when it's in the bowl
and she knows it's important to think of the people eating the food
She knows food is the attitude of the heart
toward a person I didn't know that you're a daughter
of such a great person and only thought of you
as an orphan, always trying to please everyone
I have tried to teach you a lesson
and I have learned from you instead
Stop crying And don't cry from now on
I didn't like it when you said that you wanted...
to become the Highest Kitchen Lady asap
I don't know why you do... But if you're weak-hearted
you cannot become the Highest Kitchen Lady
You girls take over here and you girls follow me
You just need to put pine needles into the pine nuts
There are so many
So many? We've done it too
How do you do it?
You see the hole on the nut? Just put the pine needle in it
How can you put it into such a small hole?
What do you mean, how? You just put it in
Stop talking and do it now!
Yeun-Seng, what's wrong? Were you scolded by your court lady?
My turtle died
What?
When I was entering the palace, Mother told me that...
if the turtle is still alive, it means she's not sick, so I shouldn't worry
Is your mother sick?
Yes, very much...
I'm sorry to hear that...
Will you be quiet?
Keum-Young secretly started practicing again
Really? What did she say?
I don't know, only the Highest Kitchen Lady
and Lady Choi know about it
Then we'll lose again
They always tell us only 5 days before
Who can't win practicing earlier like that?
Not only that, we're always putting pine needles into nuts
when she started practicing using knives on the first day
I know. If it's putting pine needles into nuts, we'll win
The test is always on whatever Keum-Young's good at
That's why she always wins first place and goes on...
a vacation outside the palace I haven't been home
since I came here 7 years ago
So do something about it this time
How?
There's a new bride who entered Lady Choi's residence this time
She might know something
That's right! Yes!
Why you...!
I think I heard it as dragon-shaped something
But I don't know what it is
Isn't that a dragon-shape with bean sprouts?
I saw Lady Han doing it
That's right! Bun-Yee, this time we might have a chance
How?
We have our bean sprouts We can practice with those
Yes, if we practice as she does, we will surely win this time
Let's show her this time
Let's give them our work and
Young-Ro and Chang-Yee, you do the seaweeds
Jang-Geum, Yeun-Seng, you handle the pine needles and nuts
Since they shouldn't find out about our absence
you must finish everything on time. OK?
Young-Ro, you can go inside after finishing that
OK
Who's Keum-Young anyway?
She's a new bride in the Highest Kitchen Lady's room
She's also the granddaughter of the Highest Kitchen Lady
and the niece of Lady Choi
But how could you tell them about her?
They can't win anyway
My uncle told me that she learned to cook before she even learned to talk
She's a prodigy
I miss my mom
Yeun-Seng, you miss your mom?
Turn off the lights?!
We have to finish these first
No! Turn off the lights right now!
We'll get in trouble if we don't finish
No! No! You have to turn them off
Who are you?
I'm a soldier in the fire & light dept
What's that?
I turn lights off. Turn it off!
What now? We can't turn on the lights when Madam is sleeping
I will take care of it so you can go to sleep
I don't think you had enough sleep last night thinking of your mom
But...
It's all right
OK... Thanks
We must be destined to meet only at nights
Oh! Are you that girl from the King's palace?
Yes, that's right
Good to see you!
What are you doing here at night?
This is because of a new bride named Keum-Young
Why?
She's someone related to the Highest Kitchen Lady
Whenever there are competitions
she wins 'cause the Ladies secretly teach her things
And she always takes vacations
So?
But this time, they found out what the competition will be
so the older girls are practicing while we're doing all the work
They can win if they practice?
They said they can win if they practice the same way
They said that she hasn't practiced pine needles and nuts
so if they competed with this, they would win for sure
And someone else said that she's a food prodigy
learning how to cook before learning how to talk
I'm not sure what to believe, but I have to finish this
Don't try to see it with the moon light Huh?
Don't try to see it It's harder if you try to see it
Then?
Focus on the tip of your fingers
Does that work?
They make new brides do this, so they can...
sensitize the tips of their fingers
Because they don't know this, their cooking skills don't improve
Put the nut at the tip of your finger and roll it slowly
You can feel it, right?
Yes, it's amazing
But how did you know?
I heard the court ladies talking about it
Other new brides in other residences start with this kind of thing too
Is that so? Thank you
It went in!