Who are you?
He is the treasonous criminal!
The treasonous criminal is over there.
This is the conclusive evidence that can clear my name.
Jubu Min's confession letter.
Now take back the crimes that you've pushed onto me.
Where is the confession letter?
I don't know.
Merchant Jang hid the confession letter because of you.
Yet you still say you don't know.
I don't know.
Is that so?
Since you're already useless, you should die then.
My Lord.
Wanting to kill me alone wasn't enough, why must you kill her too?
I'm merely following orders.
Just perfect. I can get rid of the both of you in one go.
If it's an order... Is it Lord Gim Chi Yong?
Don't think about digging too deeply.
Then is it Her Majesty, the Queen's order?
Since you even know that, all the more reason you should die.
You should leave in peace.
This girl, even your adoptive father will be going too.
So you won't be too lonely on your way to the underworld.
Then ajussi is also... (Ajussi - older man, uncle)
Tomorrow morning, his ice-cold corpse will be carried out from the Royal Investigation Bureau.
All of you can meet up in the underworld.
My Lord!
You bastard.
Who is it that wants to kill agassi and elder? (Agassi - young lady)
Who is it? I asked, who is it!
I'm only following orders from the Central Palace...
Please stop!
You have to face the reality now.
Otherwise, not only her, Merchant Jang and you will all be in danger.
It really is the Central Palace who gave the order to kill her.
Central Palace has already abandoned Merchant Jang.
Thus, whether they have the confession letter or not, this entire family will be exterminated.
Her Majesty, the Queen once told me,
if I don't take the Crown Prince's life bit by bit,
she'll bathe me in Ajussi's blood.
No matter what, elder will be released tomorrow.
Didn't you hear what Inspector Im said just now?
He said he'll become an ice-cold corpse tomorrow morning.
Since the Queen is like this,
we can only depend on the Crown Prince's power.
What you really want, isn't it to protect her and Merchant Jang?
You should admit your mistake in front of His Highness and give me the confession letter.
I can't do that.
I need to go to the Royal Investigation Bureau to protect Elder.
That place is the Royal Investigation Bureau. You can steal in there to see him,
but you can't always be at the prison to protect Merchant Jang.
Do as His Lordship says. They aren't ordinary people.
Towards Deok Pal ajussi and Lord Jubu Min,
didn't they kill them after they had finished using them?
Since they already want to kill me, then they won't let ajussi go.
Ajussi is in grave danger right now.
The only way to save ajussi now is the give the confession letter to His Highness.
No. Elder told me that I must hold onto the confession letter.
If you hold onto it...
Why don't you understand that ajussi will be in danger?
Are you worried that even if you hand over the confession letter,
Merchant Jang will still not be safe?
Then I'll get the Crown Prince to assure the safety of Merchant Jang.
So... he escaped?
I'm sorry.
Didn't he bring Jubu Min's confession letter with him?
What did the Female Physician Da In say? She doesn't know where he is either?
That...
Female physician Da In urgently requests to see Your Lordship.
Is that true?
You found the person under Jang Hong Dal who has the confession letter?
Yes.
Where is he right now? I still have a lot of debts to settle with him.
I can't tell you that yet.
Can't tell us?
Yes, he is on the side as the people who framed me,
but I can't tell you where he is now.
Why can't you tell us?
those two people will be released tomorrow morning.
Due to the Central Palace's order,
Merchant Jang is in a situation where he'll be assassinated before he gets released.
Thus, I've made a promise with him.
Before Your Highness gets the confession letter from him, a promise must be made.
What did you say?
What promise?
Your Highness, please be lenient on ajussi.
Lenient?
So what promise do you want me to make?
This was personally signed by His Highness, the Crown Prince.
Merchant Jang will be punished, but his life won't be harmed
and his merchant group can continue with their business in the future.
Merchant Jang will also be well protected in the prison.
I've already kept my promise. It's your turn now.
Elder must be protected.
Don't worry. His Highness will definitely keep his promise.
For the confession letter that you handed over with great resolve to take its effect,
please help me once more.
What is this?
Quickly tell us the truth about what exactly he instructed you to do.
This is in order to arrest the person who attempted to poison His Highness, the Crown Prince.
If you tell any lies...
Please spare me.
If you want to live, quickly tell the truth now.
What exactly did he order you to do?
He threatened me and had me make a false testimony saying that I had forged the signatures a few months ago.
But I don't even know who Min Do Saeng is.
Please forgive me.
Lord Gim Chi Yong and Merchant Jang Hong Dal wanted to poison His Highness, the Crown Prince.
Physician Min Do Saeng, wrote that.
Look at this.
He even said he'd be silenced by you.
What are your thoughts on this?
The confession letter is just like the prescriptions, they're both forged.
Is that so? That is a possibility.
Then shall we confirm it?
Is what you said all true?
Yes. Inspector Im had him make a false testimony.
He said if I didn't do as he says, he'll kill me.
Please have mercy.
I didn't!
This is a conspiracy between Inspector Lee and the treasonous criminal Choe Won.
Just now, didn't he even let Choe Won who walked into the Royal Investigation Bureau go?
I didn't deliberately let him go. He always just vanishes,
that's why I, the invincible Red Demon, have not even caught him up to now.
U Yeong.
Orabeoni. (Orabeoni - older brother)
Are you all right? Let me take a look.
My skin has become rough, hasn't it?
As a slave, of course I couldn't take care of my skin.
I didn't even bring one powder box with me.
My sister who wouldn't go out of her room without putting on powder,
is also very pretty without make-up.
This is because I took good care of my skin in the past.
How about Rang? Rang is doing well, isn't she?
Yeah, she's doing very well.
Really? That's fortunate. It's really fortunate.
Heaven isn't that heartless after all.
Yes. Everything is going to be over soon now.
My sister, even if it's arduous, endure it a bit more.
I can endure it. So that other people can't bully me, the Red Demon
has pretended to be my husband temporarily.
Husband?
Huh? No, it's nothing.
Anyway, you should also believe in the Red Demon.
He'll definitely let us see that the Red Demon is worthy of being a red demon.
That's right. I also want to do something for your innocence.
Furthermore, we have already found new evidence to prove that Choe Won isn't the real murderer,
so calling him a treasonous criminal isn't right.
But you still haven't completely proven his innocence either.
That's correct.
Before addressing his crime of escaping from prison,
we have to look into myself who arrested an innocent person,
and those who tacitly agreed with the investigation results. We need to look into their responsibility, no?
I already said you can't right now.
I already said that I must see the Red Demon right now.
It's a matter to help my orabeoni clear his name!
Tell them to come in.
Yes.
Will you really give up on not taking back the money that I cheated you?
Are you not going to quickly tell the truth?
What is the matter?
He made a false testimony at the interrogation grounds yesterday, so I brought him here.
Okay. Even if it's now, if you tell the truth,
I promise that you won't suffer the paddle.
I've committed a crime that deserves death.
Actually that evidence was taken away by Merchant Jang.
But why did you lie yesterday?
That is...
Were you blinded by these evil riches?
No, that...
If you tell the truth, I'll give it all back to you.
Quickly say it.
This person instructed me to do so.
In the end, Merchant Jang caused a disaster for me.
How did that thing fall into Choe Won's hands.
No. I didn't give it to him.
I don't know what is going on either.
Do you think Her Majesty, the Queen will believe what you say?
Quickly tell Do Mun to get that confession letter back.
If not,
not only you, but your adopted daughter's life will be taken by Her Majesty as well.
What? What did you just say?
In order to save me, Do Mun made a deal with the Crown Prince,
and handed over the confession letter?
How can! How can... that idiot.
How can he disobey my order and do something so foolish.
You cannot blame Jipsa Do. (Jipsa - steward)
Jipsa Do was, in order to save me and you...
How can! How can... he be so foolish.
Do you really think His Highness will be lenient to the person who once wanted to kill him?
Yes.
If it's His Highness,
he'll definitely keep his promise to protect you.
No, he definitely won't.
A promise can only be kept when there is power.
Since I don't have the confession letter,
I'm already on the road to death.
Ajussi...
In the end, you were still tricked by Choe Won,
making me become like this.
That's true.
You aren't in my family register and your family name is different too.
Even if I become a treasonous criminal, it won't bring disaster to you.
How can you say something so heartless?
You have always taken care of me like a real daughter, yet you didn't put my name in the family register.
Isn't that because you want me to continue living as a Hong clan instead of a Jang clan?
I've always thought...
So whether I die or not, it has nothing to do with you.
Ajussi.
Did you see Merchant Jang?
So...
did he scold you for falling for my tricks and giving me the confession letter?
No.
What do you mean by no...
You are looking terrible.
When I took the confession letter,
I was most worried that you would become Merchant Jang's ungrateful adopted daughter because of me.
This definitely must be very hard and painful for you.
I'll ask Inspector Lee to let you see Merchant Jang once more.
There's no need.
No matter how hard and tiring it is, you should let me deal and settle it.
For you to be able to clear your name very soon,
is already a help to me.
I shouldn't be letting your heart feel even more painful and tired because of me.
No, I don't blame you.
You're not to blame either.
If you're tired, don't endure it.
I don't want to. I won't cry anymore.
You don't have to pretend to be strong in front of me.
Your Highness, Her Majesty, the Queen is here.
Your Majesty, why did you come here?
Just like you've said,
only staying at the Central Palace with dignity is really too stuffy.
She is Female Physician Da In who was specially assigned to me to look after my health by you.
I heard that she's so outstanding at the Royal Hospital that she can succeed Head Female Physician Jang Geum.
She is indeed outstanding. She's a very amazing child.
She even had Your Majesty issue a secret order for her to slip some white arsenic in for me to ingest,
yet she didn't hesitate to safeguard my life.
Isn't that so?
As His Highness's personal female physician, this is my duty.
I still have something to say to the Crown Prince. You may leave first.
That's right.
Since you are taking care of the Crown Prince so carefully,
I should wash you once more soon.
What else did you want to say?
I really cannot continue watching the treasonous criminal fool you and spin you around in circles,
so I came to find you.
Being deceived by a treasonous criminal...
Through the deception,
I've gotten the decisive evidence to arrest the group of people who wanted to poison me.
Isn't it worth being deceived?
Isn't the validity of the evidence unconfirmed?
Crown Prince.
Do you still want to be hurt?
Isn't it time for you to put down everything and admit to your crimes?
Then with the filiality that I have left, I'll give you a second chance.
My life can't be decided by you.
Even your father can't do anything about me.
That's why I want to take that evidence to see Father.
After seeing it, will Father do anything to you?
I'm very curious.
Get, Nameless, that child to come and see me.
What?
Yes.
Do you want a drink?
It's Her Majesty, the Queen.
Although she doesn't have any blood relation with His Highness, she still raised him.
How can she treat him like that?
I really don't understand.
The ajussi in my family.
Although he doesn't have any blood relation with me,
he cares for me even more than a real daughter.
So for the past several years, I have never thought of my late father.
I don't know why things have become like this.
Then... here.
Look at this. What does it say?
Fish!
Then what is this?
It'll come out at night.
You don't know this either?
So frustrating... Aigoo, so frustrating. (Aigoo - oh dear, oh my god)
This prodigy, I teach her one word and she'll know 10 words.
You're making me so frustrated. So frustrated.
- Aigoo, aigoo, aigoo. - I'm not learning it!
The beautiful female physician's writing is very nice.
What's the matter?
Rang!
Is my daughter having fun?
Yeah.
I was just learning the Korean alphabet with Elder brother So Baek.
Aigoo.
But father,
you have to go and take a look at Elder brother So Baek's father.
He's back to his old habit. He has been drowning himself in wine the whole day.
Physician, do you have a good method?
Who is it?
Ah... it's our famous physician.
You're already drunk.
I want to be drunk right now.
That bastard Gim Chi Yong...
Even if I kill him with my iron hammer, it won't even vent my hatred towards him.
He was actually right in front of me...
He'll be executed not too long from now.
Executed...
Yes, of course he should be executed.
I'm drowning my sorrows in wine trying to be patient.
Can I ask what is your relationship with Gim Chi Yong?
No... You better not ask.
I'm afraid my So Baek will find out.
So I decided that no matter how uncomfortable it is,
I'll keep the matter tucked away in my heart and not say a single word.
Are you okay?
My pitiful wife.
So that I won't be beaten to death because of the hateful loan sharks,
she went and begged that bastard Gim Chi Yong.
She was raped by him and then she hanged herself.
She didn't even close her eyes when she died.
My So Baek's mother is really pitiful.
Chief.
Why didn't you tell me this before?
Your enemy has also caused my family to die.
That bastard Gim Chi Yong is also my enemy.
What?
Kkeok Jeong, did you hear what I just said?
Let me tell you... So Baek... my daughter So Baek...
You definitely mustn't let So Baek know of this matter.
Do you understand?
That bastard Gim Chi Yong... I'll personally kill him with my hands.
Kkeok Jeong. Kkeok Jeong!
Let go of me!
Kkeok Jeong.
What's wrong now? Why are you angry again?
Kkeok Jeong, I won't meet your eyes again.
Oh my. It looks like he really is angry.
It's my first time seeing him with such a scary face.
Elder brother So Baek.
Can't you meet eyes with Kkeok Jeong ajussi?
I want to meet eyes with your father.
I've thought about it.
My father has a sick daughter like me,
so Kkeok Jeong ajussi is a lot better.
Isn't that right, Father?
Move aside.
That person, Gim Chi Yong has already been arrested by the Royal Investigation Bureau.
He'll be punished accordingly very soon.
I want to personally let him suffer the punishment that he deserves.
You'll become a murderer if you kill him now.
Do you want to become a murderer?
That bastard Gim Chi Yong deserves to die.
He'll be executed very soon, so just endure it a bit more.
On So Baek's account.
I know your feelings towards So Baek.
I also know your heart feels uneasy because of me.
But if you rashly kill Gim Chi Yong now,
I may never be able to clear my name.
At that time, I would be unable to leave the mountain fortress.
Do you really hope for that?
Foolish fellow.
You idiot, foolish fellow.
How can you act on your own and hand over the confession letter?
But...
Because the Crown Prince can release you, so I gave the...
Shut up!
If we don't have that confession letter,
we'll surely die. Why don't you understand that?
Starting from now, remember what I say well.
What exactly are you thinking about when you do the laundry?
Can't you see the stain here?
That isn't a stain,
but a parting gift from me to you.
Parting gift?
I'm going to be leaving here very soon,
so I'm leaving a lip mark as a memento.
What?
That really is a lip mark.
Every time you see this, don't think of those dirty things,
but think of not letting other people suffer unjustly like me and put more effort into your work.
What you just did wasn't bad.
Joseon's number one swindler, Mak Bong,
you actually got him to be honest.
Didn't you let me do it, because you know that I'd be pretty good at it?
What is this?
It's nothing good.
It really isn't something good.
This color isn't even suitable for me.
The fragrance isn't the one I like either.
Forget it if you don't want it.
Still, you should consider what the recipient has in mind.
Change the color for me.
No, let's go together.
If I leave this matter to you who is blind and picked this one,
you'll definitely need to go and change it again.
I, who is blind,
is busy in sending the evidence to prove your bother's innocence to the Crown Prince.
Whether you want to change it or throw it away, do as you deem fit.
Are you angry?
I understand. Wait a moment.
I'll try it.
I'll let you see clearly at how unsuitable this is for me.
Look at this.
This color is darker than my skin color. Look at how bad it looks.
My skin is very sensitive.
Wait.
W-why?
I'm asking you because I'm curious.
Why must you hide such a pretty forehead?
Lee Jeong Hwan still isn't here yet?
That's right. We were notified that he has already left, so he should be here soon.
Okay.
Did you have fun going abroad?
Yes, Your Majesty, the Queen.
It's because I cherish you, so I didn't plan on calling you so quickly.
But I have no other way.
I'll go and have a bit of fun.
Who are you?
It's quite to my liking.
Exactly... What exactly happened?
Hey! Is there no one?
Don't shout. Aren't you here?
What's the use of having me?
You're about to die.
We have to call a physician.
Wait here a moment. I'll immediately go and get a physician.
I, the Red Demon, won't die so easily.
Even if I die, I'll die after I free you from the life of a slave.
Send a letter to your brother.
See?
Didn't I say that you look better that way? Your hairstyle...
Hey... Wake up!
Someone! Is there anyone?
Someone!
What did you say?
When Lee Jeong Hwan was on the way to the palace, someone unexpectedly stole the confession letter?
That's correct.
Right now, Inspector Lee is seriously injured and is unable to move.
In the end, it has been stolen by the Central Palace.
Your Highness, that...
He said that it was Merchant Jang Hong Dal's men.
What did you just say? Jang Hong Dal's men?
Yes.
Send some people to carefully watch Jang Hong Dal's movements.
Is it true, Father?
I can live with you and Aunt from now on?
That's right. Didn't I say so before?
Then you're no longer a bad person,
and that scary ajussi knows too?
Scary ajussi?
That ajussi from the Royal Investigation Bureau who caught you.
Whenever he sees Aunt, he becomes really ferocious...
Red Demon ajussi?
Of course. That ajussi helped your father out a lot.
It's good that I made myself look pretty to him.
Oh?
In order to look pretty to that scary ajussi,
I laundered his clothes and wiped his boots.
I told him you weren't a bad person.
I told him he had to believe me.
I see.
My Rang, for my sake...
As your daughter, of course I had to do as much.
But Father, does that mean we're going to leave this place?
There are too many people here.
If we continue to stay here, we'll be a burden to them.
Elder Brother So Baek...
Iron Hammer ajussi...
Granny...
Kkeok Jeong ajussi...
I don't want to separate from them.
But Father, it's really strange.
The people here are clearly kind-hearted.
Why do they do bad things like fighting and stealing?
That...
Rang...
There's been another letter from the capital.
Father, what's wrong?
Rang, I need to make another trip to the capital.
Judging by your troubled appearance,
it seems that that damned Gim Chi Yong's death isn't happening, isn't that right?
This time,
I, Yangju's Iron Hammer, will go too.
I need to go and have that scoundrel Gim Chi Yong...
smashed into smithereens.
I'm going too.
Father! How can you go without me?
Release me!
Kkeok Jeong! Lord Horse Thief!
I want to go too!
Everything is ready, Elder.
Has everything been properly prepared?
Yes.
Da In?
I've already sent people over. Agassi will arrive shortly.
The ship to Ming China?
I heard that it will be departing in 2 hours.
What are you talking about?
What is this about Ming China?
That's right. Let's go to Ming China.
We'll hide out in Ming China for a period.
This is the best method that we have now.
I don't want to.
I don't want to go like we're running away.
Why? Is it because of that Choe Won fellow?
Ajussi.
His Highness said he would pardon you. That shows that he is willing to abide by his promise.
Quiet!
Please hand over the confession letter and atone...
You think Her Majesty will easily forgive us?
Her Majesty and the Crown Prince are surely going to fight to the death.
If we continue to stay here like this, we will only fall victim!
Why do you still not understand?
Ajussi.
I want to save your life.
I don't want you to lose your life in vain like this.
Let's hide out in Ming China for a period first.
Take it as I am begging you.
I'm sorry, Ajussi.
But, for me to live,
I cannot simply ignore the wrongful accusation of Lord Choe Won.
Given that he is one of the people that you framed ajussi,
all the more, I am unable to forsake him.
In that case, I have no alternative.
Ajussi!
Inspector Lee, how is he?
Luckily, he escaped fatal injury. He's nothing like a person though.
It would be good if you could go and take a look at him.
No. Pretend that I never said it.
He's already injured, yet he still wants to clear your name.
Just now, he was furiously wanting to go to Jang Hong Dal's residence.
It wasn't easy to talk him out of it.
Okay. You take good care of him first.
I need to make a trip to Jang Hong Dal's residence.
That confession letter thing having been snatched away,
does that mean there's no way to clear your name?
No, I will definitely get it back.
Don't be so worried.
Horse Thief sir!
This girl...
Where are you going? You never take me along for the action.
What's going on here? It looks like bandits had swept through here.
Horse Thief sir.
I heard the fence dealer say,
that fellow Jang Hong Dal hastily packed up and left for Ming China.
Ming China?
Jipsa Do. Please open the door for me.
Ajussi. Please open the door for me.
- Da In. Protect Da In. - Yes.
Agassi, are you okay?
Quickly take cover! Quickly!
I'll catch up to you right away.
Let's go.
Do Mun!
Jipsa Do!
Quickly! Quickly!
Do Mun.
I rather liked you.
Do... Do Mun.
Do Mun!
Jipsa Do.
Do Mun, this kid...
Do Mun.
Quickly go and take cover.
How could I abandon you?
Do Mun.
I'm sorry! Do Mun.
We need to hurry up and take cover. Quickly.
- Do Mun. - Quickly.
Father...
Kkeok Jeong.
Kkeok Jeong, are you okay?
No, I'm not. This kid is not ordinary.
Ajussi!
Ajussi, are you okay?
You need to give that a rest.
So Baek!
Father!
This is jim poison.
I don't want it. Don't.
We need to hurry up and suck out the poison. Otherwise...
I said I don't want it.
Seriously, why are you being like that?
If we don't suck out the poison now,
your life will be in danger.
Ajussi, please!
My Lord.
I can't let him just die like this.
My Lord!
I need to buy some time for Da In.
Ajussi. Please wake up.
I need to get rhino horn. (Rhino horn - antidote for jim poison)
The poison has already spread throughout the body.
Further, it's very difficult to find rhino horn now.
Even if it's brought here...
Still...
If you insist on it, I'll go and look.
You better stay by his side and not have any regrets...
Agassi.
Do you still remember?
Ajussi.
I used to be a servant at your residence.
Back then, when you were merely 9 years old,
you wanted to suck out the poison from the venomous snake bite on my leg.
Using your little mouth to suck the blood from my leg,
you nearly lost your life.
I thought I was sure to die.
But your father pardoned my crime.
He said to me, "if something happens to my daughter,"
"I will never forgive you."
He even said he'd strip me of my servant status
and expel me from the residence.
He also said, "my daughter values your life so highly,"
"you must live on well."
Back then,
if you hadn't risked your life to suck out the poison for me,
my current existence would not be.
Why do you say that?
When my father was implicated in a rebel conspiracy,
it was you who adopted me, the girl who had become a slave.
If it weren't for you,
my current existence would not be either.
Agassi...
Please don't call me that.
I am your adopted daughter, Da In.
Da In.
I didn't want you to wade through these muddy waters.
I wanted to use the confession letter to protect your integrity.
Please protect me.
Since you promised to protect me,
you have to protect me.
I...
Although I don't have the qualification,
before I die, I want to hear you call me father once.
I don't want to. I won't call you that.
If I really call you "father",
you'll really intend to go in peace, isn't that right?
No you can't. I won't allow that.
You can't go. I can't let you go.
Take this confession letter and clear your own name.
I'll leave my Da In to you.
Although I know making such a request is a bit shameless,
the last thing I can do for Da In is only this.
After I die, you have to give your father... you must...
Your father really treated you very... very...
What are you saying?
I'm sorry.
And, you must take good care of my Da In...
Why do you say such things?
Da In.
Because you are my daughter,
there isn't a moment that I'm not happy.
My daughter.
Let me touch your face.
Ajussi. No.
Ajussi. Ajussi, no.
Ajussi.
Ajussi, open your eyes!
I didn't even get the chance to call you father.
Ajussi... no...
My Lord.
What should I do?
I didn't even get the chance to call him father.
-=Episode 14=-
-=10 hours prior=-
If we don't quickly catch him and get the confession letter,
He is still a criminal who has escaped from the Royal Investigation Bureau's prison twice.
If you're in pain, then just cry.
-=Dal - moon=-
-=Baem - snake=-