Mistress
Episode 30
No matter how much I think about it, it's weird.
They said they were after the pirates.
It's not like she was holding a weapon...
She was just a woman holding a baby.
But the soldier shot her?
Isn't that weird?
You're going to regret this day.
Answer me.
Was it you...
that killed Bang-geum?
It is.
I'm right.
You tried to get rid of me,
but Bang-geum died instead.
What are you doing?
Clean up your mess.
She was talking such nonsense that I accidentally spilled.
Sorry, Mama.
Why aren't you answering me?
An excuse or whatever!
Say something.
This is why they say you shouldn't breed animal with black hair.
Tax incident, bandit incident, voting.
Do you know how many times I saved Merchant Chun's life?
That's not all.
I saved your life,
and I even received Yu-su with these two hands during your labor.
Those are different matters from this!
Shut up and listen!
Guksadang received an order from the queen
and went to the mountains to pray for the prince.
Would she have done such an evil thing while praying?
Please go back now.
Our guest is leaving.
Walk her out.
Yes, Mama.
What I want to know
is the truth.
Why our poor Bang-geum had to pass away.
I must find out that truth.
Leave now.
Before our Mama gets angry.
Mistress.
You must tell Sir Merchant.
You're right.
This is too much for me to handle alone.
Mama, I think it's too late to go back.
What if she tells her husband?
She is digging her own grave.
How are these pollocks different?
Not sure, let's wait and see.
Yu-su's father.
Where were you?
Guksadang Shrine.
I have something to tell you.
Right now?
Yes.
Sir Merchant!
Hurry! Come over here!
Go inside first.
I'll be right there.
Okay.
Why is the water so yellow?
These are not our golden pollocks.
They made fake ones
and mixed them with our pollocks.
They tricked us saying these are all ours!
Listen up.
We have to catch that guy.
If we sell these as our pollocks out in the market,
Chun's Fish Barn is going to go out of business!
Do you all understand?
We have to catch him!
Ah, darn!
So many things are going wrong.
I'm gonna have to go to the Jeolla Province tomorrow morning.
Did something happen?
Someone is selling pollocks saying they're from Chun's Fish Barn
at the Jeolla Naju Market.
If we don't catch him,
Chun's Fish Barn might go out of business.
I'm gonna go check.
How stupid!
Oh, right.
Didn't you say you have something to say?
What is it?
Did something happen at the Guksadang Shrine?
You don't look too good.
Why?
Did Gae-ddong say something to you?
It's nothing.
Tell me.
We talked about the 49th day rite for Sir Head Cattle Broker and mistress.
49th rite...
Okay.
I'll tell you when you come back from Jeolla.
Alright.
I'm gonna go kill him in Jeolla!
Don't worry.
There's no one behind us.
Always so much doubt.
Hurry and go inside.
I think we're ready to attach Shin Suk-ju.
First the Poongdeungryeong and now failing with the pollocks.
After the Hankyung Market opened, Yook-ei-jeon is full of complaint too.
This is our only chance.
Let's attack Shin Suk-ju.
If we fail, we both die.
Are you willing to risk your life?
How could I dare to attack him without risking my life?
I have a plan.
You just need to play along with me.
What?
What did you just say?
Are you telling me to steal Yu-su right now?
All I need is one day.
What should I tell Merchant Chun when I bring him?
"Let me borrow your son Yu-su"?
Or...
Do I take a stick with me and kill all the workers at the stable?
And then bring him out?
You asked me to get rid of Yu-su's mom.
And you promised me Head Merchant's position in return.
You have to pay the price.
Answer me.
Was it you that killed Bang-geum?
Mama!
Mama.
Merchant Chun is going to Jeolla.
Let's go to Song-pa.
Yes, Mama.
Ah, our boy Yu-su.
Your dad is going on a trip.
You should at least look me in the eyes and say goodbye.
But all you do is sleep.
Are you done packing?
Yes.
Alright, I'll be back.
Yu-su.
I'll be back.
What's wrong?
I'm so scared that this happiness is going to shatter into pieces.
Do you want to go with me?
Do you want to go to Jeolla with me?
Sir Merchant! Bong!
Are you still under the blanket with your newlywed?
We're ready to leave!
Alright I'll be right out.
Do you want to come?
No.
I must've been a little emotional at the thought of being separated with you.
Don't worry.
You have Man-chi, Gom-bae...
Relax.
Let's go.
Gom-bae. Man-chi.
Please take care of the place well.
Don't worry. I'll be back.
Have a safe trip!
Keep the stable safe!
We'll catch all those evil ones!
Let's go!
Yes, sir!
Have a safe trip!
Mistress.
Are you going somewhere?
Yeah.
Gae-ddong, what are you doing here?
To discuss 49th day rite with Mama.
Okay, thank you.
She's a bit anxious because of what happened at Chun's Fish Barn.
Gae-ddong.
Take care of Yu-su and his mom for me.
No, don't say that.
She's not anyone to take care of me.
Did something happen at the Guksadang Shrine?
Not sure.
Even the queen needs her now. She's a busy person.
We can't keep bothering her.
Gae-ddong.
She came a long way to be here.
Do me a favor.
Man-chi, I'll be back.
Have a safe trip!
What are you doing here?
There is something I want to say.
I knew Bang-geum before you.
You probably don't know but,
I helped her and Merchant Song a long time ago at Moon-kyung.
I, too....
am genuinely heartbroken about what happened to Bang-geum.
I'm a bit hungry.
I heard your bean soup is really good.
I hope I was mistaken.
A mistake.
I'll bring some food out.
Mama.
Mama!
Yu-su.
Come with me.
For just a little bit.
Don't cry.
Honorable Mama.
Why are you bringing him out?
It's too cold out.
He's gonna catch a cold.
Measles are going around everywhere.
I'm taking him to Guksadang to give him a vaccination.
Isn't Mama going with you?
You must not know.
Mama can't go around Hanyang that easily.
Quick!
Let's get going!
Yu-su!
Yu-su, where are you?
What's wrong?
Yu-su....
Yu-su is gone.
What about Guksadang? Where did she go?
Mistress!
She saw.
Honorable Mama walked out with Yu-su in her arms.
She said she's giving him a vaccination...
Of course.
It's Guksadang!
Why would she take our Yu-su?
Why else?
She's probably taking him to Shin Suk-ju!
Yu-su! Yu-su!
Mistress!
Yu-su!
Gae-ddong!
You brought him!
Take him. There's no time.
People from the stable are going to come any minute now.
It's a day at max.
You have to finish it before that.
Don't worry.
I'm all ready.
This meeting isn't going to be easy either.
Let's go.
Sir Head Merchant!
You!
Why are you being so loud?
Your son is coming!
Yu-su is coming!
Yu-su!
What happened?
How is he here?
Guksadang's Honorable Mama brought him.
Guksadang's Honorable Mama!
Give him to me here.
Hey you.
Yu-su.
You finally came to your papa.
You finally came to your father.
It's cold, let's go inside.
This is your spot.
Peek-a-boo!
You should have your meeting here.
People have been talking a lot.
You should show them your son
and make all the rumors die down.
Yes, yes!
Let's have the meeting here!
Call Kim Bo-hyeon here too!
Call everybody in!
Tell them I'm having a small 100th day party for Yu-su!
Get going now.
Yes, sir.
Look at him.
Sir Head Merchant.
Mama isn't even here.
Wouldn't people be suspicious?
Her...
Of course!
Of course I'm gonna go!
Go tell him that I'll be right there.
Yes, Lord Ambassador.
Merchant Gil.
Is today the day?
The day Shin Suk-ju splits as a tree in Mt. Baekdu would?
You waited long.
You will surely be rewarded for waiting.
What a great sight it will be!
How will he handle such embarrassment!
Block them!
Move out of the way!
Guksadang's Honorable Mama!
Or Gae-ddong, whatever she's called!
Bring my nephew Yu-su out immediately!
What do we do, Mama?
A whole crowd is here with weapons.
They're going to destroy all of Guksadang if we don't bring out the child.
Go.
Bring just Yu-su's mother in.
Yes, Mama.
Why did you come out alone? What about our nephew?
She says to bring just you, Mama.
What are you trying to do?
Do you know where this is?
This is the Guksadang Shrine where we pray for the prince.
If you don't want to get beaten up, put your weapons down and wait patiently.
Sir, just stay here.
I'll go inside and bring out Yu-su.
Mistress! I'll go with you!
Yu-su, Yu-su!
Where is Yu-su?
Your son Yu-su is not here.
No way...
Honorable Mama, did you....
Did you take Yu-su to Sir Head Merchant?
Honorable Mama!
Sir Head Merchant is turning 70 next year.
You don't know when he will pass away.
Isn't it natural for someone like him to want to see his son?
You've gone too far.
Even if mistress lets this go,
I'm going to tell Sir Merchant what you've done.
Alright, we're almost there.
Let's take a little break here.
Put down your luggage!
Sun-dol.
Bong-Sam.
What are you thinking about?
Are you thinking about the fool that messed up our pollocks?
Yu-su's mom and Gae-ddong.
I think something happened between the two.
People's hearts don't fold over easily like paper.
What are you gonna do?
She's just gonna have to hang in there until Gae-ddong changes her mind.
He's right.
Time will heal it.
Yes, it should.
It should.
Let's eat.
Thank you.
You're finally letting us see your son!
Sir Head Merchant!
Your son is coming in!
Yes, yes.
Yes, yes. Here.
Give him to me here.
Look at him.
Everyone look.
This is the son who will take after Shin's Gaekju after me,
Shin Yu-su!
Let me see, let me see.
Ah, already looks so intelligent.
How good-looking!
He must've taken after your wife's looks, not yours.
Is that so?
You said your wife is sick? Is she okay?
The thing is...
The thing is,
she got dystocia on top of childbirth sickness
and passed away at her parents' house.
That's right.
How unfortunate.
I don't think it's right for us to celebrate like this then.
Dead people are dead, and alive people are alive.
Your heart must be troubled,
but you have such a handsome son in front of you so it's fine, no?
Honestly speaking, why does a boy need a mother anyway?
Discipline is important.
If you need, you can just get another one.
Now, now.
Save the questions for later.
Let's just celebrate for Shin's son today!
Everyone was so curious all along!
We heard you got a son but we never got to see him.
Here, look as much as you want.
This is my son that will take over Yook-ei-jeon.
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Yu-su.
Is he here?
Mama, you can't do this!
Go inside!
If you go inside, I'll bring Yu-su to you.
Bring my nephew Yu-su this instant!
How dare you come in here!
All of you shut up!
Be quiet!
Mama, please.
Sir Head Merchant is going to be in big trouble.
Let go of that hand!
Let's go!
Mama! Mama!
Yu-su!
Your uncle is here!
Where are you?
Sir Head Merchant.
What is this?
His uncle?
Why aren't you saying anything?
Did his dumb uncle come from your wife's home?
I'm not sure....
Yu-su!
Mama!
I came to get my son Yu-su.
What?
How could this be!
Is she a ghost?
Sir Head Merchant's wife!
Didn't you say she died?
I couldn't recognize her because of her clothes.
What's going on?
Hey!
There are many valuable people here right now!
A mother who lost her child cannot be in her right mind.
She doesn't care what kind of meeting this is!
What did you say?
I'll quietly leave if you just give me Yu-su back, Sir Head Merchant.
You...
Give us back my nephew Yu-su, now.
He's not even your child, what are you doing with him here?
Shut up!
Alright.
This is great.
I gotta reveal everything now so you can't do this again.
My nephew Yu-su.
He's not Sir Head Merchant's son!
He's not your son!
If he's not Sir Head Merchant's son,
whose child could he be?
Such fools!
What do you mean he's not my son!
He's my son!
Even if you try to fool the heavens,
even if you try to fool yourself,
it's not going to work anymore.
What did you say?
Give me back Yu-su.
Shut up!
He's my son!
He's my son that will take over Shin's Gaekju!
He's my son!
He's my son that will take over Yook-ei-jeon!
Yu-su.
Sir Head Merchant!
How dare you!
Yu-su!
How dare you!
Sir Head Merchant!
Sir Head Merchant
You all die if you move even one step!
Let's go!
Head Merchant.
We should end the party now.
I'll get going now.
Got the child through someone else, I see.
What did you just say?
The boy was from another man?
Dominance?
How embarrassing.
I've never seen such an indecent happening before!
Head Merchant.
Did you think we're fools?
Let's go!
Sir Head Merchant!
Go get the doctor!
Sir Head Merchant!
Sir Head Merchant.
You must calm down.
The doctor said it was really close.
How dare you come in here?
I know exactly where this is.
This is the heart of Yook-ei-jeon and the king of all merchants,
Shin's Gaekju.
Did you not know a day like this would come?
How could you!
How could you betray him like this?
Yang-bum.
Go wait outside.
So-gae.
I plead you.
Keep your courtesy to Sir Head Merchant.
He's going to take his anger out to you.
What are you going to do?
There's not much time left.
Before Merchant Chun comes back to Chun's Gaekju,
I need to finish the matter with Yu-su's mom.
Alright.
What do you want from me?
Step down from the Head Merchant position.
What did you say?
How dare you--
I spent 30 years to build Yook-ei-jeon and you want me to let it go?
You two!
How dare you two do this to me!
I am Shin Suk-ju! Shin Suk-ju!
The Head Merchant of Yook-ei-jeon!
You let yourself fall.
All we did was put in a needle in the gap that you made yourself.
You?
You lusted after a young lady at that age,
lusted after power,
and the day you let that lady into Shin's house,
you had already fallen.
Maeng Gu-bum, you.....!
There is no merchant left that will protect you now.
Don't put on more mud on yourself
and step down now.
That is the last courtesy I can show on you, Sir Head Merchant.
What?
Those rude little rascals!
Look.
This is ours.
And this one is also ours.
Ours.
And this one was colored.
The colored one.
This one was colored too.
The colored one.
Do you see this?
Look at this.
How are these pollocks from our fish barn?
Look at this!
How can a person do this?
One is ours,
and one that even a dog wouldn't eat!
How could you mix these up and sell them?
Sir Merchant.
Who did this?
It wasn't me, it wasn't me!
Jeonju is a rich city with picky tasters.
They would figure it out right away. Why would I do it?
Then.
It must've been Merchant Song from Naju.
Have a bite.
Now!
Doesn't it look delicious?
It looks golden and great.
Come on, have a bite.
Hey, take this to him.
Yeah, I prepared it.
Try it. Try it!
What are you doing? Try it!
This is paint.
Paint!
Do you even know what paint is?
It's what you use to make a painting on wood!
If a person eats it, it might kill them!
Kill!
You took rotten pollocks, painted them, and sold them to people.
Does this make any sense?
I didn't know either.
I'm serious!
Stop lying.
You mixed these with ours and sold them as Chun's pollocks!
And you say you didn't know?
Fine.
Then who did it?
You sold something a person should not eat!
If you don't tell me who it was,
you're taking all the blame!
Chun's Gaekju will no longer have business with you!
It was that Gil guy and Merchant Ma from Wonsan.
The Gil guy...
and Ma Chi-Soon from Wonsan?
They're pollocks from last year.
I'll give them to you for one nyang a row!
Look, there's nothing wrong with them.
You can mix them with Chun's pollocks.
Mix them with Chun's and sell them.
Why are you telling me to buy this?
I can't let them rot in the storage.
Gil So-gae said he'll take care of the consequences.
Sir Head Merchant doesn't let me give them to just anybody.
This is profit for both you and me.
Ma Chi-soon.
How dare he think of us as fools!
So Gil So-gae offered and you agreed?
What are you gonna do now?
How are you going to fix this?
I'm sorry.
It's all my fault.
I'll go collect all the ones that I sold.
Sir Merchant.
There is one thing that a merchant who sells food should never do!
Playing around with food.
Imagine that going into your child's mouth.
Can you sell that?
You sold this to a person when a dog wouldn't even take it?
On top of that!
You lied that they're from our fish barn!
I apologize 100 times.
I'll collect all the ones that were sold
and change them for Chun's pollocks.
And I'll tell them that Chun's pollocks are the best.
Please forgive me just this time.
No need to say such a thing.
Jeonju's top quality!
Stir well before eating.
Eat a lot, everyone.
Alright.
Eating is always first.
Let's eat while we wait.
Wow, Jeonju's sprout rice soup really is amazing.
It's amazing.
It's making me sweat everything out.
Is it that good?
Jeonju is known for its sprout rice soup.
It's the best in all of Joseon.
Even the king eats it after drinking.
How is it?
It's delicious.
But that's not the problem!
Don't worry.
Wonsan merchant said he'll come down as soon as his meeting is over.
We always meet here when he comes.
He likes the sprout rice soup too.
Sir Merchant!
Sir Merchant
Wonsan's merchant Ma Chi-soon is here.
You came earlier than expected.
The meeting turned into a mess.
The Head Merchant put mud all over his face and fainted.
He called people saying he's holding a 100th day celebration for his son.
But his wife came to get her son back and turned the place into a mess.
What did you just say?
What is Merchant Chun doing here?
100th day celebration?
And the wife came to get the son?
What are you saying?
Explain!
Let's pack our stuff.
Where's my stuff?
Good thing we left Gom-bae and Man-chi there.
How could the Head Merchant do such a thing?
How could he do such a thing?
Are you all packed?
Let's go!
Merchant Chun is going to be back soon.
I sent someone to Song-pa but the stable is strictly guarded.
Going over the fence and getting rid of one lady isn't that hard.
But you, Gae-ddong, can't be blamed for this.
Bong-Sam!
Wait for us.
My lungs are about to explode.
I can't see because of my glasses.
I'm so scared this happiness is going to shatter into pieces.
I'm gonna go ahead!
Come on your own!
We'll catch up!
Let's go.
Wait up. I'm tired.
Sir Head Merchant.
Yes.
What did they say now?
Did they tell me to leave Yook-ei-jeon and get out?
They sent you a letter.
They said a query was passed.
They said it's for the pollock failure.
They said it'll look best for you to step down on your own.
It's from Min Kyeom-ho from the West Daecheong.
Those evil ones.
They used to stay under my umbrella in the rain
and now they want to kick me out?
So.
How is the Head Merchant?
He has some headaches.
He was the king of Yook-ei-jeon for 30 years.
He's not going to put it down easily.
Stepping down is not something easy to do.
There was no one who stepped down willingly.
So I prepared something.
What is this.
This is Shin Suk-ju's possession list that he spread out in Joseon.
Why are you giving this to me?
Aren't you one of Kim Bo-hyeon's people?
Sir.
I'm a merchant.
It's the nature of a merchant to switch ships.
So don't think of it as unusual.
Shin Suk-ju has no one to hand down his possessions to.
You can't let Kim Bo-hyeon take all of that by himself.
You as the queen's brother
must use it for the nation.
If the moon goes down, the sun comes up.
When Shin Suk-ju goes down, Gil So-gae will come up.
I gained someone valuable today.
How dare you come in here!
I saved you from all those pirate-capturing soldiers.
But you're treating me like this?
We thank you for that,
but you stole my nephew!
Move out of the way.
Let her come in.
Is there still a misunderstanding to be solved with you?
Sir Head Merchant...
what a pitiful man.
He's about to be kicked out of Yook-ei-jeon.
All because of you!
He's losing Shin's Gaekju that he spent all of his life on!
I just--
wanted to get Yu-su back.
I didn't know that would happen to him.
It's his fault for taking Yu-su.
If you didn't want to have a baby for him,
you should've rejected it in the first place.
You followed his will all this time
and then you turn him into a liar?
If you didn't steal Yu-su,
I wouldn't have done that.
Yu-su's father.
What did I just hear?
You stole Yu-su?
What does that mean?
Your time is over.
Are you going to Song-pa?
Our lives are at stake.
I'm not afraid of you.
Mistress is in danger.
Yu-su's mom!
This snake was raised by someone.
Are you the one who did this to me?