(Episode 8)
Is anyone there?
Master.
Are you going somewhere?
- Why are you dressed like that? - I am leaving now.
The world has turned upside down.
What do you mean, "the world has turned upside down"?
You will get to know soon.
I know you must be curious.
He is not the Mighty One.
(A mighty one is someone who is exceptionally strong.)
He can...
never be the Mighty One.
Your Majesty, the Sangjeon has come.
(Sangjeon refers to a post in the government.)
Let him inside quickly.
Welcome.
- Your Majesty. - Quickly...
Help...
Help me.
Your Majesty.
Your Majesty,
the world has turned upside down.
You are now...
the ruler of the world.
(hong)
(The rebel)
- Your Majesty. - Your Majesty.
Does this mean we will not accept guests for a while?
Of course not.
A noble who visits a kisaeng parlor while mourning the King...
is bound to be severely punished.
I thought the King would never die.
Why?
I experienced the death of another king when I was young.
The whole city was in turmoil.
That was over 20 years ago already.
What is wrong? Did something happen?
When...
I first came here...
You looked like a madman.
Your hair was like this, your face like this,
you had something on your back,
your wrist was bound to something and you shouted for someone.
Gong Hwa took the ribbon you had had around your wrist.
Did you get it?
You must make sure to stay by my side...
no matter what happens.
Do you understand?
Are you going somewhere?
I remember everything now.
I wondered why I could not stop crying.
My sister's tears...
were flowing through me.
I was...
going to tell you.
I thought that if you saw that...
you would leave without a word.
I do not blame you.
I was enamored by you...
and forgot that I had lost...
my own sister.
Will you...
leave like this?
I...
will return.
I hope your feet rot off!
- May I ask you something? - Sure.
Did you see a girl with a ribbon round her wrist who is this tall?
- May I ask you something? - Sure.
Did you see a girl with a ribbon round her wrist...
- who is this tall? - No.
A ribbon round her wrist, wearing white.
I did not see her.
Thank you.
Welcome. How... Wait.
- Are you not Gil Dong? - Mister.
Honey!
Gil Dong.
Come out here!
Get out here! Gil Dong is back!
Come over here quickly.
Gil... Gil Dong.
How come...
Gil Dong. Gil Dong.
After your father was taken...
and you disappeared, the officials raided us.
Everyone here had a scandalous past.
All those who were guilty...
were either arrested or ran away.
Not many of us are left here.
Mister.
Why did you not go with Eop San?
He did not want to be a burden.
He held a knife to his throat and said...
he would take his life if Eop San did not leave alone.
Eop San wailed as he left.
What about...
my father?
Your father...
died while he was being flogged.
We heard talk that...
instead of burying him, Heo Tae Hak threw him...
into the sea.
Mother.
It is me, Gil Dong.
Mother.
Did...
Father come by?
I am sure Gil Hyeon did.
Did Uh Ri Ni...
come to see you?
Was Father...
Was Father here to see you?
Mother, I am so sorry.
Mother.
Do not worry, Mother.
Gil Hyeon and Uh Ri Ni...
I will find them.
I will bring Father to your side as well.
Do not worry, Mother.
I said I was sure there is no one here.
Gong Hwa.
The new King...
likes to sing and dance.
The other parlors are busy recruiting new kisaengs.
He must be a playboy, then.
So, Prince Je An asked...
what you are up to.
You used to say you would...
join Jangakwon and make the King fall in love with you.
You stopped saying that and forgot your goal...
ever since that fool Gil Dong entered the picture.
Are you really going to wait for his return?
Are you really going to wait for him to come back?
He said he would return.
Since that weird man told you...
the preposterous story about a Mighty Child...
Gong Hwa. Gong Hwa.
- What is it? - The magistrate said...
Yong Shim would fall for another man once he left...
and he could not let that happen and tried to cut her face.
He poked her eye instead.
What a disaster.
Yong Shim, just look at yourself.
What should we do with you?
You silly girl.
You should have gotten away when he pulled out that knife!
I should go after him and...
Stop crying.
I told you to stop crying!
Why are you crying?
What for?
If you sit and cry, will someone come and rescue you?
No one. No one will come.
There is no one to rescue you.
I miss my mother.
She sold you for three small measures of barley.
- Do you miss her? - Not now.
Your father beat you whenever he got drunk.
Do you want to go home?
Do you not know they sold you so your brother could afford a wedding?
You foolish things.
Why do you not see that no one in this world cares for you?
My goodness...
Do not cry.
Stop crying.
I am so sorry.
What should I do?
I did not try to sell you so I could better my own life.
I did not want to see you waste your great talent.
To be honest,
I thought...
you and Gil Dong looked sweet together.
I thought it would be nice if you two were to get married...
and live happily together.
I did not think he would leave you!
But look.
He left and now you are alone.
I cannot bear to watch you.
Tomorrow...
I will go to see Prince Je An.
I shall...
enter Jangakwon.
Gong Hwa, I am back.
They all left.
I am the only one here.
I...
waited for you.
Why are you following me?
Are you in need of money?
Are you a criminal on the run?
No one will suspect you if you are with me.
Say I am your sister. Who would doubt that?
I will call you by your name and speak to you properly.
Gil Dong.
Excuse me.
All the room are taken.
Will you share the large room?
Yes.
(Inns had large rooms to be shared.)
I am with her. I do not think that will do.
Do you have another room?
You can sleep in my room.
- Do you need anything else? - No, thank you.
You stink.
An unwed man and woman should not share a room.
If we are to already share one...
My goodness.
You look fascinating.
It is the mountain
Perhaps Noksu
Will never forget the blue mountain
It will go around and around
My love is like a blue mountain
Your love is like Noksu
Perhaps Noksu
Will never forget the blue mountain
I think I am the oldest one in here.
- He is coming. - He is here.
Please begin.
A peony flower is
The king of all flowers
(a peony flower is the king of all flowers)
A sunflower is
Very loyal
(a sunflower is very loyal)
A lotus flower is a noble man
(a lotus flower is a noble man)
An apricot flower is like me
(an apricot flower is like me)
A chrysanthemum Is a scholar in hiding
(a chrysanthemum is a scholar in hiding)
A plum blossom is A penniless scholar
(a plum blossom is a penniless scholar)
You have not reached the right musical level.
So he is the king.
He was so tall and...
so handsome.
He is so beautiful.
- Here you go. - Thank you.
- May I have some dates? - Sure.
Thank you.
Why are you getting so much stuff?
Are you still here?
Are you setting up a table for a memorial ceremony?
This one is better.
Take a look.
No. This one goes over here.
Chestnuts go here.
This one goes over here.
I used to do this often, so I know these things.
I am sure you were disappointed the last time...
because I only brought a bottle of alcohol.
I have brought a lot today.
You can have a lot.
My goodness.
She is not the one I told you about.
This alcohol is great...
because I am having it with you, Mother.
Who are you?
Gil Dong.
It really is you, Gil Dong.
You were alive.
Were you waiting for me to kill you?
Why have you not died?
I am sorry.
I am sorry, Gil Dong.
I came here to die with you, Magistrate.
Let us die.
Die with me!
Your father. Your father!
Your...
father.
Come this way.
Go in.
Father.
Father. Father.
Father.
The date for the augmented exam has been decided.
Whoever passes this exam will be in an important position right away.
(Augmented exam is a special state exam.)
An augmented exam?
Will you be taking the augmented exam as well?
Pardon? I...
It looks like you have been studying for a while.
Which hyanggyo did you go to?
I am not here to take state exams.
An augmented exam will be held. I have brushes, ink stones...
and ink sticks.
Take a look at this one, too.
These are the best quality.
What are you thinking?
How come you are turning back?
It looks like you are a student who wants to take the augmented exam.
Are you in need of money...
to get some papers?
Did you find his body?
Please stop.
You must have gone crazy at a young age.
Did his second son really die?
Then where is his body?
We could not find it because he drowned in a river.
He was also shot down with arrows.
There is no way he will live.
There is something that you do not know.
I have forgotten about this.
He is...
not just a regular person.
I am sorry, Gil Dong.
I was so afraid. I was scared.
But I saved Ah Mo Gae.
I put out my own life...
to let Ah Mo Gae...
live.
I am sorry, Gil Dong.
Just kill me. Kill me.
Gil Dong.
No one knows.
Everyone believes...
Ah Mo Gae died during his flogging.
I am sorry, Gil Dong.
It is better for your health to cook...
ground up rice with the water which you washed your rice with.
I found some rice in the kitchen.
No one told you to do this.
Please, speak.
Where is Gil Hyeon...
and Uh Ri Ni?
Gil Hyeon and Uh Ri Ni are both doing very well.
Once you get better,
I will take you to see Gil Hyeon.
A scum like me lived a great life for a season...
thanks to Ah Mo Gae.
Once Ah Mo Gae gets a little healthier,
you should leave.
I have some money for that.
I will find a couple of people to accompany you.
Please take care of him...
for a few days.
I have to visit some place.
Visit some place? Where?
I must look for So Bu Ri and Yong Gae.
I should find them.
They ran away to save their lives.
Do you think they will return despite Ah Mo Gae's failure?
They are probably away because they do not know Father is alive.
Once they find out he's alive,
they will return.
Buy some pots! Buy some rock-solid pots!
Buy...
Buy some pots! Buy some rock-solid pots!
Come on, move it.
- Yes. - Yes.
I will hold you responsible even with the smallest pebble.
- Yes. - Yes, my lord.
He always makes us work so much.
Let me see.
Okay.
A man who passed...
his state exam will...
ask for your hand in the future.
- My goodness. Really? Come on. - I am serious.
Oh, right.
In that case,
what do I do with my husband?
- Your husband? - Yes.
You are not supposed to have someone like that.
- I have 4 kids. - You have 4 kids.
Four kids.
I am looking for someone.
You.
Are you Gil Dong?
Here. Pour me a glass.
How can you live as a fortune teller if you are so bad at it?
My father is...
alive.
Wait, what?
There is no way.
I have seen...
I just met him.
He has become very weak.
But he is alive.
Let us go.
I have to meet him.
Let us go.
Why did you come now? Why?
So Bu Ri.
If you fled,
I was going to look for you.
Okay. Good.
You punk.
Okay.
Darn it.
You stink as bad as ever.
Master!
Gil Dong!
- Stay away! - Stay away!
- Master! - Get away!
It is better for a man to drink.
A gambler is only trouble.
I agree.
When I was...
over there in Ikhwa-ri,
the world was my oyster.
You know, I...
Oh my goodness!
- My lord! - What?
Our lord cannot hold his alcohol.
Whenever he drinks,
he speaks such gibberish. Goodness.
Hey.
May I see your goods?
Did you make some money peddling goods?
Obviously not.
He probably wasted it all on drinks.
You will throw out your back before embracing Geum Ran.
What took you so long?
Do you know how long I have been waiting?
You jerks.
If you were late,
I might have jumped in the river.
How have you been?
Yong Gae!
If you grind this up and add it to rice gruel,
your stomach will not hurt and it will help with circulation.
I spent all morning looking for this...
all over the mountain, so my arms and legs are sore.
You young thing...
talk so much.
I realized that Gil Dong...
is very careless.
He stinks, too.
Someone needs to tend to him. Otherwise,
he will be a total mess.
So I was thinking,
I should stay by his side...
and take care of him.
Do not expect too much.
Do you think they will return?
It is cold.
Let us go inside.
Master Hong!
Master Hong.
My goodness.
Goodness.
Master Hong.
What happened to you?
Master Hong.
Master Hong!
- Master Hong! - Master Hong!
That district magistrate.
You dirty rat.
I will explain everything.
I will.
Gil Dong. Tell them...
that I saved your father.
Gil Dong.
I saved...
- Gil Dong! - Why are you running?
Hey. Gil Dong.
I will hit you with a bat. Stop right there!
Master Hong.
Okay. Master Hong.
Let me pour you a drink.
It is a penalty...
for fooling all of us.
He cannot drink yet.
Since when could Master Hong not drink?
That is right. Here.
Look at that!
It tastes so good,
drinking together like this.
What is wrong with these bowls?
- I sold only the best ones. - That is enough.
These bowls are very low quality.
- That is right. - Goodness.
- Hello. - I made some snacks for you.
Take this.
But...
who...
That is right.
I was very curious about that as well.
- You were curious? - Yes.
- I am Gil Dong's... - Gil Dong?
Hey. Did you bring her?
No. That is not it.
- Gil Dong and I... - Gil Dong and she...
Seeing how she is calling him by his name,
that means the two of them...
No. That is not it.
True.
When he brought that loud mouth, immature girl,
I wanted to ask who she was.
No wonder Gil Dong looked like he had no energy.
Did you two...
- He uses his energy elsewhere. - Listen to me.
Hey.
- That is not it. - Gil Dong.
Should I bring more alcohol?
Here. Thanks.
Hurry back.
- Hey. - You did it!
- No. It is not like that. - Look at him.
In this remote area where no one is...
Right.
Well,
it is true that I followed you here,
so that is why I said I did.
I did not say you and I are...
You know... Or anything.
Why are you bringing alcohol and food?
What?
Because I am the only woman.
If you are the only woman, are you supposed to cook and clean...
and serve food?
Well, if I am the only woman, naturally...
Do not do that anymore.
We can get our own alcohol.
I will...
return to Ikhwa-ri.
Hey. Have you lost your mind?
- Gil Dong. Ikhwa-ri is... - Prince Choong Won will kill you.
No, no.
You barely survived.
Why would you go back?
I told you before.
Heo Tae Hak...
latched onto Prince Choong Won.
And the district magistrate?
He does not dare question anything we do, and drinks...
and plays with kisaengs all the time.
What a loser.
To think, he sold out his friend...
- to keep his post as governor. - I know.
But my lord,
you promised to get me a loan from the Finance Office.
What happened with that?
- Am I your servant? - My lord?
A servant comes and goes as he is told.
My lord.
If I run over to the Finance Office...
and guarantee a loan for you because you tell me to,
that would make me your slave.
Do not bother. Speak to me...
as you would speak to a servant, and I shall run right over.
My lord!
Go ahead.
Come here.
Come here. Come here.
Come here!
I told you to bring me Ah Mo Gae's daughter alive.
How could you forget that?
Gil Dong.
Your father's era...
has come to an end.
If we work together, we can survive,
although we will not be as affluent as before.
Forget Ikhwa-ri.
If you are so upset,
let us kill Prince Choong Won in the night.
I refuse. I must see him pay for his sins,
having people point their fingers at him...
in broad daylight.
What is wrong with you?
Did you not want to farm?
Things have changed.
They broke Father's body and killed my siblings.
Are you the only one who is upset? So am I.
But this is not the time for it.
Do you know why we were able to live so well?
It was before of Master Hong's reputation.
But look. He is broken...
What are you doing?
Brothers.
Please help me.
What is Ikhwa-ri to us?
How hard did you and my father work to build Ikhwa-ri?
That Ikhwa-ri crumbled with one cough from Prince Choong Won.
Yes. I wanted to raise cattle and grow beans.
I thought then my father, Uh Ri Ni and all of you...
would be safe. But I was wrong.
Our living well...
was not for us to decide.
Father lost Mother because of rolls of cotton...
and lost his knee because he did not run Prince Choong Won's errand.
I know now.
There are...
rats who will not...
let people like us live like decent human beings.
It is not because they are evil.
It is because we are not human in their eyes.
Then...
is that their fault?
No.
It is our fault.
- What? - Why is it our fault?
They say we are not human,
and we agree and succumb to it.
So they believe that we really are not.
How is it different from a person saying that he is...
not a person?
Yes. I did not like my father living as a thug, and it scared me.
However, if we can show Prince Choong Won what I really am,
I also will live as a thug. No.
I can be much worse.
I have...
nothing to fear anymore.
You should just say you will not live as human beings anymore.
They may let the non-humans live.
But tell me.
Will you live like that?
Will you live as beasts...
instead of humans?
Have you lost your mind?
I was reminded of the past.
Do you not remember?
What did the monk say?
Did he say since your father ate leaves all his life,
he would be reincarnated in paradise?
- I will kill you! - Hey.
- Oh goodness. - Why are you doing this?
Why you...
Let go!
He got bruised from that.
Fine. So? What do you plan to do going forward?
- What? - Yes.
First, I plan to capture Heo Tae Hak...
and set up a trap for Prince Choong Won.
You will capture Heo Tae Hak first.
It will get warm soon.
You plan to get Prince Choong Won?
Yes.
You're out of your mind.