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[This program is provided by the MCST and the media contents of the KCCA.]
[This drama is loosely based off of historical figures and events.]
The paper is coming apart.
Get me some barley.
Barley is used to take apart paper that is joined together!
Here. Look.
This, this... it's what we think it is, right?
And this seal... it was on the portrait too.
It's the legendary bird seal.
So this is all evidence that this is the authentic "Mount Geumgang."
We're in big trouble. Professor Min is outside.
What?
He's trying to find out what we're up to.
These!
[Saimdang: Light's Diary]
[Episode 16]
Get it together, would you?
- You said there were three of them. - Yes.
Where is that fatty, Hye Jung? Find her now.
I'll find her now.
Find a quiet room.
Yes, okay.
Seo Ji Yoon.
Let's talk.
Don't let Geum Ja go!
Shout out!
You scared me.
Ko Hye Jung...
Ko Hye Jung?
What's with him?
Is anyone in there?
Anyone there?
I have a package for you. Ko Hye Jung?
Gosh, really?
What am I doing here?
Drink up.
What do you think you're doing?
There's nothing I didn't do as your lackey for 10 years.
I learned all of this then.
Being cute at drinking gatherings.
Have a drink.
What are you doing here?
Am I not allowed to come clubbing with my friend and a junior or mine?
I told you to have a drink. Why aren't you drinking?
Are you going to keep playing around?
Emergency situation.
Teaching Assistant Moon is outside the storage room door.
What is it?
Cheers.
Emergency situation.
Teaching Assistant Moon is outside the storage room door.
Come here. Come here.
- Come over here. - What?
- You know what? - Yeah?
I want you to go to the storage room and...
Okay.
What are they doing?
Excuse me.
Move, move. Excuse me!
What are you doing?
Wow. She's gorgeous.
May I help you?
Moron.
- What the hell are you doing? - Pardon?
Mo... moron?
Can't you see?
"Restricted area."
Entrance is not allowed into this room for customers.
You're dressed like some sort of waiter.
Oh, I'm sorry.
Such a loser.
Ma'am, Sang Hyun sent me.
Put that up here.
Open it, open it.
Hallelujah.
Hallelujah!
Honey.
Where's the car?
We need to hurry.
Hurry up.
Hurry. Let's go.
Mission success.
Yoo Bin's dad came to pick me up and I escaped with the painting safely.
See you at the bank tomorrow.
You're busy.
Yes!
Seo Ji Yoon, I don't have time to play games.
Tell me now while I'm still being nice.
Tell you what?
Do I look that clueless to you?
Oh, here you are.
It's been a long time.
How is getting "Mount Geumgang" national treasure status coming along?
I've been reading all the articles.
Han Sang Hyun.
It wasn't enough for you to oppose the designation?
You had to pull Rade into this?
- Rade? - You guys must be welcoming death.
You think you will ever be able to step foot into a Korean university again?
As long as I am dean, you'll never become professors.
Gosh, Professor.
How would people like us ever become professors?
It's been a long time. Let's just have a drink.
I'll make a good drink for you.
Gosh, we don't even have a chance.
Stop drinking. You'll be in big trouble.
Professor Min will be out soon.
Big trouble? What trouble?
All right, let's organize this.
I heard you bought barley.
Why would people going clubbing buy barley?
I heard if you put barley in vodka, it tastes like crap.
I thought I would try it.
That's just how my life is right now.
What a load of crap.
Where is the plastic poster container?
Where is it?
What was inside it?
I'm certain there was a painting inside that poster container.
If you needed barley, it must be a piece of fine art.
Our professor is better than the FBI.
You're a professor for a reason.
You little...
Where is that fatty?
Huh?
Professor Monster!
What the...
I'm sorry. Hey!
Hey, Professor Monster.
Professor Monster?
Yeah, you. I'm talking about you.
You don't teach us anything.
- You always work us to death! - Sorry, he's drunk.
- Be quiet. - Are we your servants?
Are we thugs or what?
Why do you make us do weird things?
Stop it! Come on.
- Get out of here! - Yes, I'm sorry.
It is a beautiful night, Professor.
- We'll be going now. - Why are you singing the anthem?
Stop right there! Stop!
Senior Hye Jung probably got home okay, right?
I finally feel free.
It's just getting started now.
Good work today.
Senior, take a taxi home. I'll hail one for you.
There's a subway right there.
Then let's go together.
Sang Hyun, what are you doing?
Everyone's waiting for you. Come back inside.
Go on inside. She says they're waiting for you.
Then I'll see you at the bank tomorrow.
Okay.
See you tomorrow!
Sang Hyun, you have to stay with me today.
You're dead if you run off.
Have you been eating?
Hold on a little longer.
I think we'll manage to live somehow.
Don't be sick or die.
Okay?
Also, I'm not going to divorce you.
I love you.
Your Majesty.
You cannot take this goryeoji issue lightly.
The Ming Dynasty has sentenced the envoy associated with this to death.
We cannot just punish a paper merchant.
That will not resolve things.
So... what do you suggest?
Producing goryeoji is a separate issue.
We need to be clear about addressing this problem.
More than anything, we need to find the source of this issue.
The person responsible must be severely punished.
The person at the center of all of this
is Officer Min Chi Hyung.
You tried to bribe the Ming Dynasty imperial envoy for your own profit.
You disgraced the honor of the King of Joseon.
Is it considered bribing when the bribe was not even accepted?
These are records from the Ming Dynasty from previous envoys.
They have records of having accepted goods from you, Min Chin Hyung.
Is that all you have?
It was you who controlled the paper market for the past 20 years.
Officer Min.
The head merchant of the paper market is your wife, Whieumdang.
Did you think I would not know?
He should be held responsible, and an execution is only right.
Execute Min Chi Hyung?
Would the king really agree to sentence Min Chi Hyung to execution?
This all started with him.
How can he let him get away with it?
Would Min Chi Hyung not do anything about it?
He said he would not die alone, and threatened us.
That is why we must move first.
If he is let out safely, he will not stand idly by.
He will be worse than before.
He will have us by our throats and control us.
Think about 20 years ago!
I was the one who raised up a rural dog to this level.
I let him get away with so much.
Now a hunting dog has become a tiger.
He is trying to bite his owner.
This is a good time to take care of him.
What is Lee Gyeom up to that he has not reported in?
He has left the city to deal with a matter regarding paper.
Bring the chief secretary.
I will announce my punishment for Min Chi Hyung.
Yes, Your Majesty.
Yes, has His Majesty made his decision?
Has he decided to release me?
Why are you just standing there?
Min Chi Hyung will lose his official position.
You will lose the trust and love of the king.
You used the rank and power of your position
to gain a monopoly on paper goods and destroy the market.
You gained immense profit for yourself.
Even compared to treason, this crime is still severe.
What are you talking about?
Therefore, criminal Min Chi Hyung will be sentenced to execution by beheading.
This has been officially signed and sealed.
A beheading?
That is impossible. The king would not order such a thing!
The execution will be carried out as ordered.
Look here. Look here.
There must be a mistake. There is no way this could be!
Wait!
What is going on here?
Arrest the criminal right now.
Yes, sir.
How could it be a beheading?
A beheading for Min Chi Hyung?
That cannot be.
That can't be.
There is no way!
[Jang Shi Oh: Min Chi Hyung's servant]
You...
I apologize, my lady.
I do not think there is goryeoji here.
His Majesty is entering.
So...
You are all working hard into the night.
How is it going?
Is the goryeoji that the Ming Dynasty wants among these?
I apologize, but not yet.
Not yet? What do you mean?
Don't you know we only have one week left?
Where is Lee Gyeom that he hasn't even shown himself?
He has left the city to look for goryeoji.
Let Lee Gyeom know.
If he cannot bring goryeoji to the imperial envoy within the promised time
Lee Gyeom will be held responsible, and so will you, So Se Yang.
As well as anyone else who is involved in this in the least.
You will all be punished.
Lee Gyeom needs to return soon.
You're right.
Let's keep trying.
This will not do.
Hold on.
Wait.
Why don't we ride this horse together?
We need to submit the goryeoji soon.
We have no time to waste because we were gone so long.
My family is waiting, as well.
Will it be all right?
Are you all right?
Hold on tightly.
[Sa Yeok Won: Department that translates and interprets languages]
I'm so tired.
You rascal!
Where did you go? Hey!
Look where you are going.
Seriously, goodness sakes.
What kind of work is this in the government?
Why don't they read it where it is? Why do they need me to move it?
- Hello. - Oh my.
Foreign person.
I'm here to meet the Chinese literature teacher.
What is this person saying?
Are you in the Mongolian literature department?
Well, that is...
I need to give this to the Chinese literature teacher.
Are you a man or woman?
Do you not speak Chinese?
Give me a little discount.
Oh, you do speak Chinese.
These were already discounted.
I'm busy now, so please give these to him.
Oh, really?
What are these?
Korean is not allowed. Don't you know that?
[Korean Banned, Fine of Half a Nyang]
Please do me this favor. Thank you.
Thank you.
I didn't see this.
When did they put this up?
If it's half a nyang for every word, my pay will be...
Oh my.
I won't even see my pay.
What is this?
They said working here was a gift from the gods.
Children! My puppies. Your dad is home.
Woo. Ta-da.
Do you know what this is, Hyun Ryong?
- They're books. - Wow.
Wow... oh?
Are they finance books from the Ming Dynasty?
Yes.
They said the job at the Sa Yeok Won was from the heavens.
Did you drink by any chance?
How did you know?
I only had half a drink.
Where did you get the money?
You didn't put it on a tab, did you?
You can't spend carelessly when you haven't even been paid.
Mae Chang, my eyes are very strange.
They're very fuzzy. What is this that I'm seeing?
What is it?
Mae Chang, you look like your mother.
Am I that scary?
Also, why is the house in this state?
The clothes are just everywhere and nothing is organized.
Where is Hyang?
Oh yeah.
She probably went to the workshop to make paper.
What is with this household?
When is Mother coming back anyway?
Hasn't she been gone too long?
Wasn't it a bit strange?
She made a full pot of stew before she left.
She did all the old laundry before going too.
It was as if she were never coming back.
- Never? - Never?
Never?
I miss Mother.
What kind of older brother are you? Don't worry, Woo.
Your mom will come back.
What is so strange?
What is going on?
I told you nothing's going on.
- Is Mother really-- - What is Mother doing?
She's probably not coming back because of you, Father.
Wife...
There are two paintings.
The imperial envoy from the Ming Dynasty gifted me two paintings.
One for me and one for my brother, Yeonsangun.
He knows Yeonsangun died long ago.
He is playing me like a cat plays with a mouse.
How dare he?
Leave it!
Move Min Chi Hyung's execution to tomorrow morning.
If it were not for him, I would not be insulted like this.
Your Majesty.
You must remain calm.
Prepare everything.
I will be going to Seonreung.
[Seonreung: King Seongjong and Queen Jeonghyeon's graves]
[Queen Jeonghyeon: Jungjong's mother. It is the anniversary of her death.]
[Nam Gwi In]
Your Highness, Gwi In.
Have you been well, Your Majesty?
I have not heard news of you since you left the palace.
I thought you would not come this year.
How can you say such a thing?
My body may have left the palace.
But for not even one day...
have I forgotten the late king or the late queen.
I have heard that the Ming Dynasty is asking for quite a lot.
I feel I cannot breathe until I send that envoy back.
When I think about him sitting in the Dongpagwan
I cannot breathe.
The envoy that received bribes from Joseon has been executed.
Therefore, we are taking action on our side.
We have ordered the execution of Min Chi Hyung for corruption.
[Uigeumbu Execution Site]
If one has committed a crime, he ought to be punished.
However, Your Majesty...
do you happen to remember?
When you first rose to the throne
I told you something.
Of course, I remember.
The throne is a seat that is balanced on a tightrope.
You said it was the most dangerous seat in the world.
I also said this.
If all your strength lies only with one side of your subjects...
Your Highness, I apologize for the disturbance.
I am doing my job, so I hope you understand.
Lee Gyeom is trying to gain power and cause trouble.
Will you just stand by and watch?
If you put all of your strength into one side of your subjects...
The throne will be off balance, as well.
Building the power of a monarch
is similar to building the wall of a castle.
The wall is not strong just because you use large stones.
You must fit large and small ones in as needed.
That is how you build a good and strong castle wall.
You cannot build a government only with loyal subjects.
That does not make your monarchy strong.
Loyal and villainous subjects. Pure and impure.
You must make them compete.
It is good for the throne.
Whether it is a loyal or disloyal subject...
why would you dispose of such a useful card?
Stop!
[Yangpyeong: Near Dumulmeori]
Please enjoy.
Yes. One moment.
Let's rest for a bit.
Here. Get down.
Why aren't you eating?
The horses have eaten.
We have rested now, so why don't we get going?
We have no time to waste.
Here. Go on.
You need to eat and be strong.
That way, you can run over to make goryeoji and help the drifters.
Eat.
Go on.
This is tea from the Ming Dynasty.
It has a strong fragrance and will help calm your nerves.
I will not forget what you've done for me.
It is thanks to your ability to look far ahead.
There is no need to thank me for it.
You have barely managed to live for now.
You will need to create a reason for you to continue living.
In order to continue living...
you must become someone the king needs.
What the king needs most right now is goryeoji.
Your tea will get cold.
My lord, my lord!
My lord.
What happened to you?
We ran into Lee Gyeom at Woonpyeongsa.
Lee Gyeom?
Yes, it was the moment we found the painting with the secret to goryeoji.
Because of his attack, we were all...
The secret to goryeoji?
What happened to Whieumdang? What about Jang Shi Oh?
And Lee Gyeom?
Where is he now?
He is likely approaching Hanyang now.
Along with Lady Shin.
[So Se Yang: Envoy to the Ming Dynasty]
Min Chi Hyung and some soldiers?
Your Majesty, I am certain he is going to harm Lee Gyeom.
I told Lee Gyeom to make goryeoji.
That is why I gave him all of the authority over it.
But what is he doing, and where?
Your Majesty, you must send the royal guards.
This is very serious.
Serious? Send the royal guards?
Is there anything more serious than the issue of goryeoji?
Your Majesty.
Wife.
I can't sleep with all these thoughts running through my head.
All right. Let me take another look.
I will look this over one more time.
Let me see.
"Husband."
"I am truly happy that you were appointed a government job."
"While I'm gone..."
Gone?
Gone? While my wife is gone?
Why? Why would she say this?
Wait.
"Take good care of the children."
Take care of the children?
She's going to be gone, so take care of the children?
Like a single man taking care of children?
What am I supposed to do if my wife is gone?
Won Soo, what are you thinking?
Don't think such scary thoughts.
No, that's never going to happen.
- Hello, there! - What are you doing here?
- What brings you here? - Be quiet.
My wife. Have you heard from her?
Well, not yet.
Not yet? What am I to do?
I think that's Lady Shin's husband.
And you, Hyang.
How can you ignore all the housework and stay here?
Lady Shin told me that paper was more important and to help out here.
Must you speak to me like that in front of everyone?
So, you haven't heard from her?
You don't even know.
How would we know anything?
There's no news anywhere. No news at all.
Don't worry too much. She'll be back.
She said she was going to Gangneun because of paper.
We haven't heard from her in days.
Something must have happened.
Something really big must have happened!
And you? Stop getting mad at me.
You! Oh...
My wife...
He seems nice enough, but a little odd.
All right. Let's not be too down.
We should continue working.
Where are you two ex-lovers off to in such a hurry?
How did you get out of being locked up?
Now that I'm seeing you again, I'm feeling very emotional.
I went to the doors of the other world and barely made it back.
Thanks to you.
If you were going to hunt a tiger, you should have killed it.
You cannot just wound it.
A tiger?
You are nothing but a coyote.
Give him the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara.
I think that's what this is about.
That is not what this is about.
You know very well.
Stand back.
I will cut his throat with my own hands.
No.
- No, don't. - Stand back.
Follow them.
Saimdang.
Saimdang!
Saimdang, Saimdang!
Get up. Get up.
What am I going to do? What?
I know something has happened to her.
So, it's been a week since your wife left the house.
She didn't leave the house.
She went somewhere for her work.
In the case of adults
you have to wait a month before reporting someone missing.
- Yes. - What kind of law is that?
Often, people think someone's missing, but it turns out they ran away.
- Yes. - She didn't run away. She's missing.
Oh, my wife.
She suffered so much.
I finally got a job and wanted her to live in luxury.
Oh, my wife. Where are you?
Wife!
Excuse me, but you said you just got a job.
How long have you been unemployed?
About 21 years.
- She ran away. - She ran away.
I'm telling you it's not that.
My wife is a very skilled person.
Then did you incur a debt recently?
Or did you cause any trouble recently?
I did lose the Soojin Room house that my in-laws got for us.
- She ran away. - She ran away.
I'm telling you she didn't run away.
I'm asking you, please.
She might have passed out somewhere deep in the mountains.
We need to report her missing in order to go look.
What is the problem here?
Oh!
- You're that man who treated us. - Who?
That man who bought us all that food at that tavern.
That man who works at the Sa Yeok Won.
I don't really know.
- I don't think it's him. - It is me.
- Oh, it is him! - What's with these people?
Good thing I paid. I did well.
Catch them. Find them now!
Hurry.
What are you all doing?
As soon as you find them, kill them.
You must kill them!
Yes, sir!
You've lost too much blood.
We need to stop the bleeding.
Bear this for a little.
Oh, a fever. You have a fever.
You have a very high fever.
Wait here.
Don't go.
- Wife! - My lady, where are you?
Are you all right?
Is this the right path? I don't think it is.
This is my feeling based on being in the police for 30 years.
This is called the Forest of Wind.
Men and women who want to be intimate often come here.
It's not like that! She went for work!
I am all right.
I often have dreams.
You and I are lying in a field.
We are making colored paints.
We are painting together.
I dream of us 20 years ago.
It is so vivid, as if it were yesterday.
That memory alone...
is enough for me to endure forever.
You need to save your energy.
As we rode that horse together...
I felt like I was dreaming again.
You wanted to see "Mount Geumgang."
You were once that young, bold girl who jumped over a fence.
If I could only see...
your paintings once again.
If I could see your paintings...
that would be enough for me.
You will get through this.
Because you are a strong person.
You must fit large and small ones in as needed.
That is how you build a good and strong castle wall.
Loyal and villainous subjects. Pure and impure.
You must make them compete.
It is good for the throne.
You are the person whom I treasure the most.
I do not want to lose you.
Your Majesty, you must send the royal guards.
This is very serious.
Is someone out there?
Over there. There is some sort of cave.
- Let's go. - Yes, sir.
Wife!
Where are you?
Help. Take my hand!
Be careful.
Gosh, where are you, Lady Shin?
Oh, Wife.
- Wife. - Lady Shin!
- Wife!
Wife!
What is this?
Who are you people?
What are you doing?
Why did we eat free rice soup?
What are you all doing? Stop them.
Who are you people?
Hit them with your fire. Use fire.
Attack them!
Stop right there!
I heard about assassins in the mountains near Hanyang.
It was you people.
Isn't that So Se Yang?
I can't see.
Who are they now?
Are they just leaving?
Well, we nearly died there.
We barely survived.
Oh, it's the royal guards.
We're going to live!
Oh my.
Have you seen a woman and a tall, well-built scholar, by any chance?
I don't know about any tall, well-built man.
I am looking for my wife.
Search the area thoroughly!
- Yes, sir! - Where is my wife?
Thank you.
Are you feeling a bit better?
Getting hurt like this...
it is not all so bad.
When else would I be taken care of by you like this?
You should not move.
Wife!
Where are you, Lady Shin?
Where are you, my wife?
Lady Shin. Look over here.
Wife!
Where are you?
Seon's mother!
Where are you, Wife?
Seon's mother!
Wife!
- Wife... - Lady Shin!
Lady Shin!
Wife!
Where are you?
Lady Shin!
Where are you?
Wife...
It is my children's father.
The police are with him.
It seems Min Chi Hyung has backed off.
You should go first, without me.
No, I can't--
If we go together now, you will be put in a difficult situation.
Still...
- Where are you? - Wife!
You should go now.
Hurry.
Seon's mother!
Wife, where are you?
Saimdang!
I often have dreams.
You and I are lying in a field.
We are making colored paints.
We are painting together.
I dream of us 20 years ago.
It is so vivid, as if it were yesterday.
That memory alone...
is enough for me to endure forever.
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[Saimdang: Light's Diary]
Right now, the one who can make me goryeoji is my loyal subject.
Please, let me live.
The only way you can live is by making goryeoji before they do.
I think we have done it. We have succeeded.
Lady Shin must never submit that goryeoji.
I am saying you must do whatever's necessary to make sure she can't go.
There's a fire. A fire!
Thank you for everything.
[Touching]
Cut.
He left it behind.
Oh.
[Forgot his lines]
[Should I act like this?]
[Mong Ryong showing his fine acting.]
[Saimdang: Light's Diary]