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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.]
Who is this woman to you?
No!
I am no longer indebted to you.
Where is Lee Gyeom right now?
- Wait for a moment. - Don't leave.
As soon as you find him, kill him.
There's a cave there.
Wife!
Lady Shin!
[Saimdang: Light's Diary]
[Episode 17] Wife.
Lady Shin!
Wife!
Where are you?
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...
You should go now.
Hurry.
Wife! Wife!
Lady Shin, come on out if you're here!
Lady Shin! Lady Shin!
Huh? Isn't that Lady Shin?
Oh! I think it is her!
Wife! What happened?
Wife, are you all right?
Wife, Wife!
What is this? Are you all right?
Have you been injured at all?
I am fine.
Your body is frozen. Hold on.
Wait, wait.
Come here.
Let's go home now.
Let's get going.
These are police officers who follow me around a lot.
They left their important work behind and came out here.
He likes to exaggerate and lie a lot.
Lee Gyeom!
Lee Gyeom, are you all right?
My lady.
All those people died because of me.
Yet, I still lived this long.
I think I was destined to meet you.
I was meant to give you the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara.
I had to get it to you.
Please find the secret and make Woonpyeongsa goryeoji.
You must make it...
Please go to a better place.
My lady, what is that?
- The secret to goryeoji. - The secret to goryeoji?
I don't know very much.
But I'm certain that the key to making goryeoji is hidden in here.
Are you saying we can make proper goryeoji if we solve this?
Wait, Wife.
Who is this Grandpa Pal Bong?
What is this about Woonpyeongsa goryeoji and a riddle?
I'm sorry, Husband.
If you go home for now, I will explain it all later.
I have no time to waste now.
Wife!
Ah, seriously...
Did you ask for me, Your Majesty?
Are you injured?
Yes.
I nearly met the King of the Underworld instead of you, Your Majesty.
Thanks to your protection, I made it back safely.
Your Majesty.
Min Chi Hyung is clearly guilty of his crime.
How is it that he has been released?
What is going on with the goryeoji?
Your Majesty. Please order that he be arrested now.
- He is-- - I asked you about the goryeoji.
You must know that we only five days left.
Goryeoji will most definitely be submitted to the imperial envoy.
Your Majesty, I know that the issue of goryeoji is urgent.
However, punishing Min Chi Hyung is more important than that.
- Min Chin Hyung has-- - I will be the one to determine that.
Lee Gyeom, you only need to carry out your work without error.
The same goes for Min Chin Hyung, as well.
Your Majesty! Joseon cannot stand upright if he is not punished!
Min Chi Hyung must--
My life could be in danger before Joseon falls!
Your Majesty.
I released Min Chi Hyung because he can produce paper.
Right now...
anyone who can make me goryeoji is my loyal subject.
No matter how big his crime was, if Min Chi Hyung can make me goryeoji
I can forgive him for all of it.
All of it!
Your Majesty, it is Min Chi Hyung, the Officer of Government Management.
Send him in.
You asked for me, Your Majesty?
Min Chi Hyung.
Your punishment has only been delayed.
You are not pardoned.
Do not forget that. Keep it in mind.
Yes, Your Majesty.
This is my order to Min Chi Hyung and Lee Gyeom.
I will see who my loyal subject is in five days at the competition.
Whoever makes goryeoji for me is my loyal subject.
At a crucial time like this, if either of you cause trouble
I will take that as an attack on me and you will suffer.
Do you understand?
I accept your command, Your Majesty.
Why aren't you answering, Lee Gyeom?
I accept your command.
How can the king act like this?
He was the one who told me to investigate Min Chi Hyung.
Now he wants to let him go and forgive him.
Does that make any sense?
Lee Gyeom, we are in the palace, where even the walls have ears.
Lower your voice.
Did you not know?
The king has always been that kind of person.
What are you talking about?
He tries one thing, then tries the opposite when it doesn't pan out.
He tries something else, then tosses it aside with no care.
That is the king.
That is what happened with Jo Gwang Jo.
They were tossed out like that.
This is different than those men.
Min Chi Hyung was not involved in politics or education like they were.
How could he protect someone like him?
They say a king's ear hears many voices at once.
When the two sounds are the same, he will not hear anything.
Then when one voice gets loud, that voice becomes bothersome.
Your voice was very loud.
Lee Gyeom.
Be careful of Nam Gwi In.
You cannot build a government only with loyal subjects.
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.
The smallest voice in his ear...
could result in the biggest disaster.
"Mo Gong Yi Young Hwa." "Myung Wol Ha Yoo Soo."
"Man Chu Rim Mi So."
My lady, your husband already left.
He didn't have breakfast.
"Myung Wol Ha Yoo Soo."
- Why are acting so disgusting? - You wench!
Is your wrist made of gold?
Yes, it is! What about it?
What did you say?
Why is a tavern girl playing hard to get?
You want a special honor for being a devout woman?
Fine. Just kill me!
What? You wench!
What's this about? Why don't you talk it out?
Who are you?
What is going on?
- Oh, my lord. - "My lord"?
Get over here. Get over here right now!
What are you doing to a woman? What kind of men are you?
Are you her husband or what?
It's not that or anything.
However, you shouldn't treat a weak woman like this.
Forget that! You need to stay out of this.
I can't see straight right now.
Wait, just hold on.
Sis!
Why, you!
Get over here, you rascal!
"Mo Gong Yi Young Hwa."
"In the empty space, two glimmering lights."
"Myung Wol Ha Yoo Soo."
"Flowing water under the bright moon."
What is that poem you've been muttering under your breath?
It's a strange poem.
The sentence composition is wrong. The poem structure is off, as well.
It is not even 10 verses long.
Are you sure that it's a poem?
I'm not sure.
It is a strange poem.
Children, eat quickly.
Come work with your mother at the workshop today.
- What? - Again?
Ouch, it really hurts.
Eat before you go.
I've been cooking for others all day.
I haven't eaten at all.
I do this in order to make a living and eat, after all.
Eat up.
It's really good.
Oh, it's good.
Right?
Wow.
The seasoning is just right.
What are you doing?
Wow.
Whieumdang.
What has happened to you?
Black Peony.
My lord, my lord!
Everyone, leave.
I said to leave!
I apologize.
Come in.
My lord...
You insolent wench!
What is this?
My lord.
You went in and out of the Legendary Bird.
You were Black Peony, who excited the artists there.
This is what is behind that Black Peony?
Why would you do such a thing?
What made you lose your judgment like this?
What made you lose your mind?
What was it?
Please... please spare my life.
You belong to me.
Whether you live or die...
is my decision.
The sentence composition is wrong. and the poem structure is off...
It's not even 10 verses.
What could this mean?
The structure... what is this?
"Hwa Soo So Geum To."
There should be a "Mok" here.
It should go there.
I thought that was odd too.
"Hwa Soo So Geum To."
It should be "Hwa Soo Mok Geum To."
It should be a "So" in this middle part here, actually.
What brings you by?
The paper competition is very soon.
I'm visiting the paper workshops to see how things are proceeding.
Hold on a little longer.
How is your injury?
Oh.
I can move my arm a bit now.
Are you all right?
Oh, Teacher.
Yes, Hyun Ryong.
Have you been doing well?
- How have you been? - Good.
Why don't you come with me to the Legendary Bird?
The most urgent thing is to solve that poem.
That's correct, Mother.
Legendary Bird has so many books. We should go there.
I will help you too.
It is better to work with others.
You can receive help from other scholars there.
Yes, Mother. Let's go.
Isn't this a gathering of the best minds?
You are all the top graduates of the civil exam.
How can none of you solve a simple riddle?
On that bridge in North Pyeongchon...
you were a lowly girl who was bold enough to stand in the way of my horse.
You were full of ambition and anger.
I liked the look in your eyes then.
And now?
Do you not like it?
That ambition and anger
must only belong to Whieumdang, the wife of a government officer.
It is not to mix with a lowly tavern owner daughter's revenge.
The Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara that you were after is in my hands.
The only way for you to live...
is to figure out the secret method in that painting
and make goryeoji before they do.
I will be your play thing if you want.
I have lived that way all this time.
What are you all doing?
I must solve it.
Oh, you're back again.
He is a genius.
Let's see.
There you go. That's good.
This is a tree. "Mok."
Yes, tree, "Mok."
This writing and structure is wrong.
Five characters and five lines.
This is a strange poem.
You're right.
I have never seen a poem like this in my life. Goodness.
Can you get some poems from there?
It could be a poem that doesn't formally exist.
Some masters do not stick to the framework.
We should look for something like that.
Yes, we'll do that.
I have brought someone from the Ministry of Defense.
He is employed there.
His job is to come up with codes used by the military.
The framework.
Perhaps we are too focused on the framework of the poem.
I suppose we might be.
Too focused on the framework.
What if we imagine that it's something other than a poem?
What about like a puzzle with new Chinese characters?
I think we should start over with the easiest method.
Let's do that.
I think we've been looking at this from a difficult perspective.
Yes, that's right.
- Yes. - That is right.
We made it harder than necessary.
Yes, like a character puzzle.
I do not think it will be hard.
Really?
"Mo Gong Yi Young Hwa."
"Mo Wol Rim Man To."
"Hwa Soo So Geum To."
Here, "Yi Wol." There is the sun and moon too.
It seems to have all of the five elements.
It has everything except "Mok" for tree.
Isn't it odd that "Mok" is not there?
- Mother! - Woo.
I wrote this.
Really?
When you write "tree" twice, it becomes the character "Soo Pul Rim."
Yes, when you write it twice, it becomes "Soo Pul Rim"...
With two trees... two trees...
Two trees?
Two trees.
It doesn't actually mean "Soo Pul Rim." It means there are two trees.
I believe it is connected to the ingredients in making paper.
It is hidden within this poem.
If you put "Mok To Il Geum" together
you will get the character "Jeo," which means "mulberry trees."
Everyone knows that you need mulberry trees to make paper.
It means you need mulberry trees and one more kind of tree.
One more kind of tree?
If you put "Wol Hwa Soo" together, which tree is it?
There is no such character.
Hold on.
If there are two trees, then there are two leaves.
"Mo Gong Yi Young Hwa."
"In the empty space, two glimmering lights."
There is the character "Yi."
If I add the "Yi" to "Wol Hwa Soo"...
it's a wisteria tree.
That's right. A wisteria tree!
Listen up, everyone.
We need wisteria trees as soon as possible.
Find the best wisteria trees you can.
Then we need to mix them in here.
- Do you understand? - Yes!
Get to work!
Oh, there is so much to do.
Let's hurry it up.
What are you doing there?
Hurry it up now!
My lady, my lady.
Is this the wisteria tree that's been giving us trouble all this time?
That's right. We have no time.
Wisteria trees were the secret?
The secret is wisteria trees?
Wisteria trees.
Have you mixed the wisteria tree into the newest batch?
Yes, I have.
It's wisteria trees! Wisteria trees!
Wisteria tree is the secret ingredient.
You have wisteria trees here too.
We have the wisteria tree mix!
Then all we have to do mix the wisteria tree and mulberry tree?
We do need to figure out the ratio of the two trees.
Finding out the perfect ratio will be the true secret to goryeoji.
We need to find that ratio now.
The main ingredient is mulberry tree.
I believe wisteria tree is like salt.
Like a stew, we cannot use too much, nor too little.
Gosh, the competition is just around the corner.
That's why we must try and try again.
I don't know how many times we'll need to try, so please make more mixture.
- We don't have much time. - Yes, my lady.
- Let's give it a try. - Yes, let's do it.
I'm telling the truth!
I came running over as soon as I heard that it was wisteria trees.
But you all knew already.
Please let me live.
Lady Shin must never...
submit her goryeoji.
Yes.
I am saying to do whatever is necessary to keep her from the competition.
Whatever is necessary.
What is this?
I had been running an investigation under orders from the king.
That is a report of government officials and their connection to a bad man.
According to this secret report...
the government officials of this nation have been connected to him for 20 years.
They have been receiving bribes and favors from him.
This bad man you speak of...
It is Min Chi Hyung, the Officer of Government Management.
There were almost no government officials who were not bribed by him.
Those who were expected to be more loyal to the government were worse.
It was extremely disturbing.
Therefore...
I will be seeing His Majesty tomorrow.
I am thinking of submitting this report.
Lee Gyeom.
On the other hand...
I wondered if these people were not the ones who ought to be punished.
My lady, here you go.
[Goryeoji Production Test 11]
It's really not working out.
Gosh.
Why don't you get some sleep?
[Goryeoji Production Test 24]
[Goryeoji Production Test 31]
I wonder if it worked this time.
How many times has it been now?
I think it's been over 80 times.
Just be quiet, would you?
It does feel similar.
Oh, wait.
It worked.
- What? - What?
I think this is good enough. We have a chance to win.
The finish of the paper is excellent.
It finally worked.
We suffered so much for this!
You'll make it dirty! Put it down!
My lady, so are you saying we made goryeoji?
Yes, we have.
My lord!
My lord, you're here!
We've made goryeoji!
Oh, my lady!
What? What's going on?
Fire! It's a fire.
There's a fire!
Fire! Get water!
No!
Go now.
If you are here for the competition, please submit your goryeoji.
[Day of Goryeoji Competition]
I'm here for the competition.
It's the head paper merchant.
No one by the name of Lady Shin has registered so far.
Thank you for your work.
I took care of it.
You, there.
This paper problem needs to be resolved soon.
That way you can return to your life.
That is true.
Why do you talk about it as if it has nothing to do with you?
Once this competition ends...
we will see where and which way the bloody winds blow in the government.
No one knows.
What did you say?
Those rats.
What are you all doing here?
Today is the day of the goryeoji competition. Come on!
Oh, yes. That's today.
Let's get going.
After the first round of examining your samples
10 merchants have passed.
One merchant has abstained from the competition.
Another could not supply the demand and had to leave.
Therefore, the remaining merchants left
are the eight people left here.
Hurry up and come in. What's taking you all so long?
The paper that wins today
will be used in the very important historical annals.
It should be used to keep historical records.
It must last 1,000, even 10,000 years.
The quality of paper must be strong and able to last.
- That is true. - Yes.
Let us get started with the competition, then.
Ye In district, you do not pass.
Sung Shim district, you do not pass.
Oh no. What do we do?
Jung Joo district, you pass.
This is the second test.
We will test the durability of the paper when we use an engraving block on it.
That turned out so clean.
That is great paper.
The competition is running longer than I thought.
I hope you are not bored by it.
No, Your Majesty.
I am very interested in Joseon culture.
I get to see a Joseon competition with my own two eyes.
Thank you for thinking of it like that.
I'm certain that we will find good quality goryeoji today.
Please just enjoy the event.
Yes, I will look forward to it.
After the engraving block test, we have reached the last stage.
After deliberating, we have chosen two finalists.
Will the head paper merchant please step forward?
The head paper merchant. It was as we expected.
Also, will the representative for Yangyoo Paper Production come forward?
Yangyoo Paper Production?
I have never heard of that place.
Will the representative for Yangyoo Paper Production come forward?
- What's going on? - Let's wait.
It is me.
How could she have done it?
I'm sure I burned up all of her paper.
What happened?
I am the representative from Yangyoo Paper Production.
Saimdang.
How?
How did she get here?
"Mount Geumgang."
[Sun Gallery Construction Site]
You talk too much.
Why are you so busy?
What are you doing here this late?
Why does a husband need a reason to see his wife?
Are you that busy putting tens of billions of won
into that fake "Mount Geumgang"?
Who said that?
"Mount Geumgang" is a national treasure.
I hear things, too. What's with you?
Even if there's a one in a million chance of that--
Be quiet!
Just stick with it and insist it's real, okay?
You put all that money into it.
Just force it to be authentic, even it's a fake.
- I told you it's real! - Why, you...
Don't even think about trying to hold this over me.
I have plans too.
The slush fund list, which includes the recent company you destroyed.
Are you serious?
The investors, who all left because of your stock manipulations.
People will come after you like bees.
Especially if I expose all the documents I have on you.
You must be crazy!
I can tell you this for certain.
I have the authentic "Mount Geumgang"
as well as the book that serves as proof.
Why did you bring this to me?
You should have the real "Mount Geumgang" in Sun Gallery.
What are you up to right now?
You lost billions of won getting the painting authenticated.
Admit your mistake to the public.
Put on a show of revealing that it is a fake.
At the exact same time, reveal to the world the authentic one.
There will be some controversy for a moment.
But people will compliment you for your decision to reveal the truth.
Sun Gallery will rise in reputation for displaying An Gyeon's authentic art.
It will not end up being a loss for you.
The collateral loan.
They are trying to have that fake "Mount Geumgang"
designated as a national treasure.
Once it's revealed that it is a fake and was used to get those loans
Sun Gallery and Sungjin Group's corruption will be found out.
[Application for Loan]
[Details of Deal]
A list of names.
Okay, I found it.
Yes, Director.
The "Mount Geumgang" exhibition...
shut it down.
Hey, you punk!
You punk.
How much did you make off the fake "Mount Geumgang"?
I don't know what you're talking about.
How much did you take as the middleman?
I ought to take off your head!
I can't even kill you and bury you.
May I ask why you called for me?
Why I called for you?
I am a businessman.
That means I never make a deal where I lose out.
I don't know how much money you skimmed off the fake "Mount Geumgang."
I can do more than that.
I authenticated it for you.
You received tens of billions in loans, did you not?
It doesn't seem like a bad deal.
I ought to just...
What is that?
There are many other artists besides An Gyeon.
Kim Woong, Jung Seon...
Who else?
Oh, Jang Seung Ub.
Getting loans while using paintings as collateral
you could say it's a good management strategy.
The first time is hard.
The second or third time is nothing.
Don't you agree?
Wow, this is crazy.
When Seo Ji Yoon leaves her house look through her room.
- What? - What?
I'm sure something is in there.
There's nothing here.
What's he saying is here?
What are you doing? Let's go.
I'm getting too nervous.
- Wait. - Why?
Hey.
This says "Mount Geumgang," right?
You're right. Mount Geumgang.
Instructor Seo, how long did you work for me?
Three years as a TA and seven years doing my PhD.
10 years with you.
Those were 10 useless years.
I will take responsibility for that time.
What kind of joke is this now?
Why are you so twisted?
It's from experience.
I learned so much from you.
All right, I agree with that.
Who doesn't know that?
You went through a lot all this time.
I have thought about it.
I wonder if I was too quick to denounce a talented person.
You disgusting bastard.
I'll get a teaching job for you.
What do you think?
You need to record us when you're offering me this teaching job?
What is it that you want to hear from me?
I'll record too, then.
I turned it off.
Stop saying things you don't mean and get to the point.
Let's talk human to human.
Seo Ji Yoon.
Why did you go to the director's office in Sun Gallery?
What are you trying to do to turn my "Mount Geumgang" into a fake?
Why don't you ask her yourself?
Everyone is born in life with a set of cards.
They live in a game called "life" with those cards.
People who aren't very smart get involved in things they shouldn't.
They only realize that after they've lost everything.
But after losing everything...
it's too late to turn back.
I don't know about that.
We would need to go to the end to see who has the better cards.
Seo Ji Yoon, I don't know which cards you're holding.
Do you know who you should fear most in the world?
A person with nothing left to lose.
That's how I feel right now.
Let's finish this.
You won't regret it?
Never.
"I heard that 'Mount Geumgang' was at the Heonwonjang."
Seo Ji Yoon...
had been asking people to translate an old book for her, right?
Yes, do you think...
this is connected to that?
I think it must be.
I don't know about that.
We would need to go to the end to see who has the better cards.
Professor, your phone is ringing.
Yes, Secretary Oh.
The "Mount Geumgang" exhibition is being closed down.
Also, a secured van will be going to DH Bank tomorrow morning.
Okay.
- Get the car ready. - Okay.
If I'm already losing the game...
I can just turn the tables in my favor.
Hey, what kind of nonsense is that?
What do you mean, "the authentic one"?
The director seems to be planning on throwing aside your "Mount Geumgang."
She's already closed down the exhibition.
Why would she do that?
That cursed woman. I told her so clearly.
We have 50 billion won hanging on "Mount Geumgang."
What would the bank who gave us the money in collateral for that do?
That woman...
- This is all your fault! - Chairman!
You're the one who asked me to authenticate it for you.
Why are you pointing the finger at me?
There are many future deals to be made.
Let's not bring up personal things like this.
Hey, are you arguing back to me?
- I'm trying to make you into director. - We need to take it.
What?
The authentic "Mount Geumgang."
We need to take it from them.
Take it?
The real one needs to be gone
in order for us to insist that the fake one is real.
It will be headed to DH Bank tomorrow morning at 9:00 a.m.
It will be in a secured van.
Oh, please take good care of it.
I really should be going too.
You should get going.
I don't want you to get fired because of a bad friend like me.
Thank you so much, Yoo Bin's dad.
There's no need for that.
Sang Hyun, you can do a good job, right?
Of course. Don't worry!
- We'll get going now. - Okay.
Since “Dream Journey to the Peach Blossom Land”
this is An Gyeon's most recently discovered work. "Mount Geumgang."
It is Sun Gallery's last chance.
I think we're almost there.
Senior, we're almost in the clear, aren't we?
Don't be nervous.
Maybe I'm nervous.
We did it.
We will get Professor Min with this.
Shouldn't you turn left around here?
Ah, you're right.
This isn't the right way.
Who are those people?
It's Professor Min.
- Who are you? - What are you doing, you punk?
Let me go. Let go!
- What is this? - Let go!
Hey, you!
- You can't! - Hurry.
Hey! Stop!
- You can't! - Hurry, hurry.
No, you can't take it!
What do you think you're doing? Don't do this!
No!
- Let go. Let me go! - Come back!
No!
Let me go!
What is going on here?
Stop right there!
Hey! I said stop!
Get them! Catch them!
Get them!
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[Saimdang: Light's Diary]
Where is "Mount Geumgang"?
They already burned it.
It should never have been revealed.
There is nothing that you can do.
I'm sorry.
No!
Why don't we have the women paint something?
This paint water is strange.
Things aren't mixing in, like it's oil. They're just floating around.