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[This drama is loosely based off of historical figures and events.]
[Episode 26] I never dreamed Rade would be Korean.
There are Koreans.
What?
Rade is not an individual.
To put it simply, it's a group. An organization.
Asian art is handled by the Asian members.
"Small Bouquet" was an issue handled by the European branch.
There must be many members.
We don't know the exact number either.
We don't each other's identity or location.
That's not important.
We were investigating "Mount Geumgang" before Han Sang Hyun emailed us.
It was as soon as we saw your video.
We did send the email.
But we're at a loss for what to do.
We don't know where to start in resolving this.
The very best thing would be to reveal the work and truth together at once.
Even revealing one would be good.
The truth will be exposed regardless of what happens.
However, Professor Min has burned the authentic copy of the painting.
Do you really believe that he burned it?
Will you really be okay, President?
Once we finish displaying it and they designate it a national treasure
this piece will be labeled the real "Mount Geumgang" forever.
We will be leaving a legacy of lies in the present and future.
There you go again!
Don't bring up another word regarding this issue.
You got it?
Hey, Professor Min. Let's go have a drink.
Director.
Whether it's real or not...
I don't think it's up to us to decide.
If the person looking at it feels its true charms...
that is real.
Is that not authentic?
Min Jung Hak is a person who has insatiable greed for power.
He's an expert in art too.
Would he carelessly burn an authentic piece of art?
Then...
are you saying he made a fake and burned it?
Only Professor Min would know the truth.
But I believe it was a fake.
If it was not burned and still exists like I expect
we need to find out its location.
Its exact location.
Once we do that, we can go after Professor Min.
I have been consistently going after Professor Min.
Through texts and emails.
I'm sure he's nervous.
If I push him a little more, he may do something drastic.
That's when we need to step in.
By the way...
why are you revealing yourself to me?
Why are you opening yourself up to me?
That's my decision.
I have one more thing to ask.
By any chance, in Pyeongchang...
did you help my son with his drawing and leave me a card?
Are you that Rade?
I'm not sure.
My son's drawing was on the Rade blog.
Oh!
I'm not sure.
It was you, right?
It was you, wasn't it?
No.
Then by any chance...
do you know who it was?
He may show himself to you again.
Yes, Boss. I did what you told me to.
You should meet her yourself. You made me reveal my face.
She's very beautiful.
Yes, okay.
I'll keep my eye on things and give you the information you need.
Yes, okay. Thanks, Boss.
Rade doesn't think "Mount Geumgang" was burned.
Hey, do you think that's true?
Suppose Professor Min has the authentic copy.
Do you think the chairman and director know?
If you continue this way
when will this irrational world ever change?
10 years from now? 100 years?
Stop cursing about "Hell Joseon."
Let's try to fix it together.
You both need to trust me and just follow me.
For how long...
and how far must I follow you?
Who is it?
Oh my. Teaching Assistant Nam?
What are you doing here?
What brings you here?
What... what...
Is this possibly...
- Oh my. - Yes, it is.
It's the real "Mount Geumgang."
I took it from Professor Min's office.
Professor Min...
never burned it.
Wow.
So, we were right. That snake.
Why are you giving this to us?
Just once...
Just once, I wanted to do the right thing.
I've lived like trash all this time.
I'm sorry for everything.
What? Are you serious?
So, you really have it there?
Yes, it's right next to me.
Wow, this is just...
I never expected this.
We need to be careful with our next move.
It's important that we have "Mount Geumgang."
But setting a trap for Professor Min and the others is more important.
Then why don't we do this?
The owner of "Mount Geumgang" is the artist who painted this.
The person who protects it is the only thing that has changed.
Go to the school.
Hurry!
Where is "Mount Geumgang" now?
Yes, Professor... I mean, President.
Oh! It's gone.
Where's TA Nam?
He's not here yet.
Oh! I haven't been able to get in touch with him since last night.
Find him right now.
Check the CCTVs out front.
Find out who's been coming in and out.
Yes, I'll do that.
It has to be Seo Ji Yoon.
Seo Ji Yoon, that wench.
Now that "Mount Geumgang" is gone, Professor Min won't be thinking straight.
I'm sure that's true.
You told me last time.
You sent messages to Professor Min?
You said he may do something drastic if you provoke him.
That's why I'm bringing this up...
That's a good idea.
If he acts in a panic, he will behave irrationally.
He will expose his weaknesses.
Pick up!
[30 Missed Calls]
How many calls is that now?
So tired of him. So disgusting.
This is Rade.
I received a tip regarding the authentic "Mount Geumgang."
I need an explanation from you.
If you do not respond to my request
I will put up all the information I have on my blog.
We need to get moving quickly.
My hands have never trembled when I've done restorations.
Why am I shaking right now?
Don't complain, Senior. Do a good job.
Oh yeah, oh yeah.
Hey, Ji Yoon.
Look at this. I almost forgot about it.
You remember this memo of the John Donne poem?
Why would this be inside the Soojin Room Diary?
That is odd.
What is this?
The paper quality and texture are similar to that of the diary.
But, if Saimdang wrote it, it should be in Hanja characters.
It's a poem called "A Valediction."
It's by John Donne, a 16th century English poet.
It's a poem I like very much.
I finished translating the entire Soojin Room Diary.
It didn't mention this.
I'm going to hang up one more light.
- Okay. - Let's hurry up.
"Our two souls therefore, which are one"
"Though I must go, endure not yet"
"A breach, but an expansion"
"Like gold to airy thinness beat."
Reason is the foundation of a household.
Diligence is the foundation of a household.
Gentleness and obedience are the foundation of a household.
Education is the foundation to raising up the household.
Reason is the foundation of a household.
Diligence is the foundation of a household.
Children!
Mother!
- Mother! - Mother!
Mae Chang.
Life is a flower that blooms once.
Heaven and Earth are forbidden.
It blooms for a moment and passes by.
There is nothing to begrudge or to fear.
Like you have chosen to accept life...
it is my choice to accept death.
Coming out into the world is life.
Returning to the place I was is death.
There is no need to feel sadness about the falling leaves.
In order to protect you...
I am making this choice.
The moon must be waking from its nap.
The moon's nap?
That's a fun expression.
The sun sees the moon sleep all day.
So it resents the moon, who only wakes late in the night.
The moon is alone late in the dark night.
It faces the darkness and shines on the world.
The sun doesn't realize how hard that is.
The moon is always by the sun's side, protecting it.
Saimdang.
I have no regrets even if I die now.
The three days I spent with you on Mount Geumgang...
will remain in my heart forever.
Gyeom.
Gyeom!
I will take your punishment.
I will live in the cold prison in your place if I must.
I will give up Heonwonjang and live in exile if they tell me to.
I will even accept death by poisoning.
If only you can live, if you can live...
I am willing to do anything it takes.
If only I had listened to you earlier, Aunt.
This wouldn't have happened.
I didn't study like you told me to and traveled here and there.
You suffered so much, Aunt.
You raised a son that was never yours to raise.
It was hard for you, wasn't it?
Every age spot on your face...
Every wrinkle on your face...
They are all there because of me.
But all I can do for you now...
is tell you that I am sorry.
I am ashamed.
No, it is not.
You can live. That's what you can do.
No child can go before his mother.
You cannot do that.
You cannot leave before me.
No, you cannot Gyeom.
No.
I'm sorry.
Saimdang is back?
They say she went to Mount Geumgang.
What about Lee Gyeom?
We are looking for him everywhere.
It isn't that you're not catching him on purpose?
Your Majesty, how could I dare?
Shin Saimdang.
That wench...
I want her under house arrest.
Until I give my order
she may not take one step. Not one movement.
She cannot leave her home.
I will accept your command.
Lee Gyeom.
I will make you claw at my feet.
And I will make you beg.
My lady!
Why are all these people coming?
Who are you people?
What's going on?
This is a message for Shin Saimdang.
We've discovered crimes of bribery and charging high interest rates.
You are ordered to house arrest until the investigation is over!
What high interest rates, Mother?
Mother wouldn't have accepted a bribe.
Charging high interest rates to the poor?
Doesn't that mean Hyun Ryong can't take the civil exam?
That is nonsense.
Yangryu Paper Production was transparent about our business.
What are you doing? Seize the house!
Yes, sir.
Wife, what's going on?
What is this commotion about?
Crown Prince.
The king has commanded Lady Shin to be put under house arrest.
What about Uncle Lee Gyeom?
We have no news of him yet.
Mother.
Seon.
You will be tired. Go inside and sleep.
Why aren't you asleep? Why did you come out?
I cannot sleep.
What is going on?
I am very sorry to all of you.
It is all your mother's fault.
Why would you be sorry, Mother?
You have done nothing wrong, Mother.
- It is Father who should be sorry-- - Seon.
My Seon... you have grown up so well.
Do not worry.
Go inside and sleep.
All right.
Mother, you should sleep too.
I will.
Who's there?
That cannot be true.
How could Lee Gyeom wield a sword against the king?
How could this happen?
Then what am I to do?
Lee Gyeom is now accused of high treason because of me.
Am I supposed to do nothing?
I will take action.
I believe the king is going to use you as bait to catch Uncle Lee Gyeom.
I will do what I can to stop it.
If he happens to come to you...
tell him to hide for the time being.
I am all right.
That will resolve itself, so do not worry.
It is only temporary.
I must stay away temporarily.
This can't be true.
It's all because of me.
This happened to Lee Gyeom because of me.
That promise we made each other to paint together on Mount Geumgang...
can we make good on that promise now?
No... no.
No.
Uncle!
Uncle, what are you doing here?
You need to go hide somewhere.
Lady Shin was put under house arrest.
What kind of absurd nonsense is this?
Hoo.
How many years have we known each other?
What?
Since you've been with me, we've had to hide here and there.
You have suffered quite a lot.
Do you remember?
We jumped over the wall of that gisaeng house.
We were nearly beaten to death.
Of course, I remember.
We were so immature and reckless back then.
But I have no regrets, even now.
As men...
didn't we live lives full of good times?
When I was with you, Uncle...
being immature and jumping over walls of gisaeng houses...
were good times for me.
I know I'm family of royalty.
I have nothing.
I have no talents, and I'm nothing but a nuisance.
I only lived like a man and human thanks to you.
Hoo.
You are not a nuisance.
You are not a man with no talent.
You have the warmest heart in all of Joseon.
Do not say such things.
Here.
I have one last favor to ask.
I will go to the Uigeumbu prison.
Lady Shin...
Look after Saimdang for me.
Uncle.
What are you talking about?
Why would you turn yourself in to the Uigeumbu prison?
You need to go hide somewhere now!
Uncle!
What are you doing?
Pour me a drink.
Your Majesty.
Lee Gyeom has turned himself in to the Uigeumbu.
What would you like to do with Lady Shin?
What is it now?
This is a message for Shin Saimdang.
This is the result of the investigation of Yangryu Paper Production.
There is no clear evidence on the charges against you.
The king has ordered that the charges be dropped.
Oh dear.
So that means we can go?
It's like you turn everything upside down and flip it again.
Like you charge someone of high treason and let them go.
It's like a seesaw.
- Hurry up. - Where are you going?
You never know when they might change their minds.
They might lock you up. I'm going.
Yeah, but you shouldn't run. Think of the baby.
What are you doing? Withdraw from here!
Yes, sir!
By any chance...
has Lee Gyeom returned?
He turned himself in to the Uigeumbu and agreed to be punished.
He has committed high treason.
I believe he will be sentenced to death by poison.
Over here!
What about Lady Shin? What happened?
Lady Shin is thankfully no longer under house arrest.
Our Yangryu Paper Production can go back to normal.
- That's great! - Yes.
What about Lord Lee Gyeom?
Lord Lee Gyeom is the problem...
What did he do so wrong that they would charge him of high treason?
Damn it.
The king can make up a crime and just put a person through hell.
Is that right of him?
This happens all the time in Joseon.
Hey, be quiet.
Shouldn't we head back at a time like this?
Shouldn't we be with Lady Shin?
Yes, let's go right now.
- Yes, yes. - Let's go.
- Let's get going. - Hurry up.
What made you come back?
I came to receive the poison.
Stop!
Please let me see Lee Gyeom.
Please let me see him just once!
Please! I'm begging you.
- Let me see him just once! - You cannot do this here.
Leave!
You will receive the poison?
Rather than spend my entire life hiding as a criminal...
I will admit to everything.
I will accept the poisoning.
You foolish boy.
The poison is not for you to receive. It is for me to give.
It means I decide whether you live or die.
Please do as you wish.
However...
Are you going to bring up Saimdang?
Please let me see him.
Let me see him just once.
Please, I'm asking you.
Let me see him just once.
Stop!
There is a royal command not to allow anyone inside!
Please leave.
Lee Gyeom!
Lee Gyeom! You must come out!
Lee Gyeom, you can't.
What a lasting relationship you have.
You and Saimdang.
Lee Gyeom.
Lee Gyeom!
Please just let him live!
What are you doing?
You can't do this. No, you can't.
This cannot happen.
Lee Gyeom!
Lee Gyeom, you must live.
You cannot do this.
No...
Isn't she so desperate?
The sound of her cries.
I have committed high treason.
Please sentence me to death by poisoning.
I seduced the minds of young people and deluded them about the world.
I shook up politics with my abnormal ideas.
I was responsible for the art of Joseon at the Legendary Bird
but I created a faction against you!
All those crimes...
I admit my guilt to them all.
So, please...
just leave Saimdang and her family alone.
Gyeom.
As for that woman...
I have no intention of harming her.
However, I will make her live in pain forever.
She will know...
you made the choice to die in her place.
She will live with that guilt forever.
Soon, you will get your wish.
I will kill you too.
Step aside.
Your Majesty.
Your Majesty... Your Majesty.
Your Majesty.
Please spare Lee Gyeom.
He has done nothing wrong.
It is my fault. Lock me up instead.
It is not Lee Gyeom's fault, Your Majesty.
It is a sight that brings tears to my eyes.
You are sacrificing for Gyeom.
Gyeom is sacrificing for you.
You are both asking to die for one another.
Your Majesty... Your Majesty.
Please save him.
Lock me up instead, Your Majesty.
Lee Gyeom, charged of high treason.
Half a month from now in May, at noon.
He will be exiled to Tamra.
Once there...
he will be sentenced to death by poisoning.
No, Your Majesty!
Your Majesty! Your Majesty!
No, Your Majesty!
Your Majesty!
Is this...
Is this truly...
Is this truly your choice?
Is this truly what you've chosen?
Oh, my lady!
My lady!
- My lady! - Oh my.
Come on in.
My lady.
What are all of you doing here?
Did you not go to your hometowns?
You're still here, my lady.
How can we leave?
This is our hometown now.
Yes, how can we leave without you?
I won't leave.
I can't leave.
My lady...
- Be strong. - Have strength.
- Be strong. - Yes, my lady.
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
There's no need to thank us.
As the time passes by
the death of an innocent man presses forward.
I sit in this small room.
There is nothing that I can do.
"As the time passes by"
"the death of an innocent man presses forward."
"I will leave this cruelty to the heavens."
"As for my past memories"...
"Write"?
"I will write them down."
I will leave this cruelty to the heavens.
Though it will take work...
I will gather my past memories.
I must write them all down.
What?
This makes no sense.
Why is it so cold out?
I don't think today is the day.
You look like you've seen a ghost.
Senior, do you think Professor Min will act as we expect him to?
A lot of time has passed.
Yeah, I know.
Oh yeah, do you think it's okay to leave this here?
No one even knows what this is.
Everyone is just dying to find "Mount Geumgang."
It's raining.
- Hye Jung. - Yeah?
Sang Hyun.
Yes?
Look at this painting.
The painting is fading.
What are you saying?
It looks fine to me.
The Soojin Room Diary...
The last part of it...
is it all translated?
Yes, yes.
- It's completed. - Right here.
"I pray to the heavens for my wretched sadness."
"Falling deep in anxiety, my insides ache all night."
Saimdang's heart...
is showing in the painting.
Ji Yoon, are you okay?
What... what's wrong?
No... no.
No.
It can't.
Hey!
Move it!
Where is Seo Ji Yoon?
- Who are you people? - Who are you?
We heard you had many important things here.
Did Min Jung Hak send you?
I don't know about that.
- Search the place. - Okay.
What are you doing? There's nothing here.
Stop searching!
Don't touch that!
I told you there's nothing here!
What are you doing?
There's nothing here!
No! You can't!
Move!
Get her!
Move.
Move it, you punks!
Hey!
Stop right there!
Hey, hey!
I said stop!
Stop!
Stop running!
- No! - Let go!
Let go!
No!
I said let go!
No!
Gosh, seriously!
Run!
Where am I?
Where is this?
Where is this place?
Am I...
Am I dead?
That's strange.
Who...
Sa...
Saimdang?
Do you know me?
A little.
No, maybe a lot.
What is this place?
Is this a dream?
Maybe.
Maybe not.
Who are you?
How...
How can you look so much like me?
The Soojin Room Diary you wrote...
I think that's what brought me here.
The diary?
"As the time passes by"
"the death of an innocent man presses forward."
"I sit in this small room. There is nothing that I can do."
"I will leave this cruelty to the heavens."
"Though it will take work..."
How did you know about that?
"Our two souls therefore, which are one"
"Though I must go, endure not yet"...
What is this?
I believe we were destined to meet.
That poem was inside your diary.
It is my favorite poem.
Lee Gyeom.
How is it that Lee Gyeom is here?
That is Lee Gyeom?
"Man in Hanbok" by Rubens.
The person in this piece went all the way to Italy?
St. Francis Xavier...
Hanja name is Bang Jae Gak.
Within the group of people, you can see a man in Joseon clothing.
Lee Gyeom!
The person who met St. Francis Xavier and went to Italy...
was Lee Gyeom.
That's it.
Do you know Lee Gyeom?
I have never met him.
But I know him well.
I found your diary in Italy.
Italy?
Where is that?
It is a faraway land in the west.
I found a portrait of you in that place, as well.
A portrait?
If my theory is correct
I think it is a portrait that Lee Gyeom painted of you.
No.
I am certain of it.
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Ji Yoon.
We have no time.
May, Year of the Tiger in Italy.
Do not forget.
Maybe they needed money for hospital fees so they settled.
I will protect the painting well.
It wasn't a dream.
Please save Lee Gyeom.
I have a poem the world cannot see.
I am giving the last copy to you.
There is a way to save Lee Gyeom.
On the way there, turn and head to Kyodong.
Were you ordered to kill me on the way there?