(Episode 17)
Did you send assassins to kill the Chief Peddler?
Is that it?
You come to see me after five years...
and ask me that?
Leave the Chief Peddler alone.
I am...
in love with him.
If you ever hurt him, I will get hurt also.
If you kill him,
I will take my own life.
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What... What happened?
Keep quiet.
Pyunsoo Group sent assassins.
Those scumbags. How dare Dae Mok...
Dae Mok? Who is that?
Mister.
Then...
Chun Soo was fighting Pyunsoo Group all along?
I should not say anymore.
Why not? Why would you keep this from me?
Chief Peddler said that...
if you got involved with him while he is fighting,
you could be threatened.
I could...
be threatened?
Yes, that is what he said.
You have no idea how much...
the Chief Peddler cares for you.
Chun Soo.
I do not know whom you are looking for,
but I am not Chun Soo.
Is this about the letter I left?
Or are you pretending not to recognize me because...
I failed to keep my word?
We never made a promise,
and you never sent a letter.
Why are you here?
Were you concerned for me?
Yes.
Do I look that much like this man called Chun Soo?
Based on that glance,
he must have been your first love.
- Are you okay? - You are not Chun Soo.
Why do you keep showing up?
You have the same face and voice.
I do not want to hear that you worry about me.
Do not show up again.
That is why...
he took on all the danger alone...
and pretended not to know me.
I am sorry I pretended not to know you.
I thought that keeping my distance...
would keep you alive.
But never once...
did I forget you.
If I kill the Chief Peddler,
you will die as well.
Did you come to threaten your grandfather?
I am not here to threaten you,
but to make a deal.
A deal?
Fine.
What will you offer in exchange for the Chief Peddler's life?
Your successor as Dae Mok who will surpass even you.
The new head of Pyunsoo Group. Will that do?
I shall be...
the new head of Pyunsoo Group.
I told you to stay in your room. What is it?
I have something to report.
Is it urgent?
No. If it were,
would you have entrusted me?
You may go.
If I spare the Chief Peddlers life,
you will become the head of Pyunsoo Group.
It is time to introduce you...
to the elders.
I have brought the new head of Pyunsoo Group.
Dae Mok's granddaughter...
should follow the will of Pyunsoo Group.
Then why did you...
take the Chief Peddler's side during the large merchants' meeting?
As the head of the merchants,
I chose the more profitable option.
When we lost our copper,
Pyunsoo Group's plan went up in smoke.
You were also there that day.
Pyunsoo Group is incredibly well-informed.
Yes, I was there taking care of a large transaction.
You left Pyunsoo Group.
Why do you wish to return?
It is because of what occurred in Waegwan.
You could not protect the copper...
and ruined Pyunsoo Group's plan.
That idiotic mistake was too pathetic to watch.
That is why I decided I must step in myself.
What the...
An idiotic mistake?
By us? Pyunsoo Group?
Pyunsoo Group has a greater heritage...
than the Royal Family of Joseon.
We cannot let it fall to ruin like this, can we?
I shall become the new head...
and reinstate the discipline that was lost.
Why did the head of Pyunsoo...
I mean, the assistant head...
Master, why did you wish to see me?
The poppy field.
Pardon?
I will maintain the poppy field from now on.
Assist me.
What do you mean, maintain the poppy field?
It is too insignificant for you to do.
Is it insignificant?
The power of Pyunsoo Group originates there.
If I control the poppy field,
I will be able to become Dae Mok one day.
Then Hwa Gun...
will not deem her father incompetent.
Are you all right, my lady?
Gon.
Bring me to the Crown Prince.
I wish to see him.
I worry that his wounds may have gotten infected.
I wonder if he awoke yet.
I am so worried.
Can you move around like this already?
See? I am perfectly fine.
I am well enough to see you off.
Then walk me to that spot over there.
Well, I do not think...
I can.
I do not...
wish to turn away from you ever again.
Five years ago, I went to see you.
Back then,
I turned away, thinking it was for you,
but I have regretted it ever since.
Chun Soo.
- Yes? - Why...
did you come so late?
I shall...
never leave your side...
ever again.
Am I interrupting?
No.
What brings you all the way here?
I came because I was worried,
but I am fine, since I see that you are well.
My apologies for causing you alarm.
Yes, please do not cause alarm again.
The fear...
that I would lose you...
almost made my heart stop.
Thank you for worrying about me.
I will see you soon at the large merchants' meeting.
Ga Eun.
I am saying this in case you get the wrong idea,
but there is nothing going on between us.
I mean it. Trust me.
Did I say anything?
Wait. Ga Eun.
She and I... We are really...
"We"?
I thought...
you always thought of me.
I always did.
It is true.
Then...
what is your relationship with her?
She is someone...
who can see me holding hands with you.
By the way,
were you...
being jealous?
No, I only asked out of curiosity.
Wait.
Lady Kim, shall I get rid of her?
Why would I care about someone as insignificant as her?
I am different from that useless girl.
Soon, the Crown Prince will find out...
that I have something that no other woman has.
I am the only one...
who can give it to him.
Why did the Bureau of Water Supply demand people...
to pay off the debt in cash?
I promised you that I would find the reason why.
Everything...
was a scheme to gain the authority to make currency.
Authority to make currency?
- Authority to make currency? - Is that the reason?
Thankfully, Master Woo Bo...
and Adjunct Park stopped them.
Master Woo Bo became the Minister of Personnel.
Sungkyunkwan's Assistant Master Woo Bo...
is assigned to the Minister of Personnel position.
The problem is...
the Bureau will not give up easily.
- That is true. - I agree.
To prevent such turmoil from taking place again,
all peddlers, large merchants, and merchants at the market...
must cooperate as a team.
Will everyone...
trust me...
and work together?
We shall.
If we face a state of crisis,
all of us will follow your lead.
All of us...
will follow you.
- Let us work together. - We shall.
- We will follow you. - That is right.
- We will work together. - I agree.
- Let us agree. - We will work together.
Thank you.
I will establish Department of the Censorate, Censors Office,
and Office of Special Advisers.
I will gather people to fight against Pyunsoo Group.
The Chief Peddler?
The Chief Peddler was the one...
who handed over copper to the Ministry of Finance and made...
Master Woo Bo the Minister of Finance.
How did the Chief Peddler manage to stop Dae Mok?
He is an exceptional man.
He gained trust from the Queen Dowager.
He also gained complete trust from the merchants.
Is the Queen Dowager...
on his side?
It is not certain, but as he stopped Dae Mok,
he gained trust from the Queen Dowager.
I see.
Your Majesty, the Queen Dowager is here.
Thank you, Your Majesty.
Thanks to you, we could stop Dae Mok.
As a result, it took a lot of burden off the people.
It was not me. It was the work of the Chief Peddler.
What do you mean?
You trusted me...
and postponed Dae Mok's scheme for four days.
You did an excellent job for the people.
Therefore, I will try my best to keep my promise to you.
Next time I come back,
I will bring Ga Eun with me.
Your Majesty.
The Queen Dowager will make Lady Han a court lady.
Are you not pleased?
Hyun Seok.
If the real Crown Prince were alive,
would he be a great king for the people...
without being swayed by Pyunsoo Group?
Please do not think that way.
The real Crown Prince has passed away.
That is true.
I witnessed his death...
with my own eyes.
Therefore, you are the true king of Joseon.
You look at me...
as if I am the real king.
If you keep looking at me that way, I will get greedy.
I imagine I am the real king who will defeat Pyunsoo Group,
save the people,
and win Lady Han's heart.
That is my dream.
It is not a dream.
It is possible.
You are the King.
Do not hesitate or have any doubts.
Somewhere in the Royal Court,
there will be people who oppose Pyunsoo Group.
We must find them and work together.
How is your work treating you?
It is rewarding to know that the people are happy.
Goodness.
When they offer you a position that is five ranks lower,
that means they want you to resign.
You accepted the offer, and now, you count money.
I can hear the wailing of those who follow you even from here.
These days,
more people talk about an eccentric man named Woo Bo...
who gained a position in the Royal Court.
You make it sound like it is an impressive position.
What happened to me is not shocking.
It is more shocking...
that you stopped being a hermit and became a public official.
Do you not agree?
Is that so?
Listen.
I have someone I want to introduce to you.
Would you like to meet him?
Hello, I am Park Moo Ha, Second Minister of Personnel.
This is the Chief Peddler...
who helped resolve the recent copper situation.
Are you that famous Chief Peddler?
Listen, Kwang Ryul.
I plan to visit each department.
I also plan to fill the Censor General position.
Please take the position like before.
We will recommend you to the Queen Dowager.
You will recommend me to the Queen Dowager?
Yes.
Please run the Department of the Censorate again.
I am sorry.
I am not the brightest man.
I cannot work for the Queen Dowager.
Pardon me?
Only the King has the authority to nominate officials.
If the Queen Dowager has such authority,
that will only split this country in half.
Well, that is...
If...
the King nominates you,
will you accept the position?
You talk about the King.
However,
you do not want to take either side, do you?
Do you not see any hope...
in the current Royal Court?
Let me ask you a question.
If you do not care about working in the Royal Court,
why did you accept such a low position?
Are you mocking me?
Were you not already aware...
that Pyunsoo Group tried to gain authority to make currency?
Even though it is the lowest position,
you accepted it to stop their evil plot, did you not?
How did you know that?
You have been doing a job that no one recognizes.
It must have been very hard for you.
The royal court...
needs someone like you right now.
I see that you are no ordinary chief peddler.
You remind me of someone.
I thought it was my imagination that you look like him when he was young,
but it is not only your face that resembles him.
Your words and actions.
Everything you do reminds me of him.
There are many people in the world who look similar to each other.
Now,
could you tell me who you really are?
Your Highness. Would this not put you in danger?
- I am worried about it too. - In order to fight Pyunsoo Group,
I have to risk my life.
What I can offer to a loyal subject who would risk his life for me...
is only my sincerity.
The Crown Prince is still alive.
It seems there is still hope in this country.
Dear Jae Heon,
I have something important to tell you in person.
Could you come back to the capital as soon as you can?
Deliver this letter to General Jae Heon in Hamgil Province.
Yes, my lord.
- Oh, my goodness. - Is she okay?
Do you truly want to repay me?
In that case,
become a court lady.
Have you made up your mind?
The Queen Dowager trusts you, and she is waiting for you.
Lady Han! Something terrible happened!
Did she really develop wasteland into a marketplace?
That lady named Ga Eun is a truly amazing person.
Ga Eun is very strong-minded.
That is why the chief peddler fell in love with her.
She is the woman that he loves, you say.
Speaking of which, I am pretty strong-minded...
What is going on?
Wake up, Yang.
- Yang. Wake up. - Goodness.
- Oh, dear. Yang. - Excuse me.
- Excuse me. - Gosh.
Ga Eun! What is going on?
- It is Yang. - Yang?
Oh, gosh. She really is Yang.
I thought she was sent to a temple. What happened to her?
Goodness. Put her on my back.
- Someone help me, please. - My gosh.
Move out of the way.
- Yang. - Yang.
- Gosh, Yang. - Oh, dear.
- Master! - Master!
- Master! - What is wrong?
Yang is...
- Get her inside. - Okay.
What is this?
Master.
What is that?
It is poison.
Yang.
All right. Can you hear me?
Yang. Could you tell us what happened?
My mom sent me away, so I will not starve.
But the place the monks took me to was not a temple.
Where was it then?
It was a field of flowers deep in the mountain.
Girls around my age picked the flowers all day...
and made pills with them.
Do you remember how many children were there?
There were about 20,
but they are all sick.
Do you think...
all those children are addicted to that drug?
Can you tell us where that place is?
Get up.
Okay.
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- Goodness. - Yang.
She cannot handle it yet.
Yang.
If she does not take an antidote soon, she will die.
She is an eight-year-old girl.
Is there any way we can save her?
We have to save her by any means.
But this poison...
Even you do not know what it is?
It is not natural poison. Someone produced it.
I am not sure how I should treat it.
If you do not know how to treat it,
it must be a really fearsome poison.
It must be.
Also, Pyunsoo Group may be behind this.
What do you mean?
I heard a rumor that people who fought Pyunsoo Group...
were found dead covered with dark red blotches...
because Pyunsoo Group poisoned them to death.
That rumor disappeared somewhere along the way.
There are not many groups that...
can get rid of rumors easily.
(Episode 18 will be aired shortly.)
You can do this another time.
You should rest and draw tomorrow.
But...
I may be unable to draw it tomorrow.
- Yang. - Yang.
I want to save my friends...
who are there quickly.
I am making herbal tonics now. I will go check if it is done.
It is all right now.
But I have not finished the drawing yet.
No.
This is more than enough.
Do not worry about anything...
and...
take a rest now.
Sweet dreams.
My baby.
You are sound asleep.
My baby.
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Episode 18 Lady Ga Eun!
Where is my poor baby?
Calm down. You might faint at this rate.
This way.
Yang.
Did she fall asleep?
She died.
Yang, it is your mom.
Yang!
It is me, my baby.
My baby...
Yang, your mom is here.
Lady Ga Eun.
It is a drawing...
she drew before she died.
- Yang... - Please hand it...
to the Chief Peddler since she put her everything in it.
I will.
Your mom is here.
"Mount Yeogueji"...
Is there a mountain named so?
"Mount Yeogueji"?
I have never heard of it.
It is a strange name.
It must be some kind of a code or slang they use.
Master.
About Lady Mae Chang...
Never mind.
I will tell you when I become more certain of it.
People from the Bureau are searching for Yang.
It might really have something to do with Pyunsoo Group.
Bad jerks.
She is only a child.
We have to find this place as soon as possible.
The market workers saw Lady Ga Eun take Yang.
Will you be okay?
I will be fine.
It is all my fault.
I should have died with her...
even if it meant starving to death.
It is all my fault.
It is not.
The Bureau is to blame.
They took away your store when you worked hard to support your living.
My lady.
Why do you blame yourself...
when they are at fault?
It must be hard for you, but do overcome this.
You have to live in order to watch them pay for what they have done.
I...
will make sure that day comes.
Well...
Master.
Ga Eun.
You heard that the Bureau is searching for Yang, right?
Can you...
leave for Icheon and stay in hiding for a while?
Icheon?
It is because I am worried.
The head of the Bureau threatened you last time as well.
Stay in Icheon with Kko Mool and her mother...
for the time being.
The peddlers there will take good care of you.
But...
I am sorry...
for asking you to leave so suddenly.
But can you not...
do as I say at least for this time?
Thank you.
And...
I am sorry.
Do not be.
I am the one...
who should be sorry.
By the way,
what were you going to say a while ago?
It is nothing.
Could you give me...
a day before I leave?
I will escort Lady Ga Eun to Icheon myself.
Do not worry.
Okay.
Chung Woon.
Yes?
I plan to confess the truth...
before she leaves for Icheon.
The truth?
Do you mean what happened to Deputy Magistrate Han?
Yes.
I was going to confess everything...
after destroying Pyunsoo Group.
I do not think...
I can hold back anymore.
I am sure...
she will understand.
I hope...
she will.
She will for certain.
Lady Ga Eun and you...
have a lot in common.
You both put others first...
before yourselves.
So she will...
understand you for certain...
when she finds out the truth.
Ga Eun.
Chun Soo.
This is it.
My father's tomb.
Today, Chun Soo came with me.
I wanted to visit...
after crushing Pyunsoo Group and telling Ga Eun the truth.
I am sorry to visit you...
so soon.
I met...
the King who had my father killed.
He sided with Pyunsoo Group to torment his own people.
Like you, Chun Soo is fighting Pyunsoo Group.
So please, father, protect him.
It hurts so much to...
leave a loved one behind.
How you must have felt...
when you left me, father...
I finally understand.
Ga Eun.
There is...
something I wish to confess to you.
I should have said this five years ago.
- I cannot... - It is...
so beautiful.
Ga Eun.
Master.
Will you promise me one thing?
Even if I am not there,
do not jump into the midst of danger...
and get yourself hurt.
Okay.
I promise.
Now...
I can leave...
in peace.
I dreamed of being with you.
But now I will dream something even bigger.
If I share your dream,
even if we are apart,
I will think that we are always together.
I will come for you soon.
Do not cry.
What do you mean the herbal store will close?
I am not sure. I only heard a rumor.
What about my mother and Kko Mool?
And Ga Eun too?
I apologize. I am not yet sure.
Prepare my disguise. I shall go to the herbal store.
If Dae Mok hears you went out in secret,
he will threaten you.
If they are really leaving, I will never see them again!
Get my disguise.
Yes, Your Majesty.
That is it, Your Majesty.
Mother.
Master!
That little girl is your sister.
You are back.
My sister said she will not see the King anymore.
Are you...
Kko Mool?
Yes. Who are you?
I am...
I do not know you.
Do you know me?
A very long time ago...
I once...
saw you.
- Did you? - May I...
give you a hug?
Is she your sister?
You can call him "brother", not "master".
"Brother"?
You came this far. You should see your mother.
Oh, right. Chun Soo said he would come over.
Chun Soo!
Hello, Kko Mool.
Shall we go?
- Lee Sun? - Let us go inside...
and greet your mother.
Please, Master Dae Mok, have mercy!
I came because I missed my family.
Please forgive me. Have mercy!
One does not suddenly gain a bout of courage.
What...
made you so gutsy?
You must have become very close to the Queen Dowager.
Please... Please spare me, Master Dae Mok.
She gave you a precious gift, did she not?
That is why I gave you a gift as well.
How do you feel after seeing your family again?
Not only my life,
but my family's lives are also in your hands.
Please forgive me this one time.
Master...
I will never...
I will never defy you again!
Please forgive me. Please forgive me this one time.
Please forgive me.
I shall see you soon in the palace,
Your Majesty.
Are you all right, Your Majesty?
Was I...
dreaming just now?
Pardon?
You saw Sun?
He was with Dae Mok.
He came to see his mother and sister,
and was caught by him.
If it were not for Sun,
Dae Mok would have...
found out who I was.
I feel so bad for Sun.
If it were not for me,
he would be with his family right now.
You could not talk to him?
All I could do was send him a message to meet.
Would you tell him something for me?
That I will go see him at 8pm on the first day of the month.
You plan to meet Sun?
It is foolish to enter the tiger's den.
Sun...
was on his knees, begging Dae Mok for his life.
I cannot ignore him.
If you go into the palace,
there will be people listening everywhere.
Maintain your identity as the Chief Peddler at all times.
I will.
The Queen Dowager appreciates your decision...
and sent a palanquin.
Get ready to enter the palace.
A court lady is forever the King's woman.
Keep that in mind.
Yes, my lady.
My lady.
What is this about?
Master Chun Soo! Master!
Master Chun Soo!
Please stop Lady Ga Eun. Please.
What is it?
Lady Ga Eun says...
she will enter the palace and become a court lady.
What?
Come with me.
Ga Eun!
Ga Eun. Ga Eun!
Ga Eun!
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(The Emperor)
I will bring Ga Eun back right away.
I will have her...
serve Your Majesty.
I shall follow your will.
Did you set a trap?
Did you know...
that he was not the true Crown Prince?
He is also the son of a traitor.
Why do you keep doing things that are dangerous?