He's waiting.
Lin?
Here.
Have a seat.
What is this?
Put it on. Here.
It's not bad enough to need medicine.
Then at least pretend you're using it, for my sake.
I forced the best medicine from the royal physician himself.
Hand it over.
It's okay.
You don't even know where you were hurt? So clumsy.
You know my mother has no kind words to share. Why were you even standing there?
She appeared out of nowhere.
Please understand. My mother is very sensitive to you and your brother.
It's understandable.
My brother's been wanting your seat for a long time.
It's not even fun being the Crown Prince.
I should've just given it to him.
Your brother will be the Crown Prince and I'll be the Tiara Prince or the Hairpin Prince!
That wasn't a funny joke.
Not funny huh?
I guess she didn't laugh either. Despite all my attempts at jokes.
Who?
We came here by horse.
And that punk went by foot, so she's probably still walking, right?
So who is walking?
It seems like that kid was kicked out from home when she was young.
Saying that she wasn't able to protect her Madam...
Wandering here and there...
And ended up in the forest somehow.
Then...
was spotted by the teacher before being starved to death and became his student.
You've been thinking of the handmaid all this time? Constantly?
I almost killed her... along with everyone else that died.
I didn't ask for help just because I wanted to have a watch,
so many people died.
It seems you have forgotten all about it... but not me.
I couldn't confess that it was me.
Since this is expensive,
I'll use it well.
Go ahead.
Jang Ee.
Teacher Lee's student, So Ah.
Yes.
The Crown Prince wants to meet her again.
- I need to find out what kind of person she is. - I'll find out.
- Report back promptly. - I'll send some men.
No. I'll go see her...
myself.
That mixed breed Prince, I don't even want to look at him.
It's dangerous.
Hyungnim.
Tell the Master that the girl ran away.
Yes, Sir.
One of the thieve clearly said,
"tell the Master. And that Master, is you."
- Be quiet. - What are you doing?
Were you with the Crown Prince?
While all those people were dying, what was the Crown Prince doing? And what about you?
I was out there risking my life!
We were... We were...!
I heard it's His Highness's hobby to enjoy watching the poor and the starving.
Is that true?
Don't be ridiculous.
I'll pretend like you nor the Crown Prince was ever there.
He's hated by everyone in the land already.
So you, be quiet.
So Ah, the woman has arrived in the Jang Dan province.
Okay.
But...
the Prince has also made orders of his own.
I've received word that she just arrived in Jang Dan province.
If she's on her way to the capital... where would her next stop be?
She's probably on her way to the Jang Pae gates.
- By herself? - Yes.
Walking such a long distance...
Should we keep following her? Or capture her?
Why? - Pardon?
Capture her to do what?
Your highness, have some food. The Queen sent it over.
Your Highness!
Excuse me!
Is there a well somewhere around here?
Could you tell me where...
Do you sell this water? I'm short on money...
Who are you?
Anybody there?
How much are the dumplings?
How many can I eat with this?
But this is too much!
For real, Ansan's house has the best Arabian wine!
"Where was Ansan's house again?"
Where was Ansan's house again?
How can you not know?
It's at Namsan Village...
You know, right at the entrance.
- Oh, that's where it is! - You can't miss it!
You can smell the alcohol from a hundred feet away.
That's right!
- Don't you want to go? - Yeah...
It's my first time seeing a woman eat so well.
I don't think her teacher fed her too well.
This won't do.
I think I need to set up another food stand on her way.
What about a food stand with steamed meat?
I'm on it.
It's a relief... that you're still living well.
And for meeting each other again.
When you meet Teacher Lee, hand him this letter.
Won't you go with me, Father?
Goo Hyeong will take you there.
- When can I go back home? - Never is for the best.
Do you like seeing me cry?
San.
Now people will think Bi Yeon with her scar is you.
But if you're besides her, that secret will be revealed.
I won't let it be revealed. I'm good at keeping promises!
Someone is
targeting our household AND you.
One false move and we could be framed for treason.
I'll never call you father. I won't even breathe!
Please let me stay with you!
You could be sent to Yuan as tribute.
I ask... for your understanding.
I'm sending you off, to protect you.
My child...
San.
From now on, your name is So Ah.
Like a small wild flower in a vast meadow, live a quiet life.
Miss!
You're going to cry again?
You are!
What should I do with this crybaby?
Dad's healthy and strong I assume?
He just got back from Yuan on a business journey.
- I think I need to go searching for a virtuous widow. - Miss!
Someone that can nag at him and look over his health.
- But you know... - What?
So he does! There's a widow he's meeting!
Not a widow, but suspicious people keep coming.
- Suspicious? - It seems Master keeps turning them away though.
- Who? - I don't know, that's why it's suspicious.
I guess it wasn't a widow.
A family must be offering him a virgin's hand in marriage!
That girl must be around our age.
That's why dad feels like he's in an awkward situation and turns them away.
Give it a rest!
I should tell mother to keep her guard up.
You're going to see her?
I should, when there are no eyes watching.
Leave your bag here.
- I'm not sleeping here. - Why not?
People are watching. I'm going to sleep in the servants quarters.
Miss!
You must have caught a cold. So sleep here for tonight-
I want to eat them all.
Lady Sook of Ansan Kim Clan's Memorial Tablet.
Have you been well?
You're taller every time I see you.
I've been all grown for quite some time already.
How are your hands so rough?
Are the senior boys still telling you to chop wood and do laundry?
There's a bunch of kids I manage that are so good, you know.
These days, I don't even need to tell them with words.
They figure out just what to do by a look from me.
But a rascal like that still cries so easily?
You've aged a lot, My Lord.
Hey!
Everyday, I missed you.
Yes. I have as well.
You eat well.
I have a friend, you see.
He would've nagged again if he saw me.
How is it that you set an appointment without a date or time?
Snickering away.
I did good by coming here without telling him, right?
You should say hello first thing when you come.
When people eat other people's food, they usually
say 'I'll eat it well' and also 'thank you'.
- What crime did you commit? - A crime?
If it required the guard command from the palace to come after,
I believe it wouldn't be an ordinary crime.
Then you helped a criminal escape?
Regard it as me paying my debt back to you.
What debt?
Resent no one and always live life smiling like that.
My Agassi.
You!
Thanks to you relaying the late Madam's last words.
You remembered me?
Always remembering and grateful, I have been.
Then why did you feign ignorance of me?
Helping you escape today was for the repayment and the snow dew wine this morning was the interest payment on it.
With those, the calculations are cleared between us.
You mean...
I am living in hiding right now.
So that no one ever knows I was the maid that day.
But then you showed up.
You mean, let's not meet again?
Yup!
I came to tell you that.
If you ever try to find me again or I hear about you clamor about me...
If so?
Perhaps then,
I will need to kill you.
My very birth was a crime.
If you will kill me, there should be so many people who will shed tears of joy.
I always kept these thoughts.
If it's for them, wouldn't my dying be a best?
If I die, there is only one person in the entire land who would cry for me.
The friend you were with?
Yes.
I haven't been able to die, fearing he might cry.
But when the time comes that I made the judgement that I really must die, I will seek your favor on it.
What are you talking about?
Since I don't believe I'd be too mad if I died by your hand.
The authority to kill me whenever. I now give you that.
In that case,
for that, I will need to continue seeing you.
♪ I ask again ♪
♪ I ask myself in the mirror ♪
♪ Is this good? Is this still okay? ♪
♪ Hundreds of times, I ask myself ♪
♪ Because you do whatever you want ♪
♪ Because you are so mean until the end ♪
♪ I will abandon you. I will let you go. ♪
♪ Try to distant from me tomorrow ♪
♪ The more I try to distant ♪
♪ the more I roam and roam around you. ♪
Preview.
This child's identity is not clear. I will look more into it.
But don't look into it too close to her.
You saved me? You're worried about me?
Who is it?
You don't give that away so easily to others. Stuff like the authority to kill you.
So now, you can't die as you please.
You will try to kill me alas?
My son? Me? Me, the father?
There are no such thing as a friend next to the King. There is only a traitor next to him.
Royal Mother, you are wrong. I am not a King. Yet.
♪ I'm such a fool, aren't I? ♪