(Episode 9)
Who are you?
What are you doing here?
Are you trying to sabotage my plan?
What do you mean?
I came here because I heard that you got caught.
That was all part of my plan.
I need to get inside the house first to do the deed.
Besides, you were planning to use your sword without a disguise?
Excuse me.
Who on earth are you?
- How dare you? - What?
Who said you could interrupt our conversation?
- I was... - Who are you?
Address me properly, you jerk.
She is my friend.
Stay away!
Go.
- Me? - Yes.
Stop it!
How dare you?
You wench!
Who are you?
I apologize.
About the daughter-in-law who lives there...
Do you mean Lady Kim?
Yes.
I am her friend.
She is in danger now.
I am here, so do not worry.
Thank you for helping us.
However, this government office...
has been colluding with her father-in-law...
for a very long time.
It will be of no use.
You should have come inside.
Why are you so brazen and causing a scene?
How dare you humiliate me?
Who are you?
Are you not the lady from the village for widows?
The beautiful behind?
Why do you keep appearing in front of me?
I do not understand it either.
How dare you inconvenience me once again?
Open the palanquin!
- Yes, master. - Yes, master.
How dare you?
- Stop it! - Should I beat you more?
Do not move!
Did I not beat you enough?
Hold on. Who are you?
Neither of you is my daughter-in-law.
Where in the world is she?
Bring both of them inside!
Yes.
You two better explain...
when and how you switched places with her!
Stop!
What is this about?
My lord, please go back. This is a family issue.
How could it be a family issue when there are so many armed men?
Take them all in!
- Yes, my lord! - Yes, my lord!
- Hurry! - Follow me!
- Come here! - Follow me!
- Come here! - We are innocent!
- Come here! - Wait a minute.
Do not touch me!
- Hurry up! - Goodness.
Hey!
- Hey! - Come here!
My gosh.
Goodness.
I owe you an apology for many things.
Do not say that.
She is your mother. I ought to help her.
They seem to be close.
Yes, I heard that they are.
Did he really believe what you said?
Yes. Since I had never left my quarters after getting married,
there was no way he would recognize my face.
Why did you not leave with your lady?
You two could have run away.
What were you doing there?
What?
What did you and Cha Yul Mu do in that house?
Why do you ask?
You finally met the woman you were yearning for...
and almost died while rescuing her.
In the midst of all that, were you curious about what we were doing?
Why are you asking?
I was curious.
What?
Was it wrong of me to be curious?
Gosh.
You are a jerk.
You little wench. Let me go.
After coming all the way here,
it would be wrong to leave without him.
My gosh. Look around.
Hanyang is so huge.
How can we find Nok Du?
If there is a will, there is always a way.
You little witch!
(Aseowon, Muweol Corps' base in Hanyang)
So...
I tailed the assassin after leaving the island.
I saw the assassin entering a village full of widows.
"A village full of widows"?
Oh, dear.
By the way,
- who are... - Right. A village full of widows.
Thank you.
When I entered the village,
they said men were banned and beat me.
I even got into a fight with a widow...
and got this scar.
Goodness.
So I came back to Hanyang.
I am going to wait for another chance to get in there.
Do you happen to know...
about an assassination corps led by women?
"Women"?
But you see...
Let me stop by the toilet.
Women do not like me.
Hey, you! Are you listening?
It is better for me to find him rather than his father.
I hope everything is all right with him.
Aeng Du...
What? Where did she go?
Aeng Du.
Hwang Aeng Du!
I am here.
My goodness.
What were you stuffing your mouth? Where did you get it?
You love food too much. How will you find Nok Du?
I think we will find him soon.
What do you mean?
I am sure it is him.
He still has the wound around his eye,
so you just need to look for that.
We are shorthanded as of now.
Mudam Village?
I told you so.
Right.
Hwang Jang Gun still has not returned.
Maybe he got lucky and met Nok Du in Hanyang.
I hope that is the case.
Father, we must escape.
Hold my hand.
Father, you should go this way.
I will go that way.
What are you talking about?
This path also leads...
to the cave that Master Hwang told us about.
- Let us meet there. - We can go together.
- Come on. - Hurry up and go, Father.
It is better for me to take that path because it is less steep.
If we go together, it will only put us in danger.
Then I will lure them.
Let us meet at the cave.
- You must be careful. - Okay.
I... I...
His Majesty has arrived.
Your Majesty.
Get out of my way!
Your Majesty.
I am sure this was done by the Queen Dowager.
How dare you?
Can you be responsible for what you just said?
I am sorry to tell you this,
but rumors say the Queen Dowager has been inviting shamans...
into her palace.
An animal that symbolizes...
the year of your birth has been slaughtered...
beneath the tree of Prince Yeongchang.
What do you think that means?
I want you to investigate and find out...
who did something like this and for what reason.
He appeared in Hanyang?
Yes, I received a secret message earlier.
If I knew he would be there, I would have stayed for longer.
Do you think Deul Le went to Hanyang to find him?
If that was the case, she would have gone to Aseowon.
But I never heard that she went there.
Ladies!
The vice-curator asked us to come to the gisaeng house.
Lady Kim, I have something to say.
Lady Kim.
Lady Kim. Lady Kim.
I want everyone to focus.
Prepare everything with your utmost sincerity.
Bring out your motherly love. Everyone, focus!
Place the meat pancakes over there.
Lady Kim likes them.
No, put that over there.
I thought we were invited to a party.
But it seems like we are here to work for you.
I know, right?
She went to see her family.
Who knows if she might not be able to return...
Oh, right.
She might choose not to come back.
What are you talking about?
She told me she will be back today.
Lady Kim always keeps her word.
Okay, fine.
Butcher a calf and cook some beef ribs.
What?
Wait...
I will just walk.
We are on our way back to the gisaeng house.
So do not feel pressured and just hop on.
How can you ask a grown lady...
to hop on a horse with a grown man?
Here.
I let you ride that horse...
because you told me that you know how to ride one.
But I do not think it will be safe for you to ride with her.
I am lighter than you.
So it will be better for her to ride with me.
Hop on, my daughter.
Hold my hand, Dong Joo.
Come on, my daughter.
My gosh, hey...
Mother, are you okay?
Did you get hurt?
I got distracted and fell.
I think I hurt my ankle.
Okay, do not eat too much.
- Okay. - Let us wait a little bit.
When...
When will she...
My gosh.
Lady Kim.
My gosh, no!
Here you go.
My goodness, that little punk.
Hey, I told you not to let her drink.
Why? I am going to drink.
My gosh, do not drink.
My goodness.
I bet it was nice to see them after such a long time.
Did your family...
give you something nice before you left?
Yes. Well...
my mother gave me some seed capital...
to help me start over in this village.
Nice.
It looks like you are a lightweight drinker.
I have never consumed alcohol before.
That was impressive. How did you think of getting caught on purpose?
I was worried that your plan might fail because of me. I am relieved.
By the way,
how did you steal it?
It is a secret.
Good work.
I will inform the boss,
and you will be officially initiated.
That means...
I will be in your organization, right?
You are almost there.
There is no reason for us not to accept you...
unless you are not a widow.
Right.
Let us ask her since she has come back now.
Pardon? What do you mean?
Why are you hitting on Lord Yul Mu, Lady Kim?
Pardon?
Because she likes him. Darn it.
Gosh.
I know everything.
I, Yeon Geun the Vice-Curator,
have given my heart to Lady Kim Nok Soon.
But why?
Why does Lady Kim like a stray cat like him?
- "Meow, meow". Just eat this. - Wait. What is this...
What? Why would I like him?
- Why? Why would I? - Darn it.
That is not true.
Goodness.
Are you all right?
Darn it.
Are you all right? You should stop drinking now.
My gosh.
Mother and daughter.
They are causing a mess.
Oh, no.
I told you not to let Dong Joo drink.
She is unstoppable when she gets drunk.
What happens to her when she gets drunk?
She speaks what is on her mind.
She starts blabbing about people's secrets.
Right.
Hey, you.
I told everyone that your feet stink.
- My gosh, Dong Joo. Come on. - Right?
Darn it.
My daughter, we should head home now.
Forget that.
You should finish what you were talking about earlier.
What do you think about Lord Yul Mu?
Every woman is bound to like a man like him.
But I believe you should be the last person to like him.
- Please. I do not... - Fine.
It is true...
my mother likes someone.
My daughter.
My daughter is very drunk, so she is making stuff up.
We should go home now.
Even if she is drunk, she never makes stuff up.
Let us listen to her.
- Yes. - Whom does she like?
Is it Lord Yul Mu or not?
The person...
my mother likes is...
It is my husband.
My late husband.
Honey!
"Honey"?
Is that the lady?
- Is he over there? - Yes.
You are almost there.
There is no reason for us not to accept you...
unless you are not a widow.
Every woman is bound to like a man like him.
I do not think it is him.
I will finish...
what I was going to say.
I know that I should not,
but let me tell you why and how...
I ended up liking...
Lord Yul Mu.
Oh, no.
You are a true man.
And I am...
And I am also a woman after all.
Lady Kim.
My apologies, my lord.
No, no!
What...
How could she...
Darn it.
Darn it. I like you!
I like you!
(Episode 10 will air shortly.)
(Episode 10)
Darn it. I like you!
I like you!
Goodness.
That was the weirdest dream of all.
Of course, that was a dream.
What would that be if not a dream?
Oh, no.
No, no. There is no way I actually said that.
No.
She is the daughter of the depraved mother.
I heard that too.
The daughter and the mother...
fought over a man at the gisaeng house.
I heard that...
it was even messier than the war.
My gosh, go. Go that way.
All right. Repeat after me again.
Sister.
"Sister".
Good job.
You must address me as your sister here.
Can you do that?
Of course. Do not worry.
Nok Du, do you have more of this?
No, you cannot call me like that!
Again.
How should you address me? I just told you this.
Honey?
Darn it.
Sister, sister, sister!
Why?
Why must I address you as a sister?
I told you...
that I had to do something outside the island.
My gosh, was becoming a woman what you had to do?
No.
Aeng Du.
If people here find out that I am a man,
I will be tortured and killed.
That cannot happen!
You cannot die!
Exactly.
So you should not blow my cover, right?
- Right. - Okay.
Repeat after me. "Sister".
Sister.
What a ridiculous story.
Goodness me.
My gosh.
That is enough.
I told you that I had no other choice.
So the boss lives here?
In this village full of widows?
Yes. That is why I cannot go back home now.
You are going so far as to dressing up as a woman.
You should stay here until you kill the boss. Sure thing.
How are my father and brother doing?
How many times do you need to hear me say it?
They are doing fine.
Hwang Tae is recovering.
I also wrote them a letter,
saying that I will be coming back with you from Hanyang...
and told them not to worry.
By the way...
So that daughter of yours...
knows that you are a man, right?
Yesterday, I heard her say, "Darn it. I like you!"
"I like you!"
Was that meant for you or the other man?
What do you think?
If it was you,
I would say that she has horrible taste in men.
Come on.
She was babbling drunk.
Sure, sure.
- Wait a minute. - Okay.
Lord Yul Mu!
Lord Yul Mu! Give me a second!
How?
Lord Yul Mu!
Wait... Wait!
Lord Yul Mu!
Why?
Why can it not be me?
She must have gone insane.
Gosh! Lord Yul Mu.
Come here.
Lord Yul Mu.
Lord Yul Mu, please wait.
Lord Yul Mu.
Was it...
after the day I made that persimmon ice flakes?
What?
Or was it at Okchundang?
Or...
was it on the horse?
Never mind. It does not matter.
You know very well who I love.
- "Love"? - Yes.
To me, you are...
the friend of the woman I love...
No, you are her mother.
So please treat me as much.
What do you love so much about Dong Joo?
What? Well...
I love everything about her because I am in love with her.
It is not that I love her because of certain things.
Then how do you know...
that you are in love?
How do you not know that?
You miss them when they are gone, and you are happy to see them.
Even the most trivial things make you worried.
Love is like a cough. You cannot hold it back.
- "A cough"? - Yes.
Yesterday,
you kissed me in front of everyone.
Was that not because...
you could not hide your feelings for me?
Well... I guess so.
I cannot believe that you have never been in love.
What? Do not be ridiculous.
I have been in love many times.
All right.
Anyway...
About your feelings for me...
I will give up on you.
- What? - I truly apologize...
for the inconvenience I have caused.
Do not be concerned about me anymore.
My gosh.
What? Come on.
I was wondering where you were.
And you were here.
Are you smiling? Seriously?
Well... I just...
Have you eaten?
Do you not know what kind of humiliation I am receiving?
How could you smile and ask me if I have eaten?
It was just because...
you seemed like you had not eaten all day.
Why did you kiss him? Were you crazy?
Was that the only solution you had?
You could have flipped the tables or covered that girl's mouth.
Better yet, you could have hit me.
Right.
What is the deal with that girl?
Why did she address you as honey?
Well...
She is a neighbor of mine.
She believes that she is betrothed to me.
Of course, it is not true.
It is complicated.
"Betrothed"?
You are in love with a lady yet betrothed to another girl?
You are just amazing.
What? What is it? Why are you staring at me?
Let me ask you one question.
What is it?
Which one of us do you like?
They say you cannot hold back love.
Either I am a fool or you are experienced,
but I have no idea how you feel.
But then again, I am very curious.
What a lunatic.
I was just babbling drunk.
I already heard about your drinking habits.
Then whom do you think it is?
Do you seriously think that I would like a man who has a lady,
is betrothed to another girl,
and is living in disguise as a woman?
You are right.
Fine, then. Let us go.
You can go. I am not coming with you.
Why is he so curious about that?
My goodness!
Right.
How could it be me?
There is no way.
I did not ask because I had feelings for her.
I was just curious...
about why she had said such a ridiculous thing.
How funny.
Nok Du... No, no.
Sister?
What are you mumbling to yourself so early in the morning?
What?
"Morning"?
How dare she stay out all night?
How dare she?
Gosh.
I am sore. Gosh, my back.
What am I doing this for?
I will let you have it,
honey.
You two are very much in love.
Aeng Du,
what did I say will happen to me if you call me that?
You told me that you will die.
Hey, little kid.
Do you even know what marriage is?
Yes, of course.
It is when you eat three meals a day,
have fun,
and always spend time with someone.
Yes, that is correct.
It is someone you will be with for the rest of your life.
So you should meet a great man who is upright and kind...
once you grow up in the future...
instead of a useless punk like him.
He is good enough for me.
Aeng Du, here you go.
Eat up.
Okay.
Is she planning to sleep outside again?
Let me go!
How dare you do this to me?
- Your Majesty. - Let me go!
I do not know anything.
What curse?
What conspiracy?
Let me go!
I am the Queen Dowager!
His Majesty gave us orders to escort you to the West Palace.
Let us go.
I want to see Prince Yeongchang.
My baby!
My child!
No!
Please let me meet His Majesty!
Please!
Brother!
Mother!
Will this be okay?
You will become a target to those who do not agree with this.
Decisions are always followed by consequences.
I will make sure I stay safe.
So do not worry.
My gosh.
Oh, goodness.
My back hurts so much that I cannot sleep.
You know what?
I do not need to sleep here. I can just sleep in the house.
Why did this have to happen while you were gone?
His Majesty purposely waited until I was gone.
He has been doubting me...
ever since the incident that happened on the island.
"The island"?
I will go first.
Borrow a horse from the gisaeng house...
and follow me.
Yes, my lord.
Was he the one who tried to kill us?
But he also mentioned His Majesty.
Why would the King be interested in us?
(20 years ago, A village in Gyeonggi Province)
Why did you have to be born on the 19th of November?
Why does it have to be today?
Your Majesty.
How did this tragedy happen?
No one shall find out...
about what happened today.
Jung Yun Jeo took...
my dead son.
I want you to get rid of them both.
Go.
I will report that you buried the dead baby...
and that I stabbed you,
and you fell into the river.
So live as if you do not exist.
Live like you are dead.
Mother.
Father will be here soon with medicine.
So please hang in there.
Where is the medicine shop?
Go that way.
Are you not Jung Yun Jeo?
Surely, you must be mistaken.
Yun Jeo died during the war.
But His Majesty seemed happy to hear it.
I want you to visit the Muweol Corps.
There is someone we need to find and kill.
- Pardon? - His Majesty will look for him too.
We must find him first at all costs. Do you understand?
Yes, my lord.
If His Majesty finds him first,
that will be the end of our great plan.
Who was that man?
And what does the King have anything to do with it?
What in the world is going on?
Let me turn on the light for you.
I am sure it will be fine.
No.
We must follow the rules.
Why are you so scared...
of the dark?
Who says I am scared?
I told you not to do that.
We just have to make sure they cannot see it from outside.
What do you think?
Even ghosts with good eyes will pass by our house.
Stop whimpering and go to sleep. It is quite noisy.
What? What is it? Go to sleep.
Do not be nice to me.
Why not?
- You should be nice... - Only to people I like?
People I am concerned about and keep thinking about?
Yes.
Like you and your lady.
I cannot hide it anymore.
You know what? I do not have...
I am going to sleep.
Love is like a cough. You cannot hold it back.
I am in big trouble.
I decided not to waste time on pointless things.
No, I will not.
I cannot.
Nice.
Look at you.
My gosh. How do I look?
- Here it goes. - Okay.
Is it in? Is it?
- You look nice. - Really?
You look beautiful.
What is the occasion?
Goodness.
It is Dano, the 5th day of the 5th month.
Dano, Dano,
Dano
Dano?
What do people do here on Dano?
It is all the same.
We pluck mugwort and motherwort.
- We pluck them. - We pluck them.
We wash our hair in the iris water.
- We wash our hair. - We wash our hair.
And at the market, the ladies and the men...
- go wild. - Go wild.
They go wild?
You know what it is.
Their eyes meet at the swing.
- And they share their feelings too. - Gosh.
Well, it has nothing to do with us though.
I see.
Even so...
- Dano, Dano, Dano, bright Dano - Dano, Dano, Dano, bright Dano
- Aeng Du. - Give me that.
- Dano, Dano - Dano, Dano
Today is Dano.
Yes, I know.
Let us go to the market and ride the swing tonight.
I need to tell you something.
I do not want to hear it.
Why not?
Hearing it will be pointless.
Do you know what I am going to tell you?
Yes. It is obvious.
But...
you will not even hear me out.
Is it because of Cha Yul Mu?
Yes.
Open your mouth.
Here. Open it.
Chew it slowly.
You can eat more?
I am not even close to being full.
Okay.
Eat it until you feel full. Here.
By the way, could you pack this up for me?
My brother also likes this.
- "Brother"? - Yes, my bro...
Sister!
Bro-sister?
I meant, sister.
Do not be so discouraged.
It is not over.
You still have a chance.
Do you really think...
it is not over yet?
Of course.
If we did not think so, why would we drink with you?
It has not been decided yet.
Are you already giving up?
I guess so.
It has not been decided yet. If I choose not to do it,
who will benefit from this?
What on earth is she talking about?
Hey, get up.
Let us go and wash our hair in the iris water.
No.
I had better go home.
Come with us.
No one will be in the village. Everyone will be on the mountain.
(Brewery)
Walk straight.
I am walking straight.
Goodness. What is wrong with her?
Do you want to look?
See? I am walking straight.
- No! - No!
I was walking straight.
What on earth happened to you?
I fell.
I am going to wash up.
Who are you?
I am sorry about that.
Lady Kim.
- Yes? - He has given me this...
to wish you a happy birthday.
Can you go home alone?
I cannot go in as I am a man.
I see. You too?
Goodness, why is this village so mean to men?
I can understand. Only women live in this village.
That is why I cannot see my father as much as I want.
And my brother became my sister.
I do not like anyone.
What?
What about the lady...
Did you lie to me?
- Yes. - Why are you telling me that now?
I like you.
That is why.
I made myself very clear.
I...
I know you do not like that jerk.
You say that you like him.
And it only makes sense that you do.
But I do not believe that you do.
What?
He said it cannot be concealed.
Yes, I could not conceal it.
And you have never coughed in front of him.
What are you talking about?
He might be looking at you,
but you are not.
You are looking at me.
Is that not true?
I do not wish to answer that.
Why do you keep asking me such questions?
You know nothing.
Yes, that is true.
I know nothing.
So...
So answer me.
Gosh.
(The Tale of Nokdu)
I guess you are traveling far.
There is a 60th birthday party.
We plan to raise a ruckus there.
They would never think that working women will be assassins.
Time is of the essence.
Tell Sook that we have fallen into a trap.
- It is hot. - Lady Kim?
The boss sent me here.
You must be plotting something again.
It has been a while.
Now, I can leave.
Do not go. Do not go.
I told you not to be clingy.
I will continue to be clingy.
So do not leave.