(Episode 2)
There it is.
You are all dead.
- Goodness. - Oh, my.
- Gosh. - Look.
- Why is here? - What is going on?
- How did he get in here? - That's a man.
- What? - He's a man.
This is odd.
- Why do I only see women here? - My gosh.
- What is going on here? - Look at him.
- Why is he here? - Look.
- How did he get in here? - Goodness.
Why are you doing this to me?
You must have a death wish.
No, you must have gotten the wrong idea.
As if.
You must be here for a sly agenda...
because only widows live in this village.
- Get him! - No.
(Women Only, Village for Widows)
Darn it.
They banned men from entering the place,
but there are assassins inside?
I should just destroy...
No.
I would be dead even before I find their leader.
Are you sure this is the right way?
Yes, this is the only way...
to reach the village for widows.
How dare she?
The ceremony is right around the corner.
How dare she run away?
Your men are following Sung, right?
They are searching every nook and corner of the mountain.
It's highly likely that we'll catch him there.
Even if we miss him, he'll come here,
so do not worry.
Over there! There!
Please let me help you.
Please forgive me.
Are you all right?
No!
I am okay.
Who are you?
Dol Bok, are you all right?
- My lady. - Dol Bok.
Goodness.
Are you okay, my lady?
I am sorry.
You saved me, but we did you wrong.
My apologies, Master.
I thought you were trying to harm her.
Forget it.
You should not go to the village for widows.
Your father-in-law is waiting there.
Were you really planning...
to go there?
Do you not know that you will never see me again if you go there?
I would rather not see you forever...
than see you get hurt.
Why do you not understand me?
No. I will not let you go.
Well...
I do think there is a way.
Why are they not coming?
I hope they did not go somewhere else.
My lord, over there!
You wench!
You should think you're honored to sacrifice your life...
for your family. How dare you run away?
You will not be able to meet a peaceful death anymore.
Oh, my!
How dare you?
What is this?
Isn't this...
How dare you hit your father-in-law?
Who are you?
This is not my daughter-in-law.
Do forgive me.
She is lovely.
She is, indeed.
Especially from the back.
Goodness. Look at you.
I think we made a mistake.
- I will find another way... - Not at all.
You look very beautiful.
You just need to fix your gait and voice.
Right, your gait is a bit...
This is not much, but I would like to thank you.
That was not necessary.
Wait, I was not expecting anything in return for helping you.
Have I inconvenienced you once again?
Then...
However, I was taught that refusing a lady's hospitality...
was not something a man ought to do.
That is true.
All right. Let us go.
Goodness, that is pretty.
- Look at this. - It looks nice.
Thank you.
Who are you?
Well... I...
I am a member of the Kim family from Hanyang.
I heard that you helped widows who were on the run.
Is that so?
Come on in.
Come this way.
This village was formed during the Japanese invasion.
Widows who lost their husbands in the war...
came here in groups and started living here.
They told us to kill ourselves...
to preserve our families' honor.
They talked such nonsense.
But for whose benefit?
After living here for some time,
this place has turned into a nice village...
that even His Majesty approved of.
Do you not think so?
You're right.
- Goodness. - I'm dying here.
Do not worry.
Other than the entranceway you entered from...
and the way to the gisaeng house over there,
there are no other routes to this place.
Are all these ordinary-looking women...
in one team?
My goodness. You have quite a build.
You are the best wife material.
My mother's side of the family is known for their height.
I took after her.
- Yes. - I see.
There you are.
Hi.
We have a new widow.
She was chased all the way here from Hanyang.
- Goodness. - What?
Hello.
Do not be alarmed.
At times, there are some brazen men...
who try to sneak their way in.
But we, the Virtuous Women Corps,
catch every single one of them...
and send them on their way to the netherworld.
- We always do. - We always do.
- I see. - Leave those men up to us.
Lady Chun!
She is a new widow.
She is the head of the gisaeng house.
Hello.
Why is there a gisaeng house next to the village for widows?
The female energy is strong here,
so we thought it was an ideal place for a gisaeng house.
And now, the widows...
make alcohol and sew clothes for the gisaeng house.
And Lady Chun takes care of our village as well.
We are helping each other out.
Welcome.
She must be tired. Report this to the Vice-Curator...
and let her rest.
But we do not have a vacant place for her.
It will take some time to build a place for her.
How about letting her stay at your place for the time being?
Sun Nyeo, since you sleep alone, how about you take her?
- Sure, that sounds good. - That works.
No!
Well... So... What I mean is...
I refused because...
I feel utterly terrible...
to inconvenience you.
Come on, now!
It does not matter. We are both women.
No!
I cannot bear such a burden.
Did you not say the gisaeng house was next to the village?
May I sleep there?
What?
At our gisaeng house?
Will you be all right?
There will be many men.
It will be uncomfortable.
I am fine. It will only be for a few days. I will be okay.
All right. How about...
you share Dong Joo's room?
She has terrible sleeping habits but is quite a nice...
Stop crying.
This is so good.
- Come out! - It hurts!
It hurts!
Come here!
My lord.
- Please do not do this. - Come here!
No.
Let her go.
Dong Joo, stop.
You must want to die, do you not?
My lord!
- Goodness. - Goodness.
My lord, what brings you here?
I offered to give that girl a chance to become a true gisaeng.
But that lowly wench dared to refuse.
Look at this mess!
She is not an official gisaeng,
and she is merely 12 years old.
Bring Cho Sun to the main building.
My lord, for now...
What did you say?
You must be out of your mind as well.
You will not take her away!
My lord.
Do you not know that this is against the customs?
"Customs"?
I cannot believe you lowly wenches are talking about customs.
You are right.
What use is there for lowly women like us to mention customs?
However,
it is a different story for you.
I only said that because I was worried...
that someone so high and significant like you...
might lose your dignity because of a fleeting emotion.
Then how long do you expect me to wait?
You will have to wait for another 3 to 4 years.
All right.
I will wait.
Oh, my gosh.
My lord.
Will this do?
My lord, what are you doing?
It will take about 3 to 4 years...
for this much of her hair to grow back.
- My lord! - Why?
I do not want her...
to get snatched away by another man...
while I wait for her.
Or...
will you sacrifice your hair instead?
What do you think you are doing?
If the hair is what you want, I will give it to you.
Hair always grows back.
It cannot be more important than that little girl.
- My gosh. - Oh no.
What an arrogant brat.
Do you really want to die?
Hurry up and teach her a lesson!
- You little... - Is anyone inside?
- My lord. - My lord.
Byeon Hong. Ok Ran. Hello.
- My lord. - My lord.
Yes, what is it?
Everything will be fine.
Who are you?
I am sorry about that.
Are you okay?
Are you a caterer?
Let us say I am.
You must be very upset because of what happened.
I am glad you understand.
Look at what these witches have done to me.
These darn witches dared to cross an aristocrat!
Here.
Try it.
What is this?
Chew it well.
That will help you...
calm your anger.
My gosh, this is so bitter!
whatever tastes bitter is good for your health.
What do you say? Would you like another?
- Water! Water! - Where is the water?
Where is the water?
- Give me water! - Here you go.
- Drink up. - My lord, drink some water.
My goodness!
Oh, gosh.
I thought it was water.
But it was vinegar.
This is bad.
If you eat vinegar with what I just gave you,
it will turn into poison.
My lord, get on my back.
Out of the way! Move!
- My goodness! - My lord!
My lord, hang in there.
Does it really turn into poison?
I do not know. I have never had it before.
My lord, come inside.
Let us stop the fuss. Now, get back inside.
- Okay, ma'am. - Okay, ma'am.
I am sorry you had to see that.
- Your room is at the very end. - Okay.
I can find it on my own.
Look at this.
It's okay.
Follow me inside.
Oh, dear.
She really looks familiar.
I wonder where I saw her.
My goodness.
Well, I am finally here.
But she obviously will not tell me who gave the orders.
How am I going to find out?
Why would you do something like that?
Mae Hyang was only 13 years old when he took her.
But she came back dead, and that only happened a month ago.
How could I let him do that again?
So you cut your hair? You are a gisaeng!
I could not let him cut your hair!
I am not even an official gisaeng yet.
Are you proud that you are still a trainee?
Look at yourself.
He made me get so angry.
How could he mistreat us like that?
Who does he think he is? That ugly little jerk.
My goodness.
My gosh.
I will leave you to rest.
I heard you recently went outside.
Where did you go?
Do not get yourself in trouble.
Do you understand?
Okay.
Why did you do that?
I got really angry.
That ugly little jerk...
caused a ruckus at the gisaeng house.
I really adore this place.
Do not get involved again.
I cannot guarantee that.
You left behind a will and disappeared.
How could I not get involved?
I almost had a heart attack.
How could you leave this and just disappear?
Did you not care how worried I would be?
Did you forget our promise? You promised...
that you would not meddle in my life.
Am I also not allowed to worry?
If you keep doing this, I will just leave this place.
Okay, fine. I will stop.
You really have a way of shutting my mouth.
See you, then.
My gosh, what is wrong with you?
Let me check if she took anything.
Give me that.
Don't touch me!
- Just give me that! - My gosh, what are you doing?
My goodness.
I am sorry.
Why did you go through my stuff?
You...
You are the one who groped my top.
You touched my stuff without permission.
Did you see what was inside?
No.
But wait a minute. What are you doing in this room?
Lady Chun told me that I could stay here.
My gosh, I hate sharing rooms with someone.
Does she think I am happy that I have to share rooms with her?
But then again, I am the only one who sleeps alone.
So I guess she did not have a choice.
You are free to make yourself at home.
But if you touch my stuff...
I will not touch anything.
I will not touch a single thing that belongs to you!
What?
Hey.
I lost him because of you.
I guess you are also quite the unusual kind.
I am not following you.
Okay.
"This beautiful flower..."
"soothes my loneliness."
My lord.
What are you doing here?
"However, I dare say many feelings of my loneliness were blissful..."
"now that I have had the honor of witnessing the beauty of Korea."
You must have meant to say, "beauty enough to cause a downfall."
Well, are you teasing me because my hair looks different now?
I knew at first sight that you were the woman...
I have been looking for.
What...
What? Me?
What about her?
I will leave you to it.
- No. - Okay.
- I believe you are the new widow... - I cannot believe this.
who just arrived here today.
- I am not interested. - Goodness.
I used to have a very important position in Hanyang.
To comply with the royal command from His Majesty,
I have come to this village as its supervisor.
My position is of Class Nine. I am a vice-curator. My name is...
- Yeon Geun. - That is one useless position.
Wait.
I am going to touch your hand now.
I cannot go inside,
but I am in charge of everything that goes on in the village.
- Please let me know whenever... - I do not want this.
So you're in charge of the village?
Thank you.
This will help me befriend a lot of widows here.
I would like to be a very good friend too.
Lady, there is no need to feel shy.
Even if you get back at them, that will not lead you anywhere.
So...
you should follow the assassin and find the leader.
I found her.
I found you.
We have been looking all over for you,
so we could have an honest conversation.
I am not much of a talker. I would like to decline.
I bet it must be tough.
Come with us.
Go where?
Taking a bath together is the best way...
to be friends.
"Taking a bath"? That is ridiculous.
How could women bathe together?
I am very shy.
- We were shy at first too. - That's right.
My goodness, we're all here together.
- Let us go. - Let us go.
- I am very shy. - Wait up.
- You are loving it. - Just join us.
I told you I did not want to bathe.
- Come on. - I am very shy.
- We are neighbors, are we not? - Goodness.
Hey, hey.
I have been looking for you.
You and I...
were supposed to go to that place together.
Together...
Where were you planning to go?
Pardon?
I have been feeling itchy because of my hair.
So I was going to take a bath.
- Come on. All right. - Oh, no.
Let us get going.
No, no! I cannot do this!
- Let us bathe! - No!
I cannot!
Please put me down.
Homage to the Amitabha Buddha, homage to the Amitabha Buddha.
I think I should get going.
Goodness!
I cannot...
I think it is better for me to skip this one.
How come?
Well...
Actually, I have a skin disease.
This water is medicinal.
It will cure your disease.
Please go into the water.
Well, the thing is...
I drowned once when I was young. I have bad memories of water.
Only weak people avoid their problems.
Face your fear and overcome it.
Goodness.
Come join us in the water. The water is clean here.
No, that is not what I meant.
Gosh, you are way too shy. All of us are women here.
No, no.
I cannot...
Oh, no! It's cold.
Isn't that refreshing?
I knew you would come in.
Hey.
That little...
(We thank Lee Ho Jae, Park Chul Min, and Jung Yi Rang...)
(for their guest appearances.)
(The Tale of Nokdu)
So hear me out.
"Really?" "No way."
It's something you cannot say it yourself.
You must have something you want other people to talk about.
Are you Jung Yun Jeo?
I am certain that it was Jung Yun Jeo.
Do you remember the day when Yun Jeo died?
He died after he had buried the baby.
That is what you told me, correct?
It's itchy because I cannot change my clothes.
Move down a bit. Just a bit.