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(Episode 5)
Let us begin.
I will go and see what it is.
No.
I will go.
Gosh.
Oh, my.
So...
Darn it. Come here!
Hold on.
Come here!
Be quiet!
Wait...
Dong Joo.
What are you doing here?
Well... We were just...
I was getting my hair trimmed.
That is right. I was trimming it.
You did not trim it. You ruined it.
Lady Kim, what is wrong with your face?
She was going to put makeup on me.
We heard a man's voice from this room.
Was it...
I made a mistake while using these scissors.
Were you the one who made that sound?
I was in so much pain.
I am truly sorry.
We should go back to our room to apply some salve.
Yes, we should.
Goodbye, then.
Oh, dear.
(The Tale of Nokdu)
- Darn it. - Goodness.
- Come here. - Hey!
Do you not remember me? I saved your life in Hanyang.
You pretended to be a man as well. Should I tell Lady Chun about it?
What is this? Have you been tailing me all the way from Hanyang?
No, our routes just overlapped.
Imagine how shocked I must have been...
to find a man's gown and headband in a gisaeng's room.
And I recognized them.
You told me that you did not look through my bag!
I did not look through it.
I just saw them by coincidence.
You little...
- You... - Come on, now.
- Goodness. - Dong Joo.
Hey. Good luck.
- Gosh. - Hey.
Darn it.
Have you checked all the nearby islands?
Yes, Your Majesty.
I did, but I could not find him.
You have not found any leads?
I did find a peculiar place.
All the inhabitants on that island were women.
They were all women?
It is cold outside.
Have you come out for a stroll, Mother?
The weather is not too cold just yet.
But it may be frigid for our young Prince Yeongchang.
Are you not cold?
No... No, I am not,
Your Majesty.
You must be careful at all times.
It would be terrible if you caught a cold.
When it comes to misfortunes,
they come all of a sudden without a warning.
Let us go.
Are you sure you saw a man?
He was covered in a black cloth, so I could not see him clearly.
If he has witnessed anything, that would be troublesome.
I doubt he saw anything since it is impossible...
to enter the shrine.
He may come back,
so strengthen your security.
Yes, we will.
What happened?
It is nothing. Let us begin.
His Majesty is becoming more anxious...
because of Prince Yeongchang.
That is right.
Since the Crown Prince passed away, his position is vacant as of now.
Of course, he is anxious.
He is getting rid of those...
around Prince Yeongchang for plotting treason.
One of us could be next.
Before the investiture...
I was going to wait...
until Prince Yeongchang grew up.
But I do not think we have time.
Then what do you plan to do?
We must begin the revolt sooner than expected.
You had plans to meet your beloved woman here?
- Yes. - I see.
But in this state?
Did it have to be like this?
After my lady was widowed,
her family wanted her to commit suicide.
That is why we fled together.
While running away, we got separated.
Since I was still being chased,
I had no choice but to do this.
When will she come?
Soon. She will come in a few days.
She will surely come.
Once she comes, I will leave with her. I will.
What a disgusting scumbag.
I cannot believe I wanted to treat you like an older sister.
That is why I said I could not be your older sister.
By the way, I feel offended to be called so.
I took good care of you.
As if.
Yes, that is it.
My back.
You touched my back!
Hey! You asked me to.
You should have refused.
You touched me too.
Where?
See? The more we talk about this, the more uncomfortable it gets.
So do not ask any questions and give me a few days.
I will disappear like smoke.
I promise.
Darn it.
I am sorry about many things.
Since I am sorry, I will sleep outside for the night.
Freeze right there. You are not going anywhere.
Stay by my side.
Hey. I...
I am in love with my lady.
Have you gone insane?
They all think you are a woman, so do not try to do anything.
What do you mean?
Stop treating me like a pervert.
During your stay here,
you better never dream about leaving my sight, got it?
Then what?
Do you want us to sleep in the same room?
Goodness, Lady Kim.
You say that you are different,
but your actions tell me...
that you are a filthy punk, do you not think so?
No, I... I was just on my way to the bathroom.
Okay, I will go. I will go back inside.
My gosh, I need to go outside again.
Do you not sleep?
No, I do not sleep.
I am going to keep an eye on you all night.
My gosh.
A group of men...
gathered at a place where only women live.
They are the leaders.
And one of them must have given the orders.
Are they conspiring something?
But I wonder why they tried to harm my family.
Exactly. It was unlike us to do such a thing.
Who made that order?
That is something...
only the boss would know.
They get orders from their boss...
and are not aware of the details.
They are unnecessarily systematic.
In order to find out who the boss is and who those men are,
I need to approach the ladies.
That filthy punk...
was afraid of getting caught by the widows,
so he ended up coming to our gisaeng house.
He came here?
My goodness.
Do you really think he did something bad?
It is true.
He entered the village for widows a few days ago.
And he got kicked out after getting a good beating.
But he failed to learn his lesson and went back there again.
My goodness, what a disgraceful punk.
So Lady Chun and the vice-curator...
are going to hand out a sketch of that man.
Oh, a sketch?
So there is no need to be afraid.
We will be able to catch him if we all cooperate.
That is good news.
That is good to hear.
What are you doing here?
Hey, did you hear?
- Last night... - Tell me later.
- Let us go. Come on. - What?
She is worried because I did not have breakfast.
She cares for me so much.
I told you not to go anywhere!
What is this?
I was just kidding, but you really got me breakfast.
Do not get mistaken.
I did not make breakfast for you.
But what is this seaweed soup?
You could not have known that it is my birthday today.
- Is it your birthday today? - Yes.
The only thing my dad told me...
was the day I was born.
Hey.
Are you not going to have the soup?
I do not like seaweed soup.
I do not hate it enough to give it to you.
They say you can pay back your debts by being kind to people.
But you are probably indebted to people instead.
I am not indebted to anyone.
That will never happen.
You never know.
Look at me.
- I am... - Exactly.
You are a man who is dressed up as a woman,
and you even hit on the gisaengs.
I did not hit on them.
Do not deny it.
Then why did you go talk to them...
as soon as you woke up?
I wonder if your lady knows how perverted you are.
"Perverted"?
I was just talking to them.
Am I not even allowed to talk?
Oh, I see. Then you should go ahead...
and say that to your lady as well.
My lady is not as twisted as you.
Dong Joo
Eat up.
You too.
Dong Joo.
Our dance practice will soon begin.
Lady Chun asked you to come.
Okay.
Should I help you?
I am really good at cutting hair.
Can you please just go alone?
I need to do something.
Cut the nonsense.
I told you not to do anything...
And you told me not to go anywhere.
I know you desperately asked me to stay by your side.
Do not say it like that.
Will you please trust me just this once?
Okay, let us go. Come on.
I will go.
Dong Joo.
Stop.
Try again.
Spread your arm out like this.
Spread it out.
So you are saying he is a disgraceful punk...
who keeps entering the village for widows...
and the gisaeng house?
Yes, that is correct.
Do you not think...
that you have seen him before?
I am not sure. Maybe he was here as a guest.
Oh my goodness.
I will search the hill.
- You should... - My goodness.
I heard they caught that disgraceful punk.
My goodness, I heard...
a widow ran into him.
- Let us go see that man's face. - Let us go.
My goodness.
Where did you meet him?
Did you have a fight with him?
Is that how you got hurt?
Tell us what happened in detail.
It is too embarrassing.
- Come on. - Please.
Calm down, everyone.
Did he try to harm you?
It happened a while ago.
I went to the hill to take a walk.
And that man suddenly started to approach me,
so I ended up...
You did a shoulder throw on a man?
And that is when he suddenly took out his knife.
- My goodness! - Oh, gosh!
This is so upsetting.
It is very embarrassing, but I thought...
I should tell you ladies so you could catch him.
Where did he run off?
He went to the neighboring village.
Was it this man?
Yes, it was him.
He was wearing an indigo gown...
- and a hat... - That jerk wore a hat.
It must be him.
"Jerk"?
But...
he did seem...
a lot more good-looking than the sketch.
Or maybe not.
By any chance,
would you happen to have an ink stick and a brush?
How dare he run away? I should just finish him.
Gosh, but this is the only time I can go to the mountain too.
Dong Joo.
This is what you asked me to get the other day.
You barely put on makeup.
Why do you collect rare combs and cosmetics?
You do not even have the money for them.
Mind your own business.
Are you sure this is rare?
Of course. I bet...
even the court ladies in the palace will not have that.
What is it? What is that for?
- You do not need to know. - Tell me.
Since he got a cut on his face,
he would have definitely looked like this.
Yes, the cut on his face looks very unique.
I am sure you can easily spot him wherever he is.
Thank you. This will be very helpful.
All right.
We will go and visit the neighboring village.
Let us join you.
No.
This is dangerous. Please stay here.
Yes. Just trust us on this.
I was...
right about you.
Once I come back,
let us discuss your future here.
My future? Why?
Join the Virtuous Women Corps...
and protect the village with us.
No, no. I do not need to.
- My gosh. You are the best. - This is great.
- We believe in you. - We believe in you!
Please catch him!
- I like where I am now. - Please get him!
- I do not need to do that. - Good luck.
That is indeed strange.
How could you go up against a man? You are just a woman.
There were a lot of generals in my mother's family,
so I used to play with a wooden sword...
with my brothers and my parents used to scold me.
I cannot sew for the life of me, but I like using my strength.
By the way, are you all going somewhere?
- We are trying to catch that punk. - We were on our way...
to gather firewood.
You must go and see a physician first.
I can just lick this wound, and it will all be better.
By the way, I am pretty good at axing.
I can help you with that. It is that way, right?
- Wait, wait. - Hurry.
What is this? Are we really going to gather firewood? Seriously?
We cannot go to the neighboring village...
in a group like this.
And we do need some firewood.
- I will head out to catch him. - Okay.
It is broad daylight. A lot of people will be watching.
Be careful.
Can you let me skip it today? I have a lot of work to do.
I am so exhausted right now.
I will never have a chance like that again.
Is there anything else than this?
Let us stop watching her and get to work.
That tree over there looks sturdy. I will go and ax that tree.
- Okay. - Okay.
She is something else, is she not?
Let us just tell her the truth.
Do not be so rash.
We do need more people.
Being strong is not the only factor.
Right.
Let us focus on tomorrow's project.
Be at the brewery at three o'clock.
Okay.
You are planning something for tomorrow night?
I ought to join them then.
Darn it. Oh, no.
Darn it.
I think we have enough.
I will go and get Lady Kim.
Okay.
We will wrap up here.
Goodness.
All right. Okay.
Lady Kim.
Lady Kim. Are you over there?
Dong Joo.
Hey. Dong Joo.
Help me out.
Goodness, you cannot get more humiliating than this.
Why did you take off your clothes? It is nasty.
I did not do it on purpose. I was axing the trees...
Hey, take off this for me.
You lunatic.
No, you got the wrong idea.
Hey. Help me out just this once.
I am begging you. Please.
Hey, that is not how you ask someone for a favor.
Call me Lady Dong. Go ahead.
Lady Dong. Please.
Lady Kim, we should head down now.
- What should I do? - What was that?
What? Go over there.
Lady Kim, let us get going now.
Darn it.
This way. Go that way. Hurry up.
Lady Kim?
Lady Kim.
Hello.
What are you doing there?
I came here to practice dancing,
but it is such a hot day today.
I convinced Lady Kim to have a bath with me.
You two had a bath together?
Yes. We scrubbed each other's back several times.
She is an excellent scrubber. It feels great, you know.
Right, right. She is indeed strong.
What do you say? Would you like to join us?
What?
Will you join us?
No.
We must head back to the brewery. Take your time.
Okay. Bye.
Cover yourself with this.
You cover yourself up. I do not want to see that.
So...
you came here to practice dancing?
What?
Yes.
Well, why would I come here if not for that?
I see.
Right. You do need to practice.
A lot.
A lot, indeed.
Darn you.
I mean, is this that hard?
So it looks easy when you watch, does it not?
You should try it. Once you do, you will know it is very difficult.
Goodness.
Gosh.
I will be your daughter if you can pull off even one dance move.
Hey, my daughter.
Seriously?
Did you learn to dance?
No. I saw you practice earlier.
You can dance like that after seeing it just once?
Yes. Can everyone do the same?
I already did not like him,
but I hate him now.
Hey, do you want me to teach you?
Do not try to fool me.
Stand up.
Okay. Stand here.
Watch me.
Have this edge move from outside to inside.
Open it up gently as if you are striking it.
Try it.
Okay. Good job.
All right.
Have the fan blade on your arm.
Stretch out your left hand too.
From this pose, move your fan...
this way.
Move the fan in front of your face as if you are stroking it.
Make a big circle.
After that,
bring it down to the side.
Turn to your left again.
After your turn,
raise your fan upward.
To the side.
Just like this.
Lower it now.
Do not count the beat.
It will confuse you even more.
Actually, use your breathing instead.
Look.
As you lift your left foot,
inhale.
And turn to your left.