All language subtitles for A.Tree.With.Deep.Roots.S01E21_English

No, nyo, nu, nyu
Let us play while we're young

When you get older
No, you can't play anymore

Did you say...

my alphabet's like
an epidemic, Jeong Gi-jun?

It's the court ladies.

They're on the special mission.

Yes.

Just like an epidemic,

it will spread.

-A secret order?
-Do you think

the court ladies left with Haerye?

He probably did that
to avoid getting caught by us.

They will print Haerye
and give it out to each government office.

We must stop them.

We have to find them.

Spirits of the highest
and the lowest mountains.

The masters of the spirits.

Spirits of the biggest
and the smallest mountains.

Let us enshrine the spirits
in every single mountain and temple.

Geu, neu, deu, reu, meu, beu, seu,
eu, jeu, cheu, keu, teu, peu, heu.

A, ya, eo, yeo, o, yo, wu, yu,

eu, i.

That's when we give out this talisman
that has this chant.

Yes, and then we tell people

their wishes will come true
if they recite this chant

every morning and evening for 100 days.

Geu, neu, deu,

reu, meu, beu, seu,

eu, jeu, cheu, keu, teu, peu, heu.

-What are you doing?
-Can you really

learn the alphabet by reciting this chant?

You don't just memorize it like that.

You have to put it together
with the vowels right here.

You say geu, neu, deu, reu, once.

Then you say ga, na, da, ra.

Then you go, gya, nya, dya, rya.

Geo, neo, deo, reo,
gyeo, nyeo, dyeo, ryeo...

Like this?

-You're good.
-Good job.

Don't say that.

Anyway, can you really learn
all the letters by chanting this?

Yes.

Then we tell them to write their names
and bury it in the ground.

Goodness. This is strange.

What about the talisman papers?

I already ordered them.

You can pick them up tomorrow.

I'm meeting Chae-yun there tomorrow.

Tomorrow.

That looks good on you.

Gwe.

I brought the ingredients to make taffies.

Did you?

I'll go and get them ready.

What will you do now?

You never know,

so Mok-ya's team and we will use
different methods.

Mok-ya's team will spread it as a chant,

and we'll spread it as a song
to singing beggars

and children.

After that?

Then in about two days,

we'll teach them how to read and write
the alphabet under the guardian tree.

It's much easier to learn
if you already know it as a song.

Will you be able
to spread it quickly like that?

It has to spread among many people
within a short period of time.

Do you have a better idea?

Why don't you try this?

The court ladies

disembarked right here, at Ipo Port.

IPO PORT: A PORT IN YEOJU

They should have headed
to Chungcheong Provincial Office,

but they got off at Ipo Port?

Ipo Port is...

Ipo Port?

There are two temples there

that used to do woodblock printing
back in Goryeo days.

Yes. Hadamsa Temple
and Seonjisa Temple, right?

Search through the temples first.
Also, they need paper to print things.

Search through nearby paper mills
and paper shops to find them.

Yes.

Do you think Jo Mal-saeng

played a part in their escape?

If Jo Mal-saeng tortured them

they wouldn't be able to move.

If that's not the case,

it means Jo Mal-saeng is a part of this.

What's more important is this.

That Yi Do...

is not shaken...

even after...

his son's death.

Is that so?

Is that really true?

That's a threat.

It's not a threat.

It's kind of, like,

playing around a bit

with the psychology of people.

If that's not a threat, what is it?

No, we can't do that.

I mean, it's our mission
to spread them quickly and widely.

I thought that was our mission.

No?

You are

in a rush and feeling anxious.

Why?

Is it because
of what His Majesty promised?

Well, I...

It's... Fine, I won't deny it anymore.

Do you think I'm funny
because I'm so serious now?

It's not because you're serious.

It seems more like,

"Fine, whatever. This is annoying.

My head hurts, so just
take what I'm giving you."

How do you always see right through me?

So while we're on this page, Chae-yun.

I need your permission...

in order to distribute the alphabet.

My permission?

Jeong Gi-jun announced

that he will stop this alphabet
with his life.

Yes, he did.

So we need to work in two ways

to release the alphabet to the world.

It's distribution

and dissemination.

"Distribution

and dissemination"?

Even if it cannot be distributed
by the state,

we must still sow the seeds

of the alphabet among the people.

However, even if we sow the seeds,

if the Office for Hangul Publication
doesn't print books

or make the alphabet a part
of the state examination,

the seeds will get dried up.

Therefore, that is why
we must proclaim the alphabet officially.

If any of the two plans do not succeed,

the alphabet

may never get used.

Yes.

However,

why do you need

my permission?

I will be in charge of the distribution.
But the dissemination...

it has to be done by So-i.

It's a very dangerous job.

You must protect her.

And when her mission is finished,

you can leave...

with So-i.

Until then,

can you let her work for me?

Yes.

Yes, Your Majesty.

Your Majesty.

I also must ask

you two to promise me something.

If I end up

in a dangerous situation...

or end up dying while doing that work,

both Your Majesty...

and you, Ttolbok,

cannot waste any time...

looking for me.

That is

the case with me too.

Even if I end up dying,

you two must continue

to pursue your mission to the end.

No one's death...

should stop us...

from going our way.

Your Majesty.

Are you wondering

how you will proclaim the alphabet?

You are pretty much
sitting inside my head now.

Your Majesty.

Minister Jo Mal-saeng is at your service.

Did you want to see me?

-Minister Jo.
-Yes?

Do you know

what's written
on the letter of Secret Roots?

After Kang Chae-yun
handed them the letter,

Secret Roots began to move
more systematically in the Royal Court.

It probably has a list of names
signed by those people

who took part during
Secret Roots' establishment.

That means it hasn't been very long
since old members of Secret Roots

have taken part.

Why do you ask?

We must

proclaim the alphabet.

Then, what must be done to do that?

We need the approval of
the three state councillors to establish

the Office for Vulgate Publication
and the Office for Hangul Publication

and to include Hunminjeongeum
in the civil service examination.

Precisely.

The approval
of the three state councillors

does not mean
the three councillors' personal opinions.

They are in a position in which
they must always look out

to see what the sentiment
of the Royal Court is.

Yes, that's why Seong Sam-mun,
Park Paeng-nyeon, and I are

ferociously persuading
other government officials.

Of course, you should.

However, the problem is

Secret Roots.

You are correct.

Your deal was also called off

because of Secret Roots.

That's correct.

But there is no reason to think

that all the members of Secret Roots
wanted to call off the deal.

Jeong Gi-jun and the members
may hold a different position.

Jeong Gi-jun said
my alphabet is like an epidemic,

so he probably did not show
the alphabet to the members.

Also,

Gwangpyeong's death.

It's hard to believe
that all the members of Secret Roots

agreed to this.

They must be flustered to see

how he even killed the Prince
to stop some unknown alphabet,

instead of trying to establish
the chancellor system.

Secret Roots

have been split up...

between those who know
what the alphabet is

and those who do not.

And...

the letter of Secret Roots.

Yes.

I will come up with a plan...

based on the possibility of their discord.

How so?

Didn't you hear me? Let's do this.

Pardon?

Mu-hyul, did you not understand either?

No, I understood.

You can do that.

Okay.

In that case,

let us do that.

Did you understand him?

Yes, sort of.

Is His Majesty always like this?

Yes, well, sometimes.

What?

It was the court ladies
who escaped the palace on a secret order?

Yes, that's why

the entire Jeongmu Brigade was
given an order to find them yesterday.

In that case,
the King got Minister Jo involved

to let the court ladies escape,
and has fooled us.

I think that's the case.

SIM JONG-SU, SECOND COUNSELOR

He wasn't shaken
even by Prince Gwangpyeong's death,

and he's going to distribute the alphabet?

The Leader got fooled.

Yes. People are afraid
that the Leader may get shaken--

He would not be shaken.

I'm just telling you
what I've been hearing.

The Secret Roots elders,

when they heard
our Leader killed Gwangpyeong,

they started having other ideas.

The responsible people
of the Secret Roots like you and I

must think about the next phase.

Where are you headed?

I have to search through
the temples that can print,

as well as paper mills and paper shops.

Okay.

Report to me immediately
as soon as you find the court ladies.

Yes, I will.

It is completely absurd

how the Leader has murdered
Prince Gwangpyeong.

After that, His Majesty
has been showing a huge change.

If things get worse,

he might become more ruthless
than the late king.

I think so as well.

HYEGANG

But if we end up making a wrong decision,

we might end up getting cut off
from all Confucian scholars

and the Confucian Academy.

Cut off?

Young Confucian scholars
from the Royal Academy

are clearly following the Leader.

It's true that

the Leader has brought up many members
that we have no knowledge of.

Also,

they show an extraordinary loyalty.

There is only one man
who knows all of the members

of Secret Roots.

The Leader, Jeong Gi-jun.

Lord Yi Sin-jeok

just had a meeting with the elders.

At this rate,

Secret Roots will get divided.

Why don't you show everyone
what the alphabet is like?

We can show the alphabet
to everyone including Yi Sin-jeok,

and tell them how serious this is.

No!

The king's alphabet

must not be seen or known to anyone.

For now, stopping the distribution
of the alphabet

is more important
than stopping the division

of our society.

Master Yi.

Lord Sim Jong-su is here.

What brings you here?

Did you come

to a conclusion?

So,

what should we protect with our lives?

Is it Secret Roots

or Jeong Gi-jun, the Leader?

It's Secret Roots.

It's the chancellor system.

It's the scholar-officials.

And to do that,

I came to a conclusion that Secret Roots

must be separated from the Leader

who's overreaching himself
trying to stop the alphabet.

You are correct.

I am glad you made that decision.

However,

the current center of the Secret Roots

is young scholars of the Confucian Academy
that were brought up by the Leader

and young government officials.

We do not even know

which one of them are members.

It will be difficult for us

to take over Secret Roots.

Yes, that is why

we need two things.

What are those?

A list of all members in Secret Roots,

and for the Leader to appoint
a new leader.

Do you have

a plan?

Will you really do that?

That will cause an uproar
in the Royal Court.

It's not unusual

for the palace to be in an uproar

because of something that I do.

Your Majesty.

Do not worry about us.

It's also not unusual

for us to get harassed by the ministers.

Yes, Your Majesty.

Please do as you wish.

The Leader is only concerned
about stopping the alphabet.

And?

The Leader is looking for
Gwangpyeong's court ladies.

Court ladies?

-Why?
-His Majesty took out

the Haerye of the alphabet through them.

He's going to print Haerye
and distribute it through every office.

I see.

Therefore, the Leader is looking for
the court ladies and Haerye.

Are you suggesting...

that we find

Haerye before the Leader does?

We can use that to demand
what we want from him.

Right.

Before then,

you and I...

have to discuss...

Are you asking me...

if I'm interested...

in becoming the Leader?

Yes.

It looks like you do not really care
about the great cause of Lord Sambong.

You are correct.

I am

an old man now,
and this and that happened.

I do not have much interest
in holding a great cause anymore.

Therefore,

you can

keep upholding the great cause.

You can become the new Leader
and lead our society.

I will be satisfied

with being a state councillor

and following Secret Roots that you lead.

Don't look at me with such sconful eyes.

You will soon realize
the preciousness of men like me

after you lead the society as the leader.

Also,

you will realize

that people like me are more trustworthy.

That is why

His Majesty

has appointed me to an important position.

Lord Yi, this is Jang Eun-seong.
I will come in.

What is it?

His Majesty just ordered everyone
to come in immediately.

Everyone from Hall of Worthies too.

All eunuchs, court ladies,

and palace guards.

Take 300 steps back.

The historians have refused to come in.

I think it's actually better

for our discussion.

An apology. An announcement.

And an offer.

I will be doing

these three things today.

First of, an apology.

The deceased Huh Dam,

Yoon Pil,

Jang Seong-su,

and my son,

Prince Gwangpyeong.

And Jeong In-ji, Seong Sam-mun,
and Park Paeng-nyeon.

These are the members

of my secret society, Cheonji.

Members of Cheonji and I have been
creating the alphabet without telling you.

Goodness.

What many ministers

and scholars have said is correct.

It was clearly wrong for a king

to push ahead with this project...

behind his ministers' backs.

I apologize.

Your Majesty.

Next, an announcement.

Prince Gwangpyeong...

was not killed by Secret Roots.

Your Majesty.

Since his death was caused by my mistake,

I will not punish Secret Roots in any way.

Also, I will acknowledge

Secret Roots as a faction
which holds a different political opinion.

I wish to debate with them

and compete with them.

Your Majesty, that is impossible.

Therefore,

I am going to make an offer.

Come forward as a member of Secret Roots,

and come to the front yard
of the Royal Court.

Your Majesty, this cannot happen.

Secret Roots are rebels that went against
the moral principles of a human being.

They also have killed people.

You need to differentiate more clearly.

Yoon Pyeong, who did the actual killing,

and Jeong Gi-jun,
who was behind the murder,

will be punished

for murder.

Your Majesty, this is not just murder.

They have committed treason.

What they have done wrong

is not going against my will

or going against my alphabet,

but murdering people.

If I were to punish someone
for breaking moral principles,

I could punish anyone and everyone.

Someone has already sent
an anonymous letter,

so I even have a list...

of a few members of Secret Roots.

However,

what kind of a weak king

would punsh them
for breaking moral principles

just because they have
a different viewpoint?

Isn't that right?

BREAKING MORAL PRINCIPLES WAS
PUNISHED MORE HARSHLY THAN MURDER

All right.

Once again, let me make my offer clear.

I will make sure

I proclaim the alphabet.

If you all agree,

it will happen in seven days,

along with the people at Gwanghwamun Gate.

My goodness.

Therefore, if Secret Roots wish to
stand against me by creating a faction,

they must come forward

until the day before the proclamation.

If you harm the proclamation
without doing that,

or if you get caught
as a member of Secret Roots,

everything that happens after that...

will only be your responsibility.

What do we do?

Councillor Yi.

His Majesty wishes to see you.

Your Majesty.

Third State Councillor Yi Sin-jeok
is at your service.

What do you think?

Pardon?

I made that announcement

to find the members of Secret Roots
in the Royal Court

and embrace them.

Minister Jo told me

to be suspicious of the closest people.

Councillor Yi.

Yes, Your Majesty.

I'd like you to take the post
as a chief state councillor.

Pardon?

Councillor Hwang...

wishes to resign because of his health.

Your Majesty.

That's something

that Councillor Hwang says every year.
I cannot take that.

He must keep his post.

I didn't think

you would accept it immediately.

Now, give it some thought.

Why did His Majesty want to see you?

He told me...

to become the chief state councillor.

-The chief state councillor?
-Yes.

It looks like

Councillor Hwang turned in
his resignation again.

I asked His Majesty

to take back his offer, but...

Are you saying

that I'm a member of Secret Roots?

As of now, you're the one
who represents their opinion the most.

You're on the front line

of the people
that are against the alphabet.

I can't help it
even if you think I'm Secret Roots.

I am

still against the alphabet.

Anyway,

have you seen

anything suspicious
about Second Counselor Sim Jong-su?

Sim Jong-su?

What do you mean?

You probably remember what he said...

at Yeonwoljeong.

That he met Scholar Hyegang?

However, that isn't enough--

There is something I have heard
from Councillor Yi as well.

That is why

I have been keeping a close eye
on Sim Jong-su.

Why was Minister Jo here?

What happened?

Don't you know how Choi Man-ri is?

He's probably talking to him right now.

Let me ask you frankly.

Are you...

a member of Secret Roots?

-Pardon?
-You and I

both have shown our opinions
in going against the alphabet.

So there is a good reason
that he is suspicious of us.

But if you truly are
a member of Secret Roots,

you should do as His Majesty said.

Why are you suddenly telling me this?

What did Minister Jo say--

I heard that...

Councillor Yi is also suspicious of you.

If anything shameful happens
to the Hall of Worthies because of you,

I will not let that slide
as a Deputy Chief Counselor,

who lost his scholars to Secret Roots.

Hello.

I heard you turned in
your resignation once again.

Do you think His Majesty will
let you resign this time?

Resign?

I haven't turned it yet this year.

What?

He said I was suspicious of you?

Yes.

It looks like Minister Jo told him that.

Jo Mal-saeng is just poking around

after His Majesty made that announcement.

I'm sure that's the case.

I hope

you didn't let that cheap trick get you.

Of course not.
If it did, why would I be here?

Yes, of course.

We have our own journey to take.

Yes.

I will be gone from the Royal Court
for a while to search for Haerye.

Please process my request for a leave.

Yes, of course.

I will.

Second Counselor Sim Jong-su
requested to take a leave

after he checked if Councillor Hwang
turned in his resignation.

I see.

He isn't a type who would run away.

Anyway, this incident caused
Sim Jong-su to take another move.

Keep a close eye on him.

Yes. I will send palace guards after him.

Did you meet with Lord Yi Sin-jeok?

What happened?

Is that true?

Yes. Lord Hwang has not turned in
his resignation this year.

Then,

why did His Majesty tell me that?

And it looked like
Sim Jong-su was confirming it it was true.

What? Sim Jong-su did that?

I hope you didn't let
that cheap trick get you.

Of course not.
If it did, why would I be here?

But,

Sim Jong-su did not tell me that.

In that case--

That man is...

That wretch!

We searched the printing houses,
but no one showed up.

We are about to search
paper mills and paper shops.

Whether they print or copy,
they will need papers.

Yes.

Starting now, you must
only contact me in secret.

I must get that before the Leader does.

What? Why?

I will...

take a different path than the Leader.

No.

The Leader has changed his path already.

Also,

it's not Yi Sin-jeok's path either.

Sim Jong-su has another plan.

Even if he does find Haerye,

he won't bring it to me.

What should we do?

Ask Taepyeong Guest House for help.

Taepyeong Guest House?

Whatever we do, we must get
that Haerye before Sim Jong-su does.

Have you heard from Kang Chae-yun yet?

No, not yet.

But...

What is it?

I'm not sure if I should tell you this,

but there were a few people

who asked me where Kang Chae-yun is.

The assistant section chief asked me,
and a few from the Hall of Worthies--

-Did you tell him?
-I don't know where he is.

Not at all.

Anyway, what is his mission?

It's none of your business.

Report back to me
as soon as you hear from him.

Yes.

Are they doing all right?

Ga, gya, geo, gyeo

I have nowhere to go now

I am now without a home

Go, gyo, gu, gyu...

Look at him over there.

Shouldn't you get going?

Yes, I should get going.

Tell Royal Guard Cho-tak
about how things are going here

to make sure they get an accurate report.

Okay.

And ask him about
how Geun-ji and Mok-ya are doing.

Goodness, all right. I'm not a kid.

You can eat this on the way.

Okay. I'll be back soon.
Just count to ten.

Bye.

Spirits of the highest
and the lowest mountains.

The masters of the spirits.

Spirits of the biggest
and the smallest mountains.

Let us enshrine the spirits
in every single mountain and temple.

Who is this?

I've never seen you before.

Who said you could
jump up and down around here?

How dare you!

Do not touch me with your dirty hands.

What? Dirty hands?

Don't stop me. I'll get you.

You fool.

Do you want to take
the miscellaneous examination?

You will end up

failing miserably.

What? Hey.

How did you know
I wanted to take that exam?

Wait, you were really studying
to take the miscellaneous exam?

-Yes, the miscellaneous examination.
-That's not all.

If you do not hold a rite,

your mother's leg won't get better either.

Wait, what? How did you know?

Wait, then

if I hold a rite,

can my mother get better?

My goodness.

She even knew about his mother's sickness.

-She must be really good.
-My gosh.

-She's talented.
-This is unbelievable.

This is a chant for the sky, land,
and the five elements.

It'll be useful if you chant this
by day and night in a special way.

If you don't,
it will be completely useless.

What's that special way?

Yes, exactly.

What is that special way?

Yes, tell us what that special way is.

How pathetic and foolish.

Goodness.

Today is not a good day.
Wait here with another family member

at the same time tomorrow
at the same place.

Then I will pass out this talisman

and the special way to chant this spell!

Half siblings--

A family member.

We have to bring a family member.

Mok-ya is really good.

That pig is having a lot of fun.

A lot of people will show up tomorrow.

Then we can give out
all the talisman tomorrow.

Are you going to the paper shop tonight?

Yes.

And I'll meet Chae-yun
to report on our progress.

Goodness, welcome.

Has anyone recently
placed a big order of papers?

I'm not sure.

Not a lot of people around here
need papers in bulk.

Oh, right.

There was someone
who ordered talisman papers.

They wanted hundreds.

Talisman paper?

Who were they?

You know, just some women.

No one ordered any papers,

but someone did place
a large order of talisman papers.

And the description

seems to fit those court ladies.

Talisman papers?

Those papers are

used to make talismans.

Yes. He said

they will come and get them tonight,
so Pyeong is on a stakeout.

Contact us immediately
when you hear from him.

Yes.

Talisman paper?

If they are the court ladies,

do you think they are trying to write
Haerye on talisman papers?

If not, is it to draw people's attention?

Or is it because people are used to
seeing those papers?

Used to seeing those?

Isn't that so?

The people don't read books
or exchange any letters.

The one thing they do have is a talisman.

Could it be?

What's wrong?

They ordered a lot of talisman papers,

and not papers for making books
or writing letters?

They weren't going to print anything.

Damn it.

Why haven't I thought of this?

Leader, what are you talking about?

What was the first book

Yi Do wanted to make with that alphabet?

It was Buddha's life story,
not a Confucian book

because the people were more used to that.

-Then--
-Yi Do...

is trying to use something

that the people trust
and follow the most easily.

Yes.

He's not sending printed materials
to offices to distribute his alphabet.

He's going to make the people
spread the alphabet themselves.

It may have spread already.

You must take in all the court ladies,

and collect everything

they have given out and are holding onto.

So are Yoon Pyeong and Mak-su
on a stakeout at the paper shop?

Yes. They will follow them
when they come to pick up the papers.

Is that so?

Please.

We must find it first.

Please get moving right away.

Do you have what we asked for?

Yes, it's right here.

Can you put it in here?

That's the royal guard.

They were getting talisman papers.

Starting now, you must
only contact me in secret.

I must get that before the Leader does.

There is an emergency with me.
Can you hide me in here?

Where are you going?

To Sinchanggol Village.

I'm headed that way too. Hop in.

It's all right.

Bak-po!

That must be Cho-tak.

Thank you.
I got here safely thanks to you.

Why are you so late?

Who is this?

That halfling

suddenly showed up.

What? The halfling?

I escaped thanks to him.

Anyway, pack up everything.
We have to run.

Okay.

All right.

What?

Goodness.

Lose the sword and kneel down.

Goodness, you should run. We got this.

Hurry up and run!

You can deal with these two.
I'll follow them.

What brings you

over here, my lord?

What do you have in the cart?

I caught the court ladies.

What are you doing?

Are you going against

the Leader's order?

What should I do?

Take them.

Second Counselor Sim Jong-su?

Do you think the court ladies
can be used as hostages?

If you're going to kill them,

do it.

Run.

It's just us two now.

You can go that way. I'll go this way.

Yes. I'll meet you
right under the tutelary tree.

Okay.

No one can help you.

Come quietly.

Hello.

If I were you,

I would rather run off
and tell your superior about this

rather than dying in my hands right here.

What do you think?

-Are you okay?
-I'm fat, so I'm fine. What about you?

Anyway, what's going on?

Shouldn't we find the court ladies first?

We should. Let's go.

Chae-yun!

What happened?

Are you okay?

Secret Roots suddenly raided on us.

I think they followed me.

I am sorry.

-Where are the court ladies?
-We did let them escape,

but I'm not sure
if they got caught or not.

Which way did they go?

Take that court lady
and go back to the hideout.

Also,

tell the Leader
what exactly happened here.

What should we tell him?

Second Counselor Sim Jong-su
has betrayed us.

Also,

the court ladies were divided up
in two teams.

-Do you understand?
-Yes.

I will find the missing court lady

and the other team.

You look frightened.

No way.

Goodness, you're so scary.

We should contact someone in Hanyang.

No, let's see how things go.

Let's think about what we'll tell him.

We have to find out

what Yi Sin-jeok wants to do with Haerye.

You think I'll torture you, right?

That's probably why you're scared.

But,

I don't do anything of that sort.

No matter what you do,

you won't get anything out of me.

Do you know what this is?

It's called Maehonje. It makes you feel...

really good.

What? Gyeon Jeok-hui was there?

I apologize.

Taepyeong Guest House? Why?

I'm not sure either. But if
Taepyeong Guest House is involved--

It's probably Yi Sin-jeok.

Chang Wei made a move
because of Yi Sin-jeok's request.

CHANG WEI: MING'S INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

Do you think she already left
this mountain with the court ladies?

They must go through Doljae Pass
to leave with hostages.

But no one passed by.

That means...

she's still somewhere around here.

What's your name?

Geun-ji.

Where's your hometown?

Anseong,

Gyeonggi-do.

Good, you're doing very well.

Let me ask.

Where is the Haerye of your alphabet?

It doesn't exist.

It doesn't exist? What do you mean?

I ask you again.

Where is Haerye?

Haerye never...

existed.

Do you think she's lying?

You cannot lie after you take Maehonje.

Then where are the other court ladies?

You know, So-i.

She is...

at Changamgol.

Changamgol?

Is that so?

I'm going to Changamgol right now.

Kill her, get rid of the body,

and then follow me.

Yes.

My gosh!

Hey, look at this! Look!

Look at this ribbon.

I don't know whose it is,
but it must be one of the court ladies.

Let's have another look. Go that way.

-Cho-tak, go that way. Okay?
-Okay.

Do you recognize me?
It's me, Second Counselor Sim Jong-su.

Wait...

Is she under Maehonje?

Did you use Maehonje on her?

Where is...

Haerye?

Haerye is...

in Changamgol.

She just said Haerye doesn't exist.

I'll go straight to Changamgol.

Then--

Isn't there a hut nearby
that was used for hunting?

Tie her up in there

-then follow me to Changamgol.
-Yes.

Haerye is

in Changamgol?

Excuse me, may I have a word?

Where is Changamgol?

Oh, Changamgol?

Keep going down this path.

Go over that mountain.
Then you'll see a huge guardian tree.

That's Changamgol.

Thank you.

What are to trying to do?

If you are lucky,

your people might find you.

Isn't this Geun-ji?

Why are you in here?

Where is Mok-ya?

Hey, are you all right?

Do you recognize me?

Stay with me.

Hey.

Hey.

Are you all right?

Kang Chae-yun.

-The royal guard.
-Yes.

What happened?

They are...

after Haerye.

That one person...

from Ming.

And Second Counselor Sim Jong-su.

They went to Changamgol to find Haerye.

What? Haerye? What's that?

Go over to Changamgol

and protect Haerye.

-Hurry.
-What do you mean?

Speak clearly. You have to speak clearly.

Right here?

By the way,

do you think kids can learn
the alphabet just by singing?

We need to help them
get familiar and used to it.

We should start teaching them
starting tomorrow.

Let's teach them their names first.
When I first learned the alphabet,

it was the coolest thing
to get to write my name.

Okay. Name. Let's start with that.

What are you talking about?

Someone from Ming and Sim Jong-su
are looking for Haerye?

What is Haerye?

Did So-i and Deok-geum
have Haerye with them?

I looked through everything,
and nothing was there.

And they went to Changamgol
to find Haerye?

What do you mean?

So-i is...

Haerye.

Haerye was never a book.

It has always been...

a person.

So-i.

So-i is in danger.

Subtitle translation by Eun-sook Yoon