All language subtitles for The tale of Nokdu E06

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-My Iord, it is not what you think,
-Come outside,

Let me expIain.

Come outside right now!

That feeIs nice,

I feeI refreshed
now that my hair is cIean,

-I feeI great,
-My gosh,

That was nice, was it not?

Yes, it was.

Lady Kim,

Yes.

I was just about to go to bed,

-Come out for a moment,
-Is he nuts?

We need to give you something,

My goodness, we are practicaIIy a famiIy.

-I wiII kiII him,
-We can just

go inside ourseIves,

You are right, Let us go inside,

Lady Kim, we are going in,

No, I wiII be right out. Just a minute,

Did Dong-ju come home?

She was outside aII day,

Yes, she came home, She is sIeeping.

We brought you some caIamus.

You and Dong-ju shouId
wash each other's hair tomorrow

-and make up with each other,
-Okay, we wiII,

Why fight over a man?

It is aII useIess, Lady Kim.

I apoIogize for what happened.

You must aII be tired,
You shouId get some sIeep,

What? No, we are not tired at aII,

No, you shouId go,
Go to your rooms and sIeep,

-We are fine.
-My goodness,

-Dong-ju is fast asIeep,
-But.,,

My goodness.

So that is why you Iet him hide the fact
that he is a man?

Yes.

He wiIl be gone soon,
so pIease do not teII anyone,

Do us a favor,

Then why.,,

-Why were you two--
-It was an accident,

-He sIipped,
-You expect me to beIieve that?

-I trust you, but not him,
-lt was not an accident.

Be quiet.

I know you think him
as a reckIess and shameless fooI,

-Hey.
-But

he does not mean any harm,
so do not worry,

Are you worried about him?

If peopIe find out he is a man,

I wilI also get in troubIe
for heIping him.

I am worried about myseIf.

So pIease do not teII anyone
and just leave,

If you stay, it wiII put us in danger,

l resent you.

You know very weII
I cannot say ""no'' to you,

-FoIIow me,
-What are you doing?

Then are you going to sIeep with her
in the same room?

That is up to us to decide.

Stop it,

I wiII sIeep at the kisaeng house tonight,

-Wait a second.
-Darn it,

Wear this,

Hurry,

He does not have a mistress whom he Ioves?

Gosh, whatever,

How can we sleep with the Iights on?

My goodness, you startled me.

-About--
-I wiII kiII you if you mention the kiss.

-Then who--
-And do not ask me whom l Iike,

-Then what--
-And stop asking about the cough.

You keep saying things
I do not understand,

WiII you pIease Iet me taIk?

Why are you not asking me anything?

I toId you I do not have a mistress
whom I Iove.

l Iied to you.
The woman I met in Hanyang--

Forget it, I am not curious,

Why not? Why are you not curious?

Because unIike what you think,
I do not have feeIings for you,

-You are Iying,
-No, I am not,

Hey,

Are you angry that I kissed you
without your consent?

No.

That is no big deaI. It was just a kiss,

You are being so harsh.

I feIt it. I bet you aIso felt--

You have never dated anyone
in your entire life, have you?

What?

Yes, I have. You are wrong.

I have dated tons of women
back in my hometown,

What are you taIking about?

Yes, I am sure you have dated
a Iot of women.

-In your dreams,
-You IittIe,,.

It expIains why you are
being deIusional and absurd.

""DeIusionaI and absurd""?

Yes. Now, if you got the message,
stop bothering me.

I came to teIl you this,

She thinks I am a bother?

Please!

Let me see my mother!

Once I exit that gate, I wiII never
be abIe to see my mother again!

So pIease,,.

Mother!

Mother,

-Mother!
-Your Highness!

Your Highness!

No!

Your Highness!

Did he not cry a Iot?

He became caIm after passing the gate.

I heard many peopIe waiIed

for my poor brother.

I wonder if they did the same
when I went through alI those hardships,

I waiIed for you, Your Majesty,

Yes, you were the onIy one.

Even my own father
did not acknowIedge me as worthy,

And he even Ieft behind a brutal wiII.

If you had not
gotten rid of it beforehand,

the throne would not have been mine,

Therefore,

you are the one person

I trust unconditionaIIy,

Do you know that, Yun?

I am

extremeIy gratefuI, Your Majesty.

A secret letter written by the late king.

So the rumors were true.

They why did you not make a move earIier?

6 YEARS AGO

His Majesty took the throne
very unexpectedIy,

and the Grand Prince was too young,

So we were waiting for the right moment,

However, you were one step ahead of us,

You wiIl get punished for treason,

There wiII come a day
when you utterIy regret

taking that Ietter from me,

You are.,,

He is His Majesty"s firstborn son,

He is growing up to be
a smart and honest man,

Now that His Majesty has taken the throne,

it is time to take him back
to where he beIongs.

-No, that cannot happen,
-Why?

He has become the King,

So there is no reason for His Majesty
to be nervous anymore,

DETHRONE THE CROWN PRINCE

AND MAKE GRAND PRINCE YEONGCHANG
THE NEW CROWN PRINCE

What is this?

Today, I punished the man
who hid this Ietter,

So what do you think?

Do you think His Majesty does not need
to be worried anymore?

I cannot beIieve this,

And we do not know why His Majesty
made such a decision that day,

His Majesty may have taken the throne,

but what if that does not soIve anything?

Then you, me, and that kid

might end up dead,

So do not get your hopes up
and just go back to your hideout,

If you show up before me one more time,

I wiII not be abIe to show mercy,

My lord.

What do you mean Yun-jeo disappeared?

The MuwoI Corps standing guard
are alI dead.

Find him, Find him no matter what.

Did you bring the dead bodies
of the MuwoI Corps that were there?

No.

The dead body inside
was found at the widow viIIage,

There were signs of torture.

The man who hid near the widow viIIage

probabIy kiIIed her
and ran away to Hanyang,

What if he found something
by torturing her?

I want you to quietIy find the boy
and gather the MuwoI Corps,

Let us get rid of the locaI functionary

and bring back the Grand Prince,

Yes, my Iord,

You found the boss?

Not exactIy, but I think I can guess
who the boss is.

Then wait until the boss shows up
and beat the Iiving souI out of him.

It is not that simpIe,

He taIked about the isIand,
so it has to be him.

Yes?

But I think he is getting orders
from someone eIse.

Who is that darn feIlow?

Let us teach that guy a Iesson, too.

-The King.
-What?

""The King""?

The King of Joseon?

His Majesty?

-Yes,
-Watch what you say!

I know it is difficuIt to stay here
dressed Iike a woman.

But do not taIk nonsense
with a straight face Iike that,

lt hurts me to see you go crazy.

I know it does not make sense,

But

what if my father is
actuaIIy acquainted with His Majesty?

What if he is an aristocrat?

What if he was Iiving on that isIand
because he did something bad?

And what if I am onIy stirring things up?

Something bad?

Treason?

''Treason""? My father?

No.

No, it cannot be.

My mother told me

that it was because of me,

No, you are probabIy mistaken.

Your father wouId never pIot treason,
He is the most honest man aIive.

He wouId never,

Anyway, l shouId not do anything rash,

So I wiII Iook into it more,

Yes, it is important to be sure.

By the way,

your eyes are swoIIen,

You look Iike a guy who got heartbroken
and cried alI night,

-My gosh, that is nonsense,
-Let me see,

Master, where is Aeng-du?
I have not seen her since Iast night,

Aeng-du?

She keeps saying things I do not get
and wiII not stop crying.

I forgot to caII him my sister.
I totaIIy forgot,

I shouId have caIIed him my sister.

He is my sister! He is my older sister!

-Yesterday, I was--
-That is enough.

Did you beat him?

Did you beat him aIready?

Is my brother dead?

Then beat me, too! Do the same to me!

Are you sure?

Okay, fine, Let us go now.

Oh, my goodness! Father!

Father, l am going to die! Father!

Father!

Where in the worId is Aeng-du?

She is nowhere to be seen.

Where are you going?

-Off to work,
-To do Iaundry?

I guess not,

I wiII be working in the kitchen
at the kisaeng house starting today,

Father,

Are you not going to beat me?

If you are gone,
who wiII be here to taste my food?

Then what about my brother.,,

I mean, my sister?

There are two ladies
whom he is trying to protect.

So I decided not to beat him up for now,

Instead, wiIl you do me a favor?

First, go ahead and fiII your stomach.

I wiII ask you once you are fuII,

Gosh,

Do not go.

You know nothing
about working in the kitchen.

Do you not know why he wants you
to work in the kitchen? lt is obvious,

You are so naive,

So he could separate the two of us.

I guess you know.

So do not go,

I need to pay you back my debt,

I wiII give you a discount, Do not go,

l toId you to stop being so cIingy!

No, I am going to be cIingy,

-What?
-You said you do not like me,

And l am fine with that,

But you see,

l wiIl make you Iike me.

So do not go to him.

How are you going to do that?

Hey!

What is the matter with you?

You are making me feeI very uncomfortabIe,
so just go,

Go on,

I wiII do as you asked

and act Iike I do not know anything
for your sake,

But are you going to keep

sIeeping in the same room?

What do you take me for?

The IittIe kid is staying with us,
so stop asking me that,

You are worried for nothing,

Okay.

But I have a question,

You said you Iike someone,

I heard you Ioud and cIear.

So teII me,

Is it him that you like?

Of course not. I have eyes, too,

Yes, of course,

He is not a IikabIe felIow,

Then,,.

Is it.,,

Is it me?

No.

I just got drunk
and said something I did not mean.

You did not have to deny it so strongIy,

Gosh,

I might as welI just beat that weaseI up,

Darn it,

Hey, sister. What are you doing?

Gosh, you startIed me,

Were you badmouthing my sweet Lord Cha?

What?

''My sweet Lord Cha""?

I am sorry about how things turned out,

I reaIly couId not heIp myseIf,

Aeng-du,

What are you taIking about?

I thought about it,

When you get married,

you have to eat with your spouse
three times a day untiI death do you part.

And if that is the case,
I figured he wouId be a better choice.

I apoIogize.

Hey, Aeng-du,

He is weII-buiIt, so kind.

He is aIways smiIing at me,

He exactIy is the kind of man
that Dong-ju toId me I would find,

There is no doubt about it.

Gosh, that IittIe,.,

My gosh, Lord Yeon.

My goodness.

No, wait,

-That is sweet,
-Let me pour you another gIass.

So are you teIIing me

that you are Iike a father to Lady Kim?

Yes, of course,

I practicaIIy raised her myseIf,

Master, I mean, Father.

WiII you pIease heIp me?

I am wiIIing to do anything

to win Lady Kim"s heart.

My goodness, reaIIy?

Let me go first.

I am a professionaI
when it comes to wooing women,

But of course,

that is onIy the case
when the other person is a woman,

Anyway,

the secret to winning a woman"s heart,.,

-The secret?
-What is it?

What is the secret? Oh, gosh,

This is embarrassing,

You need to be indifferent
but kind at the same time,

That is the secret, Let me expIain,

For exampIe, when you help her
with something,

say, ""You cannot even do this?

You might as weII
just go and kiII yourseIf!""

And then,

heIp her as if you have no other choice.

My goodness.

Just go kiII yourseIf
if you cannot carry this yourseIf!

What?

Gosh, it is okay. What are you doing?

I wiII do it myseIf,

l am helping
because I have no other choice,

My goodness, Hey!

-Who taught you this nonsense?
-It is not nonsense,

It wiII make you think of me at night.

I am indifferent yet kind.
You wiIl find me attractive,

-Goodness.
-My gosh,

What is with that Iook?
You said you do not Iike me,

What? How did I Iook at you?

Like this,

Where are you going?

It is none of your business.

Do not be Iate,
Come home for dinner, okay?

Do you hear me?

My goodness,
she never listens to her mother.

You think we should use
the magistrate of Ganghwa IsIand?

WiII the peopIe not oppose?

Many peopIe stiII care
about the Grand Prince.

We wiII not give them a reason to rebeI,

So do not worry, Your Majesty.

And

it wilI be better for us
if peopIe cause a fuss,

It wiII be a chance for me to find out

who couId possibIy betray me.

Lee ln-woo, the local functionary,

is the one who sent
the Grand Prince into exiIe.

Tomorrow, his father is having
his 60th birthday party.

I heard he onIy invited
famiIy and close reIatives.

He must have been worried

that there might be kiIIers
among the guests.

But he wiII never expect them to be
the working Iadies there,

A totaI of seven incIuding me
and Jeong-suk wiII head to Hanyang.

And once we are done,

we wiIl ask around about DeuI-re.

Okay, Then shouId I foIIow the rest
to Ganghwa lsland?

PIease Iet the others know.

Okay.

My goodness, the entire MuwoI Corps
wilI be out of the viIIage,

He is a better choice?

I cannot beIieve,.,

Cha YuI-mu, that jerk,

She Iikes food better than me.

Are you going somewhere far away?

Someone is holding
a huge 60th birthday party in Hanyang,

And we are going to make a scene.

Hanyang? Let me heIp you Iadies.

No, it is an important and dangerous task.

Hanyang is in a mess right now,

His Majesty apparentIy sent
to Ganghwa IsIand--

You brat, You taIk too much.

What did His Majesty do?

You do not need to know,

Take care,

Have a safe trip.

Ganghwa lsland and his Majesty?

I got a Ietter saying the MuwoI Corps
are on their way,

Is everything ready?

Yes, my Iord,

Lord Lee's famiIy is busy
getting ready for the party,

so it wiII not be hard to bIend in.

Okay.

You must be up to something again,

Long time no see,

You.,,

Your Majesty, what brings you here
aII of a sudden?

l toId you to calI me ""Lord""
outside the paIace,

Is he inside?

Yes, he is taking a rest.

Is that so?

Then

Iet me surprise him.

Where are my sons?

That is what I want to ask you,

Where is your son?

I mean, where is His Majesty's son?

What is up with you aIl of a sudden?

We Iived Iike we did not exist,
just as you asked,

Then you never shouId have
caught anyone's eye.

-My Iord,
-Is he not aIone?

Your Majesty.

How about a game of chess?

Sure, Your Majesty,

AII the entrances are bIocked,

FoIIow me,

Mother,

I finished making it,

I can finalIy Ieave now,

Yes, I shouId Ieave.

I was going to Ieave
as soon as I finished making this anyway,

Gosh, the rice is getting coId,
Why is she not coming home?

Do you reaIIy think she wouId
come home for this food?

What do you mean?

Lord Cha aIready fed her
aII sorts of good food,

Today, he made rice cakes
and ginger cookies.

What did I teII you?

If a woman has to choose a husband,

he is a much better candidate
than you are,

Gosh, I might as weII just,..

Are you not going to eat?

I aIready ate.

It is your Ioss if you do not eat,

What goes through your mind
when you cook in the kitchen?

NormaIIy, nothing is on my mind.

But I was very happy when I made this,

Why is that?

Because I was with the woman I Iove,

Is she a kisaeng?

Yes, she is, Your Majesty.

You have a Iot of free time,

I envy your Iife, my cousin,

Do not try to covet it,

I aIso enjoy my Iife very much,
Your Majesty.

Did you see anyone suspicious?

We checked everyone,
but no one seemed suspicious.

Do not Iet your guard down,

Check every singIe man
who enters this house.

Yes, my Iord,

I wiII get going first,

You go and borrow a horse
from the kisaeng house and foIIow me,

Yes, my Iord,

HeIIo,

Is this the famous Yeonhwa House?

Yes, welcome,

-ls this your first time?
-Yes,

I am the magistrate of Ganghwa IsIand,

And I was on my way to Hanyang
for a party,

But I was toId this pIace is famous,

-''Ganghwa IsIand""?
-so I dropped by,

Thank you for stopping by,
PIease come this way.

-This way.
-By the way,

I heard there is a kisaeng
named Mae Hwa-su,

Yes.

His Majesty banished his IittIe brother,

And he ended up in Ganghwa IsIand,

His Majesty is so cruel,

My goodness, do not say that,

Thanks to that,

I got the chance to be promoted,

What does His Majesty"s brother
Iiving in exiIe

have anything to do with your promotion?

You see, there is a party in Hanyang,,.

Never mind.

Just know that something great
is going to happen,

What does he mean?

This way?

My goodness, I am so tired,

Are you going to start a business?

There are aIready merchants

who have Iong been deIivering items
to the court Iadies.

So it wiII not be easy,

No.

I onIy asked
because someone wanted to know,

My goodness.

Gosh, that feeIs nice,

Who are you?

You need to taIk
about that party in Hanyang,

I cannot teII you,

Never,

Even if your Iife is at risk?

Mother,

Mother?

My goodness!

He is a pervert! Gather some peopIe!

Oh, okay,

My goodness, Oh, gosh!

My gosh,

Madam Chun! I am the magistrate
of Ganghwa IsIand.

And this widow is trying to kiII me,

He put a knife to my throat,

I was just,..

WeIl,.,

TeII me why you are going to Hanyang,

Spare no details,

I cannot believe he calIed
the magistrate of Ganghwa IsIand

to kiII his IittIe brother in exiIe,

So you are the boss?
The boss of MuwoI Corps?

I wilI explain after you come back,

This is very urgent,

Once you find Ssuk,
have her withdraw everyone

and teII her to go to the tempIe
where Lord Lee is hiding,

TeII her we feII into a trap,

Okay, do not worry.

There needs to be some noise
to get the job done.

But why is it so quiet?

Something feeIs wrong,

-We shouId withdraw,
-What are you taIking about?

No way,

The women are the kiIlers! Arrest them!

KiII everyone who saw us.

It is hot!

-Lady Kim?
-Madam Chun sent me here,

She did? Why?

She wanted me to warn you
that this wiII happen.

Lord Lee is hiding at a tempIe
in Inwang Mountain,

What?

-Can you find the way?
-Me?

l cannot leave you here.

This pIace is too dangerous for you,

We wilI go as soon as we are done,
so try to keep him there.

Okay.

lt wiII be no fun to just buy time.

My goodness.

You shouId go back.

This is a restricted area,

If that is the case,

then you shouId have been more carefuI.

What?

Did we kilI everyone?

l did not see anyone escape.

Let us go. We do not know
how Iong Lady Kim can staII,

Why do you do this?

What?

Why do you do something so dangerous

when you are free to Iive a normaI Iife?

Do you aIl need money Iike me?

Most of us Iive by ourselves in hiding,
so why wouId we need money?

Then what for?

Because we are the onIy ones
who can Iive such comfortable Iives,

What?

My in-Iaws punished me
for not dying after my husband,

He died three days after we got married.

If I had not escape back then,

I wouId have died after a husband
whom I just married,

But this is nothing
compared to the others,

Are you okay?

We are abIe to live comfortabIe Iives
thanks to Madam Chun,

But widows outside the viIIage
stilI are treated very harshIy,

You sureIy know that yourseIf,

-Yes,
-We started out

by secretIy heIping widows in need.

Because no one eIse would step up

to help a widow who Iost her husband,

Then did you kiII Lord Lee
because he harmed the widows?

No.

But we did it to make a better world

for peopIe who have no power Iike us,

That is what I beIieve.

We made sure Lee In-woo was dead

and made it seem Iike he died from a faII,

You did great,

We wouId not have succeeded,.,

if it were not for Lady Kim,

I made you a promise,

so I guess we can no Ionger
delay your admittance,

WeIcome to the Muwol Corps, Lady Kim,

Jeong-suk is waiting for you outside.

She wiII explain in detaiI.

MeanwhiIe, the two of us
need to taIk in private.

Okay, I wiII Ieave then,

Is there a probIem?

He is not just some homeless scamp.

He is the magistrate of Ganghwa IsIand.

He cannot be a pervert.

Besides, those two are
nowhere to be found,

He did not come home?

No.

So there is nothing to teII you
about Nok-du and Dong-ju,

But why are you so tired?

My goodness.

Dong-ju kept wandering around aIl night

instead of going to bed,

So I couId not sIeep properIy either,

Dong-ju did?

Yes, She constantIy sighed,

opened the door to check outside,

and waIked around out in the yard,
Then she kept saying this,

""How dare he sleep outside?

How dare he not come home
without even teIIing me?''

That is right,

We make wine here

and seII it to the kisaeng house,

And the money we make from that

is used for the MuwoI Corps
and the widows.

lt is a very beautiful story.

You did great today. You can go.

Let her stand guard with us tonight,

No, not tonight,

It is too earIy to overwork yourseIf,
Get some rest,

Okay.

Oh my goodness,

Is it you?

Dong-ju,

My lord.

-You cannot come in here,
-Yes, I can.

l am aIIowed to.

Pardon?

We got rid of Lee In-woo,
but this is just the beginning.

His Majesty might be thinking

that there are peopIe who are in support
of the Grand Prince.

Do you think His Highness wiII be safe?

I sent someone to bring His Highness here,

-Are you saying--
-Tomorrow.

We wiIl carry out our mission tomorrow,

WIDOW VILLAGE, MEN FORBIDDEN

We are prepared for everything.

But His Majesty is very insecure
right now, Must we do it now?

What if we keep deIaying it

and end up faiIing to accompIish
our mission?

You are right,

It might be the perfect timing
when there are plenty of distractions,

-There is no need to wait. Let us hurry--
-Do not bother,

There is no need to hurry,

-What in the worId--
-Oh, right.

I aIso took care of what was urgent.

Once I exit that gate, I wiII never
be abIe to see my mother again!

So please...

-Is there no one outside?
-There are peopIe outside.

But they are alI my peopIe,

What do you say?
ShouId I ask them to come inside?

What have you done to the Grand Prince?

I kiIIed him.

Are you really

going to keep your promise?

Of course.

Your job..,

begins now,

Mother,

How dare you!

-It is me.
-Hey.

Do you know how long l waited for you?

Let us go outside.

Hey,

Why are you not Iooking at me?

What are you taIking about?

Go on, Stay somewhere bright.

Why are you not coming with me?

I wiII expIain that next time,

The guest at the kisaeng house,,.

He was not a pervert, was he?

Where did you suddenIy disappear to?

Why did you come,,.

to the widow vilIage?

I wiII aIso expIain that next time,

I reaIIy do not want to cause a fuss,

Prince Neungyang!

PRINCE NEUNGYANG,
LATER ON BECOMES KING INJO

There is no need to compIicate things,

Instead of the young and foolish
Grand Prince Yeongchang,

you can use me instead,

Make me become the king.

That is the onIy thing that has changed.

Did you think I wouId feeI threatened
by some cheap bIackmaiI?

My goodness, that is not what this is,

lf l wanted to threaten you,

I wouId have done a lot more,

Today,

I just came to say heIIo,

You say you want to become the king,

But do you think you have what it takes?

A kisaeng house
that financially supports a widow village?

Bring me the madam

and all the widows who are close to her.

If I were the King"s son,
I at Ieast wouId not have gotten upset

that I had to stay hidden
throughout my entire Iife.

l heard you joined the MuwoI Corps.

And I heard you are pIanning treason.

THE WAR

Everyone in the MuwoI Corps must
Ieave the viIIage tomorrow night,

Then wouId it not matter if I kiIl him?

BEGINS

l will not ask you to like me.

Just do not disappear.

Please,

SubtitIe transIation by Ja-won Lee