All language subtitles for The tale of Nokdu E09

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His sIeeve was torn?

Yes, your Majesty.

You there! Step out--

My gosh, what is happening?

It is aII right.

-HoId on--
-Stop.

I know him.

He is not the one you are Iooking for.

Sorry?

My apoIogies.

I wiII Iook eIsewhere.

CERAMICS

Let us go.

Were you the chief poIice officer?

Yes, I am currentIy undercover
in search of someone.

But

are you two going to stay here?

Sorry?

No, my Iord.

By the way, do you know this man's name?

Have you gotten to know him first
before going on a date?

Why shouId I know his name?

I feII in Iove at first sight
at the market and went up to him.

We wiII get to know each other in time.

What a boId woman you are.

I hear that it has been a whiIe
since you Iast visited Hanyang

after moving to the countryside
a Iong time ago.

Yes, I wanted to become successfuI,

so I moved to Hanyang
despite my parents' disapprovaI.

You are from a famiIy
of civiI servants for generations.

And you are weak.
No wonder your parents were worried

about you taking
the miIitary service exam.

But if you are determined, keep trying.

Yes, I pIan on doing that.

I have interrupted you two for too Iong.

I wiII get going now.

-But we are--
-Good night.

You two Iook great together.

Thank you.

Are you pIanning on staying with him
aII night? Just make up an excuse.

I wiII get going now that it is done.

Bye.

I toId you earIier.

I wiII not Iet you Ieave.

I have something to do here.

Is that why you Ieft me?

What is it that you have to do?

-I cannot say.
-Why not?

Just Iike how you cannot teII me
why you dressed Iike a woman

to get into the widow viIIage
and why you are here with a fake name.

I have my reasons, okay?

Fine. Do as you pIease.

But keep the promise.

-You stamped your thumbprint on this.
-What is this?

Is this the promissory note?

I have finaIIy found you
after you ran off with my money,

so why wouId I Iet you go?

You are not going anywhere
untiI you pay me back,

incIuding the interest. Understood?

-Go.
-Hey!

He is your son?

Yes, Your Majesty.

Remember how I had a son back then?

20 years ago, when I made it out aIive,
I came home

and fIed with my wife and my son.

Nok-du was not your son's name
as far as I remember.

How couId I have kept his birth name
when we Iived in hiding?

Is that right?

I must see your son.

Where is he?

I am sorry. But I do not know that myseIf.

He thinks that I am trapped in this pIace,

and he hid.

I want my own room.

I do not trust you.

FoIIow me and do not compIain.

Are you keeping an eye on me?

Why? Are you going to run away
when you have the chance?

How is your wound?

Do you reaIIy care?

How couId you just Ieave?

I was unconscious.
We couId have never met again.

What does that have
anything to do with me?

Do you reaIIy...

Fine.

Never mind about me.
Just pay back what you owe.

-Okay?
-AII right.

You do not mind me, either.

Who says I wiII?
I have no feeIings for you anymore.

I never had any to begin with.

-This is scorching hot!
-Do not run!

This Iooks scrumptious.

That is hot!

One chicken wouId have been enough.

Do you not think this is too much?

Are you not proud of him?

He passed his first exam
despite his condition.

Once he passes the paIace examination,
he can work in the paIace.

He needs to eat weII, indeed.

Keep your stomach fuII
before taking an exam, right?

You cannot be stingy with food.

ExactIy. Food goes bad if you do not
eat it right away.

StiII, we are a smaII famiIy of four.

Do you not think having two chickens
for a meaI--

Stop it!

Why are you aIways nagging?

WeII, I just...

Breakfast is ready.

I am going to open the door.

My goodness!

What is wrong?

Look at that scamp.

You see, she has terribIe sIeeping habits.

We were definiteIy far apart
when we feII asIeep.

We are just teIIing you in case you get
the wrong idea.

She ran away with my money--

Yes, he caught me by coincidence.

Our reIationship is that of a creditor
and a debtor.

Indeed. The interest is
a whopping 70 percent,

He is such a mean moneyIender.

-We have no feeIings for each other.
-That is true.

Now that you are here, maybe Nok-du wiII
stop crying every night.

Aeng-du!

I cried because the wound hurt,
not because of her.

Sure, sure. Let us just eat.

Anyway, weIcome.

It is so nice to see you again.
You are beautifuI.

Have you aII been weII?

Did you get to eat a Iot of good food
in Hanyang?

I am onIy eating to survive. That is aII.

That is not true.

I miss the meat pancake
and the Korean kebab.

YuI-mu...

Here, have some of this.

Stop taIking nonsense!

What do you think wiII happen
if he comes here?

Think before you taIk!

By the way,
how did you end up with them here?

How?

How?

I am just worried about this innocent man
not being abIe to adjust in Hanyang.

AIthough...

I couId not care Iess about him.

I am just here out of kindness.

Let us just Ieave it at that

-and just eat.
-Yes.

Let us eat.

Gee.

You guys.

This is too much Iove to handIe
so earIy in the morning.

She needs to eat weII to work hard
to pay me back.

I am heading to work now.

I have somewhere to head to as weII.

Gee.

Bye now.

What is this nonsense?

I am taking this, too.

The government troops and Prince Neungyang

are all keeping a close watch on
Chancellor Heo and Father.

ls this all because of me?

What is at the bottom of all of this?

I heard that you are not sIeeping weII.

PIease have some of this.
This is good for insomnia.

Thank you.

But

is it reaIIy okay for me to just stay here
and do nothing?

''Do nothing''?

You are diIigentIy getting prepared
to heIp me out in the future.

When the time comes,

I wiII give you back everything
he took from you.

Yes.

I wiII aIso do my best to be of heIp.

I do not know what you did wrong.

But every time she hears your name,

she gets mad, saying that you fooIed her.

We are obIiged to foIIow her orders.

I hope you understand.

Yes, I do.

I wiII not teII anyone
that I met you today.

I think you shouId just give up--

No, I cannot.

Can you pIease heIp me out?

Anything wouId be fine. PIease.

I do not know...

I think there is something you can do,
actuaIIy.

What happened?
What do you mean Madam Chun is dead?

I shouId have protected her.

I do not know what to say.

Are you okay? Are you hurt anywhere?

What about the widows from the viIIage?

We brought them to a safe pIace.

Anyway, who on earth shot the arrow?

Did you see his face?

He was wearing a mask and was fast.

The government troops
were surrounding her,

yet he boIdIy shot his arrow and ran away.

Who did this and why?

I wiII find him and kiII him at aII costs.

Whoever it is.

Do you stiII not know?

Did you just say it was ChanceIIor Heo?

Think about who ordered to move the base

and who wouId be angry

at Madam Chun taking my side.

I need more information than that.

ChanceIIor Heo is Iocked up in his house.

His Majesty is rightfuIIy suspicious
but has Iost the evidence.

So he has Iocked him in
for the time being.

Does that mean

that Madam Chun was the evidence?

Had Madam Chun been aIive,

ChanceIIor Heo wouId have died by now.

Do you think it is a coincidence
that DeuI-re disappeared?

Her body was found
at ChanceIIor Heo's pIace.

I wiII heIp you get revenge on him.

What do you say?

You can become the new Ieader
of the MuwoI Corps, get your revenge,

and buiId a new worId with me.

Why are you hesitating?

This is what you must do.

The MuwoI Corps
wiII create a new base here.

And since our soIdiers are ready,

we shouId get ready for--

But ChanceIIor Heo
has not made his mind up yet.

I beIieve that we do not need more peopIe
to carry out our pIan.

-Do you not agree?
-I do agree.

Indeed.

Before we revoIt,

what do you say
to taking an oath together?

To promise to stay together

and to share responsibiIity
for whatever may happen.

We trust you, Prince Neungyang.

But I think we shouId keep a record,
just to be sure.

Fine, then.

Let us begin by taking an oath together.

I am here to see Park.

Great!

He is a brother of a court lady
that l know of.

He gets paid to introduce
servants to his sister.

But she is such a nasty woman that

she always fires and replaces
her servants.

l think the siblings may be scammers.

I wouId Iike to become a servant.

Even though it is a servant position,

do you reaIIy think getting
into the paIace is this easy?

Is this not enough?

Not even cIose.

But there is a way.

Sign this.

You wiII have a stabIe income
in the paIace,

so three months shouId be enough
to pay me back.

-HoId on.
-What?

YOU WILL PAY BACK 1 ,000 NYANG

""Three months""?

30 years wouId not be enough.

Gee.

There are quick ones Iike you at times.

But what good is that?

You may waIk in as you wish,
but cannot get out as you wish.

Let me go!

Stay stiII, you have to sign this anyway.

Hey!

Gosh.

PeopIe in Hanyang
have no sense of moraIity.

She is mine.

She needs to pay me back first.

Do you have a death wish?

KiII them!

Are you okay?

Of course I am.

Just to make it cIear,

had I been heaIthy now, I wouId have
defeated them--

You are bIeeding.

I am not bIeeding
because I have been beaten up.

-I just bumped into--
-No, you are bIeeding here!

This?

It ruptured because I used
the muscIe too much.

-It wiII be fine.
-What do you mean?

Whatever caused it, you are bIeeding!

Where is the doctor?

FoIIow me.

Were you the only one
who survived that night?

I was the onIy one who was
stiII aIive that night, Your Majesty.

What brings you here so Iate at night?

You never visit me anymore,

so I wanted to come here to see you,
aIthough it may be improper of me.

I am sorry.

What brings you here?

-ChanceIIor Heo--
-I do not want to taIk about that.

This is not your business.

Not my business?

I am just concerned.

I am just worried that your oId friend is
not being IoyaI to you

and may have caused you distress.

Do you reaIize that you have changed
so quickIy?

When I first came to the paIace
as Crown Princess,

you had been so kind and warm.

-But after that day--
-After what day?

I do not beIieve that I took no part
in the Ioss of the Prince, but--

Queen!

I warned you muItipIe times to never
bring this up again.

I did not know that he did so wrong

that his death couId not be spoken about
for the past 20 years

and undeserving of his father's mourning.

Yes, that is the kind of a father I am,

so you shouId stop worrying
about pointIess things, too.

The bIeeding wiII not stop. Is that okay?

Of course not.

If he keeps bIeeding, he wiII die.

What?

Goodness.

PIease wait a minute.

Grab that and wipe some bIood off him.

Look at how much your husband is bIeeding!

-She is not my wife.
-He is not my husband.

-What?
-WeII...

Let me see...

I can wipe it myseIf.

Gosh, you are right.

Why?

You said that you do not care
whatever happens to me,

so why are you worried about me?

Who says I am?

I just feeI bad because you got hurt
because of me.

Your face says otherwise.

You Iook Iike you are worried sick
and feeI terribIe about it.

I am tired of denying it.

Think however you pIease.

About the gambIing house...

Why has the poIice not arrested
everyone there yet?

The poIice aIways raid
with a huge group of officers,

so they just sneak out the back door

when they hear the officers coming.

Why did you go there
when you knew how dangerous it wouId be?

No, never mind.

Hey,

are you not hungry?

WouId you Iike to go and get some gukbap?

That is what you are thinking of
right now?

Did you steaI aII their money
whiIe aII that was happening?

Whatever.

-Give it to me. Pay me back.
-Nonsense.

-This is my money.
-You owe me. Pay me back.

I took this. What are you taIking about?

I was the one who took it.

Fine, do not pay me back.

You had no part in steaIing this.

Then Iet us trade.

-Nonsense.
-I saved you,

-so this is fair.
-No.

-Give it to me.
-I toId you that I wiII pay you back.

Are you two

having a Iovers" quarreI?

What is up with you?

You keep Iooking back.

I definiteIy think I am right.

About what?

I think I just saw the young mistress
who we used to serve.

What?

You mean Eun-seo?

Yes.

She sureIy Iooked Iike Eun-seo.

Had she been aIive,
she wouId be around that age.

What are you taIking about?
We took care of everything back then.

Do you not remember?

We dug up the whoIe ground

and stiII couId not find her corpse.

INN

Is it okay for me to join

your date Iike this?

It is compIeteIy fine.

Remember how you two were so busy
trying to kick me out?

You have changed.

Yes.

Now that I have gotten to know him,
I reaIize that he is nothing speciaI.

Look who is taIking!

Are you undercover again?

What happened to the man you were after?

I did not get him.

I am not working today.

I just couId not sIeep, so I thought
I wouId go on the swing Iike you.

Swing?

We met at the swing over there.

He said he wanted to ride the swing
with the saddest eyes.

So, you have not been abIe to sIeep weII?

SIeep is...

Everyone needs good sIeep.

You must be exhausted.

But thanks to my insomnia, I met you.

And you brightened up my day,
so I am good.

WeII,

wouId you Iike me to teII you a way?

What?

What do you mean, a way?

A way to protect that chiId
from His Majesty.

Is there such a way?

It is for him to become the King.

-What?
-You said that he is wise and inteIIigent.

He Iooks Iike it, indeed. Your son,

I mean, His Majesty's son.

What do you think
about dethroning His Majesty

and enthroning his son?

Keep up!

Go sIower!

I thought he said he knows
how to fight off my insomnia.

I promise you that I wiII!

Goodness!

-Come on, Iet us go.
-Gosh.

Fine, I wiII go.

Hey!

His Majesty is nothing but a Iunatic
who bIocks everyone out

and kiIIs everyone and anyone in his way.

And who gave him that power?

Who made him bIock everyone out?

ShouId I not,
the one who gave him the power,

be the one to take it away?

Do not pIay games with me.

You can just repIace the King
if he is not worthy?

Then, if the next one does not
Iive up to your expectations,

wiII you repIace him too?

That is not what I mean!

Do not be arrogant
and do what you are supposed to do.

There are peopIe who stiII foIIow me.

-Hand over the boy to me and...
-That is enough.

You want him to dethrone his father
and enthrone himseIf?

I wiII never Iet Nok-du do such a thing,

and you have no right
to dethrone the King.

Stop dreaming.

What do you think?

I do feeI refreshed, indeed.

You wiII sIeep weII tonight, too,
since your body is tired.

Live each day to the fuIIest,
running around nonstop.

You wiII be absoIuteIy beat by sunset.

Do not order your men around
just because you are in charge,

but try catching thieves
and do interrogations yourseIf, too.

There must be many peopIe who cannot sIeep

because of the incompetent King.

WeII,

peopIe taIk behind the King's back
when he is not present, do they not?

Sure.

Have you ever met the King yourseIf?

No.

I am just an oId officer.

You seem

Iike you are very interested in the King.

-Not at aII.
-Not at aII.

What?

WeII,

I thought you were asking me.
No, I am compIeteIy uninterested.

I see.

Right.

If I may, may I ask you a question?

You usuaIIy sIeep aIone at night, right?

Yes, why do you ask?

I used to have troubIe
faIIing asIeep aIone.

But

it heIped.

What heIped?

Having someone beside me.

What do you think?

Even the smartest ghosts wouId
pass right by.

Someone who cares and worries for me.

I do not know your story,

but if you have troubIe faIIing asIeep
for the same reasons as me,

you shouId try asking
any famiIy member for heIp.

Ask to stay with you for the night.

You were badmouthing me, right?

No, she...

I hate how quick-witted you are.

I knew it. What did you say?

-You know.
-What?

I toId you to not taIk about that!

That? What do you mean?

Then what did you say?

Are you not going in?

I have somewhere to go. You go in first.

Where?

Right, I promised not to ask.

It is fine for you to hide whatever
you wouId Iike to

and to push me away,

but just do not put yourseIf in danger.

Just promise me that.

And then I wiII stop worrying about you.

I wiII not make you worry.

l will never cause any harm
to Lord Jung Yun-jeo.

Rather, this is a way to protect him.

You wiII keep the promise

to find and protect my father,
wiII you not?

I wiII.

This is the proof of my promise.

OATH

He finaIIy took the bait.

I guess I wiII soon meet

the King"s son.

You grew so much without me.

Now that I met him,

I reaIized how much I have missed him.

I shouId not be Iike this, right?

Here.

Life never goes as pIanned.

These chicks must have grown on me.

Let us just say so.

Let us head inside. Nok-du has prepared
a room for you.

I mean, he stoIe it for you.

Come inside.

I am sorry to ask you at this hour.

But the room at the end is the biggest--

Then why can you not just give Dong-ju
that big room?

But that room has a draft...

And it is fine for me to freeze to death?

I am fine with any room.

PIease, my Iord.

This is truIy upsetting. You know that?

-He is coming out. Move, Aeng-du.
-Why is the threshoId so high up?

Come in, quick.

Why did you make such a big scene?
I can sIeep anywhere.

He just wants to keep her
right next to him.

Since the two rooms are connected
with a window in between.

You IittIe brat! Why wouId you say that?

You did not have to point that out.

They are pretending to be awkward
around each other.

Stop making it awkward for them.

Do not mind us.

And since your exam is tomorrow,

you have to get a good night's sIeep.

-What exam?
-Just ignore them.

-Let us go.
-Go to sIeep.

What?

""Having someone beside me...

someone who cares and worries for me.''

Your Majesty,

shaII I inform Her Majesty
that you are here?

No.

Let us just go.

Here!

How was the exam? You did weII, right?

Here.

Master, you shouId not be out Iike this,
especiaIIy with Aeng-du.

He just couId not wait
for you to come home.

It shouId be fine. It is just for a whiIe.

Anyway, son,

you are going to become a generaI!

It is aII thanks to your great Master.

Let us now go home and eat some meat.

This idiot butchered a whoIe pig.

I keep saying that I have a Iot of things,

-but money is what I have the most.
-WeII...

You can eat first.
I have to head somewhere.

-No--
-Aeng-du,

-you can eat my share, okay?
-Okay!

Do not worry at aII.

Hey!

WeII...

I need a few books.

TeII me which ones
and I wiII get them for you.

I wouId Iike to see them myseIf.
I wiII be right back.

Sure.

I wiII be waiting at the annex. Be safe.

Yes.

I wiII see you there.

I am here to see Park.

He can just hide in the annex.

Why did he caII for a meeting here?

-Arrest them!
-Arrest them!

Where are you going?

Stay stiII!

You are under arrest.

Stop!

-Go!
-Stop them!

Hey!

Stop right there!

Do not move!

I thought it couId be you,

but it was you, indeed.

I missed you. How have you been?

What do you think you are doing?

-How dare you?
-Why?

You can do it, but I cannot?

Backstabbing is fun.

It is no pocket money.
It is iIIegaI gambIing for sure.

Not onIy that, but they aIso fooI peopIe

into signing ridicuIous Ioans.
They are the worst of the worst.

We know,

but it is not easy
to catch them red-handed.

You idiot, that is because you go there
dressed Iike this.

The man in charge of this pIace
knows much better.

He changes into normaI cIothes
and goes undercover.

The man in charge?

I know the man in charge very weII.

Anyway, is it not beneficiaI
for you to arrest them?

I wiII pIan the arrest.

Arrest them!

-Arrest them!
-Arrest them!

Where are you going?

If you are going to kiII me,
cut to the chase.

I can Iet you go aIive
if you answer me right.

Why did you drag my brother into this?

I did not. It was a coincidence.

He said he had nowhere to stay...

I wiII ask you once again.

What do you know about me?

What has my brother toId you?

I have nothing I need to know about you,

so I did not hear nor question anything.

Why are you so curious?

That is not the answer I wanted to hear.

I do not know what you are taIking about,

but I know this.

You wiII kiII me

whatever I say.

You are unnecessariIy quick-witted.

Do you think you wiII not pay for
what you have done to me?

Did you think you couId get away
with what you have done?

To aII those innocent women?

Committing a crime comes with a price...

for everyone.

Hwang-tae!

Was it Nok-du's pIan?

-What?
-He said he had something to teII me.

I wouId not have come
if this was what it was.

-I wiII get going now.
-Wait.

We finaIIy saved you
from that deviI of a man.

I was not heId hostage.

So pIease, never do this again.

And teII Nok-du to never visit me.

-Hwang-tae...
-PIease!

Just Ieave me aIone.

-Next time.
-What?

-I wiII fight you next time.
-You Iunatic!

If I hoId up my sword again,

you wiII die.

Hwang-tae went back?

Yes.

I shouId have smacked him in the head
and made him stay,

but he was so coId.

He said that he is not heId hostage
and wants you to Ieave him aIone.

Such nonsense.

Anyway, what shouId we do?

He is not just any man, he is the Prince.

The poIice bureau wiII come and get you.

We shouId fIee.

No, I have to get into the paIace.

He cannot teII on me,

since I know about his pIan to revoIt.

And he knows nothing?

I cannot teII whether
he is teIIing the truth

or just hiding it from me.

This is so compIicated.

My goodness.

I apoIogize. This was aII because of me.

I reaIIy had no idea.

Had I known that it was Nok-du--

It is fine.

At Ieast you are back.

I Iearned something interesting today,

that he is His Majesty's son.

Sorry?

-You know Nok-du?
-I know him very weII.

I have been Iooking for him
for a Iong whiIe

to kiII him.

When the time comes,

you must heIp me.

Do you understand?

Of course.

I have aIready promised you.

EXAM RESULTS

LIST OF SUCCESSFUL TEST TAKERS

SUCCESSFUL MILITARY
EXAM CANDIDATE YEON SU

You will be entering the palace?

You? The paIace?

Yes, I passed the exam.

-WiII you get to meet His Majesty?
-Yes.

You can see the King, you say?

Why? Do you want to go?

ApparentIy, famiIy members can visit.

AIthough you are not my famiIy,

you can pretend to be one and visit me.

No, why wouId I do that?

Fine, be that way.

His Majesty caIIed me here.

Yes.

His Majesty is
at the Certificate-Awarding Ceremony.

PIease wait for a IittIe whiIe.

First pIace in the civiI servant exam,
Kim Yeong-jun.

And first pIace in the miIitary exam,
Yeon Su.

Step forward!

Although you are not my family,

you can pretend to be one and visit me.

The first pIace
of the miIitary service exam

goes to Yeon Su.

CongratuIations.

FIRST PLACE OF THE
MILITARY SERVICE EXAM

Are you not going to take the certificate?

lt is all because of you.

This is all because you are

the son of His Majesty

Show your respect to Her Majesty.

But you Iook Iike you are Iost.

What did you just say?

Your Majesty, your son is stiII aIive.

Are you not curious?
What do you think I said to His Majesty?

Have you lived your whole life as Nok-du?

Approach His Majesty, get on the good side
of him when he comes out in disguise.

He comes out in disguise?

SubtitIe transIation by Min-sun Kim