Original subtitles

The suspect is probably getting what he deserves, right?

He will.

You're punishable by up to 50 flogging with a leather whip

and up to four times fine.

You're doing all you're doing

because you wanted her!

You ended up in the jail she went to.

It's all because of you, Chaai.

I'll make your life a living hell!

Navigating is not the only thing I can do.

I'm capable

of news hunting too.

I heard Sarang saying that with my own ears.

Didn't they say Captain Henry came to do business in trade?

Why would he bring a battleship?

I have money!

I want to sleep with Boonta.

If you're here to pick a fight, go back to where you came from, Sarang.

Come on. I'll take care of you, sir.

Why did you hire Sarang and pay him a lot

to spread the rumor, master?

Let's give Chaai some work to do.

(Episode 13: Work Hard... Love Harder)

I pour this cup for you. Please have a drink.

I want you to drink with me.

I have had a lot of drinks, sir.

Let me feed you, sir.

Come on.

Hey!

I told you to drink. You must drink!

Drink it! Drink!

Drink it in... Ouch!

Who threw something at my head?

Sorry. My hand slipped. I didn't mean it.

Boonta.

You dare hurt me?

I'll teach you a lesson today.

Come on, then.

Oh, sorry again.

My foot slipped too.

Boonta!

If you don't stop, I'll behead you right here.

These people gang up on me!

Why don't you arrest them?

They say

you're so blindly obsessed with a courtesan.

- Perhaps that's true! - If you don't shut up,

I'll give you another charge!

What's going on, sir?

This jerk, Sarang,

spread rumors that the Europeans were invading Siam with battleships.

The Royal Heir has ordered us to take him in for questioning.

Your punishment is equivalent to treason.

You won't get away easily like you did with opium.

The whole market can be a witness.

What's your defense?

I heard this from Captain Sut with my own ears.

The European army in Singapore

is ready to march on us, Your Highness.

The Guardian, the ambassador's ship,

which has sailed to Penang,

will return

to launch an immediate attack on us.

Are you accusing the ambassadors who came in for trade deals

of starting a war against us?

Is that so?

Captain Henry

was the one who reported our movement

to Residence Singapore.

He's also secretly in contact with the Raya of Ligor.

If he wasn't sending intel to the European army

in order to march on Siam,

what else could he be doing, Your Highness?

You jerk!

You dare make such serious accusations against me!

Because I swore allegiance to my homeland!

I can't stand to see my home

get invaded by cunning Europeans like you!

How dare you!

I spent efforts

to ensure Siam that Great Britain meant no harm.

Three months of my work

has gone down the drain

because of your foolish blabbering!

Do you believe his words?

The words out of his mouth!

Had the Guardian sailed to Penang

with intentions of being your enemy, as he said,

why would my family and I have stayed in Siam?

The Captain's reasoning does make sense.

However, he is under your supervision.

His defense cannot be ignored.

Lately, this Sarang man

has been bragging about the European's protection

and causing chaos.

His words do not carry enough weight to be believed as such.

I'm doing this

for the good of our nation!

I'd be happy to serve you.

If you appoint me as a port master,

I will be your spy.

Sarang!

I wanted to believe you at first,

had you not shown your true colors!

Why would we appoint an ambitious man like you

in that position to leech off of the nation?

If we wanted intel,

a port master would report the European movement to us!

You made serious false claims.

You stirred divide and distrust.

You've become a serious threat to the nation.

What you did

is no different from treason!

Lock him up!

What he did is equivalent to treason.

(Chao Praya Pra Klang)

However, this Sarang man

is under the European's supervision.

We should allow Captain Henry

to take him in and lock him up.

That would be better, Your Highness.

What do you say,

Captain?

To show sincerity

and prove we do not intend to be your enemy,

as he has claimed,

I would allow Siam

to have his custody.

That's until the Guardian returns.

When that time comes,

I will take him for a trial

in Residence Singapore immediately.

That's settled.

Lock him up in the Police Jail.

Please have mercy!

I'm not a traitor.

I was following Magnate Thong's order!

Please have mercy!

Please have mercy!

I'm not a traitor!

Me?

I hired Sarang?

Last time, he led me into a conflict with Captain Jam.

This Sarang man

has always been a liar.

How could you believe his words?

But witnesses saw Sarang

wandering around your warehouse.

He's unemployed.

He came to me to ask for work.

I refused. He got angry and accused me.

If you want a witness,

I have a witness to support my statement.

There have been plenty of paid witnesses.

How can I be sure

that the witness is not under your influence?

I can guarantee with my life.

I just went on trial.

I wouldn't dare look for trouble again.

Due to a lack of evidence and witnesses,

Magnate Thong got away again.

Sarang's words cannot be believed,

but we shouldn't ignore him.

We have to report to Chao Praya Yommarat.

He'll report to the King.

The fortress around the capital should be repaired immediately.

It's a shame Sarang is under European protection.

Otherwise, he would have been beheaded for such a serious crime.

Jail is not enough.

If something happens to him in jail,

that won't be good either.

Chaai is here. Let's eat together.

Mother was talking about you.

What's going on, Mother?

(You can hold a big event with a large crowd.)

(And use that opportunity to announce Chaai's wedding to Dokgaew.)

(He won't dare to embarrass you in an event.)

I would like to know when you can take time off from work.

I want to hold a merit-making event with all our family.

Perhaps this is a matchmaking event again.

Yod, what did you say?

Yod told me we have to go out of town this month.

It will be a while before I can take time off.

So how long will you be away?

For a month, Brother.

It looks like that event is not happening, Mother.

I can wait.

You can go out of town as long as you need.

At least you won't have time to spend with that vile woman.

Why are we thinking about a stranger?

We should be eating.

I'm full.

Kerd, Yam, get some desserts.

Yes, master.

What took you so long?

You're so late.

Puek.

Were you talking about me?

I mean my boat, Chaai.

If you're ready, we should get going.

Wait, Chaai.

Don't go yet.

Dokgaew.

What are you doing here so early?

I made a scented bag for you.

I found out from...

From Mrs. Tubtim, you're going out of town, sir.

That's right.

I know you like this scent.

So I made it for you to carry with you.

It will remind you of home.

And it will

remind you of me.

Please accept it, Chaai.

Dokgaew just woke up...

I mean, she spent all night making it for you.

Please accept her courtesy.

What about mine?

Don't I get one?

You don't, sir.

You're so heartless.

You can say goodbye to Chaai however you want then.

I wish you a safe journey.

Be safe and take care...

Wait, Chaai!

You didn't even finish your sentence.

Where is he rushing off to?

There's only one place he would go.

To work, ma'am.

I have to go, ma'am.

Oh, Sis! Your nails look great!

Are you here to do nails, Boonta?

No. I'm here to buy stuff for Mother.

Do you want to change the color of your nails?

Not yet. Your nail polish from last time

still looks good!

Hey, this is for you.

And this too.

Thank you.

If you want to change colors, tell me anytime.

New colors and patterns are now available. They're all lit.

Okay.

- Thank you. - Yeah.

Boonta, you're on such a roll lately.

She did nails, and people loved it.

And the "boofay" that you did for Mother?

That made a lot of money!

Mother seems to be favoring you and your Luang lately too.

Maybe she would even allow him to marry you.

- Hey! - No...

When did you get here?

- Lamjeak! - Yes?

I forgot! Mother needs clothes to make monk robes.

- Help me pick some clothes. - Okay.

- We'll be at the clothes store. - Let's go, Aunt.

Are you going out of town again?

The King summoned

Chao Anuwong's subordinates, who had helped prepare the royal funeral

for the previous King.

The mission is to collect palm wood from Suphan Buri.

Chao Anuwong assigned Chao Rachawong to lead this mission.

Puek and I were summoned to help oversee the force.

So...

This does have something to do with Sarang's case.

Not just his case.

The Chinese also have intel

from Penang and Singapore.

We need fortresses around the rivers.

Puek and Yod are waiting at the port.

I wanted to say goodbye to you.

I'll miss you, Chaai.

You're too honest.

If I miss you, I'll say it.

If I care about you, I'll say it too.

What if I feel possessive?

It's up to you to feel that way.

You're allowing me to feel now.

So please wait for me.

When I come back, I'll buy your freedom as promised.

I hope you don't start a "chatting phase" with someone else.

I chat with one person at a time, sir.

I should say that about you.

Don't hit on someone else.

This is a sudden mission.

I don't have a goodbye gift,

except...

What about you?

Do you have something to remind me of you?

This, sir.

A Chan-ab?

I got it for "free." I didn't buy it.

Don't you know what they use this dessert for?

I don't.

What do they use it for?

From whose wedding did that snack come?

It looks yummy.

You've had breakfast, haven't you?

Don't eat too much.

You're possessive of a dessert.

Perhaps it's a reminder of someone.

If you see this,

can you still smile?

What did you say?

Why did I think about her feelings?

Pudsorn said you wanted to see me.

What is it, Mother?

Sit down.

Are you good with numbers?

Well, if it's something simple,

not solving an equation, then I can do that.

So...

I want you to help me out with accounting

so I don't have to hire a clerk.

Back at work and off with a bang, huh?

What did you say?

Nothing, Mother.

Is that all you would like me to do?

No. There's more.

What? Mother asked you to teach Kleeb to read.

Yeah. That's right.

Now I have to work non-stop.

Accounting is stressful enough.

Now I have to be a teacher too.

Mother said you're literate.

I want to be able to read and write like you.

You can't resist that cuteness.

You're too sweet, Young Miss.

Fine.

Look. I failed my Thai exam, but I know the letters

to the T!

What did you write?

It looks strange.

- Yeah. - How are these strange?

They're regular Thai alphabets. Kor Kai, Khor Khai, Khor Khuad, Khor Khwai.

Is this not the alphabet of this era?

How do you write the alphabet?

We never went to school. How would we know?

None of you went to school?

Do you even have schools in this era?

We women are taught household chores in childhood.

All we do is firewood, water, rice, and planting.

Only the rich girls get to learn handicrafts

and become staff in the palace.

You may not be an expert,

but you're much luckier than us, Boonta.

Since I have to teach anyway,

let's learn together, shall we?

No!

Why not, Aunt?

I'm too old for that.

I would embarrass myself in front of Kleeb.

Are you sure Mother brought you to buy books here?

I'm not sure, but this is all I remember.

Hey.

Don't even think about it.

Young Miss!

You have both black and white papers?

There are white books and black books.

Black books are written with white pencils.

White books are written with black pencils.

You can also use Chinese ink

or ashes mixed with tree sap.

What color would you like?

These are beautiful, sir.

These are gold leaves,

pearl powder,

and yellow orpiment.

Use tree sap glue and cover it with gold leaves,

you can make black books with gold linings.

If you use pearl powder,

mixed with colors, and cover it with gold leaves,

it becomes a black book with pearl linings.

Use yellow orpiment mixed with wood apple sap,

and you can also make black books with yellow linings.

There are pearls and gold.

That's so lit and fire.

Who got lit on fire?

No one, sir.

So the book that

we ruined...

What book was the one

that fell in the water?

We can buy a new one for you.

If I need to buy all of this, it would take all my money.

The most expensive thing I have is probably this hairpin, sir.

I'm not a scriber. A regular book would do just fine.

That took all my money, sir.

Fortunately,

I still have something of value left.

I told you it was fine.

Yet you insist on paying me back.

I don't like to owe someone.

I made your book fall in the water. I have to pay it back

even if it costs me my own book.

Boonta.

Do you teach?

I'm just a makeshift "teacher," sir.

It's my first day on the job, and I'm in trouble.

Hey! Don't smile.

You're not only good at cooking,

but your language also proves interesting.

What if I enroll in your class?

Don't even try, sir.

It's not that I mind you, sir.

It's just our BBQ business is going well.

I'm afraid your mother would come and bomb us.

Let's go, Young Miss.

Let's not get bombed, right?

I don't have a single feung left.

What money would I use to buy books now?

Hey, you should give up.

We're not lucky enough to be your students.

Hey, Aunt! Don't give up yet.

If we don't have books,

we can take turns and write on the board.

By the time we all have our turns, we will be too old to learn.

Are papers worth as much as gold in this era?

Maybe

I should drop my business

and start a paper factory?

- She's thinking big. - If you really want to teach,

I know someone who works in a paper factory.

"Jinjja?"

- Wow! - That looks like oatmeal.

Thank you so much, sir.

We now have a lot of books to write on.

I'll need you to teach Ming too.

I want him to be literate.

Maybe he can get a better job in the future.

Of course, sir.

I'm going to do my best.

I'll make these books worthwhile.

Now we're talking!

Yeah.

Thank you, sir.

- Say thank you. Thank you. - Thank you.

It's raining so hard.

Let's take shelter inside.

It rains the first day we got here.

The work has stalled.

Our people are more fatigued than expected.

If this goes on,

I'm afraid we will be too weak to continue.

Come on! Quick!

- Whoa! - Come on, help!

- Hold! Lift this off! - Together!

- Come on! Lift! - Easy!

Together!

Come on!

Use your strength!

Why did you bring him here?

A tree fell on him. He's seriously injured.

Please get a doctor to see him.

He's not one of us.

Why didn't you take him to his place?

This is the nearest shelter, sir.

He can die somewhere else!

Not in my place!

Your King

ordered my people to do the hard work here.

Don't you care at all?

If you don't like the way it is,

you can take your people and go home!

Hang on. I'll take you to the doctor in my cabin.

He's dead, sir.

When this mission is over,

I'll report this to my father.

I will no longer serve you Thais.

Praya Suriyamat went too far.

If Chao Rachawong tells Chao Anuwong of this,

and it upsets them,

we're going to have another unrest.

Help!

Help! Someone help!

Someone help me!

Help!

Help!

Help! Someone help!

Help!

Go!

Finally, we can start our class!

It's good to know how to read and write.

One day, it could prove useful.

Let's start, all right?

First letter.

Kor Kai. Everyone, repeat after me. Kor Kai.

Kor Kai.

Write it down in your paper. I'll check.

- What do I write? - Kor Kai.

Yeah. Young Miss, well done!

Next letter.

Khor Khai.

Khor Khai.

The next one is Khor Khuad.

Khor Khuad.

Next one.

Khor Khwai.

Khor Khwai.

Next one.

Khor Khon.

Khor Khon.

Well done.

It's boring just to memorize these, right?

I think we should

use a song to help us learn.

- Song? - Song? What song?

- Mother! - Kleeb.

How was your study?

It was fun. We had "joy."

It was fun. We had "joy?"

Did Boonta not teach you to read and write?

She did, but singing is more "lit."

"Lit?"

Sing that song for me, okay?

(A-ki-ka-poo, a-ki-ka-pa!)

(Kor Kai says Kook.)

(Cockadoodledoo! Khor Khai wobbles.)

(It falls and breaks, splat!)

(Khor Khwai is goofy.)

(Like a buffalo gag!)

(Ngor Ngoo goes round.)

(It growls "hiss hiss!")

Stop, sweetie! Wait!

Boonta!

You!

You!

What did you teach my daughter?

I told you to teach her Thai and Math.

Don't put a song in it like...

Splat! Pop-pop! Ah-ah!

It's a rap, Mother.

I don't like it!

A child her age likes to copy what they see.

Don't put anything weird in her head.

Did you call me, Mother?

It's nothing, sweetie.

I'm just telling Boonta to teach you better.

Boonta teaches well. "No cap." She's the "GOAT."

Stop saying those things.

Your mother doesn't like it.

Young Miss, let's show her how to count to ten instead.

"Okay. Number one."

That's it.

That's it.

One, two, three, four, five,

six, seven, eight, nine, ten.

Well done, my baby!

Very good. That's more like it.

Oh my...

What did Mother say?

She was mad, as usual.

I'm used to it, though.

You like to make her mad.

Yor...

What are you doing?

I'm practicing the alphabet that you taught.

If I get better at writing, I'll write a letter to my mother,

so I don't have to ask someone to tell her things

even if she's illiterate.

Oh! It's Chor...

Then, next time,

I'll start teaching you to write a simple sentence.

Then I'll think of what to write.

When I'm literate, I'm going to teach Choi so we can communicate.

Yor...

When you get better at writing,

I'll check it out for you.

Then you'd know what I write.

Why would you be embarrassed? It's for your mom, right?

Or is it not your mom? Someone else?

So that's why it's a secret.

Don't make fun of me!

What about you? Won't you write to someone?

Your Luang!

Don't you want to write anything to him?

He's been gone for about a month now.

I'll just say I miss him.

Why is it so hard?

I can't call him.

We can't do a video call either.

Even delivering a letter is hard.

(If you don't want to write it as a letter)

(because someone will read it, then write it as a memo.)

I think this is the only way.

What is that?

Let me guess, then.

It's a souvenir for Boonta, right?

You're making it yourself.

Longing is such a powerful feeling.

Stop making fun of me and eat your food.

Then let me ask you one last question.

What's the shape of it?

It's a goose, sir.

He told me.

Shouldn't it be a swan or at least a duck?

Why is it a goose?

- There! - Oh yeah.

Go and buy the condiments I told you.

I have something to do. I'll be back.

Are you going to play the lottery again?

Don't say it too loud!

Your Luang is away. Now is my chance!

Aunt, the Luangs are away, but there are patrols.

If you get arrested this time,

the police won't let you out easily.

Why did you have to ruin my luck?

We won't get rich without taking a risk.

If you two don't like it,

don't go. It won't take long. I'll be back!

I have to make it!

Please win.

Lamjeak!

Boonta?

What? Hey!

Are you trying to win something too?

- Yeah. - And you just criticized me.

Aunt.

- Lamjeak! Hey... - Aunt...

Guai Bo!

- What the heck? - Oh...

- What, Boonta? - I won!

Did you get Guai Bo?

- Yes. - Where did you get it?

Bua, from "Royal Doctor."

She bought this. So I bought it too.

Why didn't I win?

- How much did you put in? - Two phai.

- How much do I win? - Two phai...

Two baht!

You won two baht!

- Boonta! - Yay!

Police! The police are here!

Whoa!

Move! Ah!

Where...

Stop!

Run...

Run!

Get them!

Thank you, but they're gone, sir.

Wait a little longer.

Let me go. Don't do this.

If someone sees this, it's...

It's indecent, sir.

I'm just helping you.

How is it indecent?

If you really want to help, let's talk outside, sir.

Maybe I can change my mind

and accept your offer, right?

Really?

Yes, sir.

Where are you going? We can talk here.

No...

Boonta!

- Let me go! - You dare pull this on me?

You're the one who messed with me first!

Is this all that's on your mind? You chink!

Hey, stop!

Whoa!

Master!

Should we take her to a doctor?

No.

Muean.

Muean!

Muean!

Master Gaysorn!

Your water's breaking.

Take it easy, master.

Master.

Go get a midwife!

Master Gaysorn.

Breathe in, master. Breathe.

Go get Magnate Thong.

- Get him here. Go! - Yes, ma'am.

Are you sure it's a good idea?

Just get out of here.

- If Master Gaysorn... - I know what I'm doing!

Don't lecture me! Go!

Yes, sir!

It's raining so heavily.

We might arrive at the capital later than expected.

Come!

Come!

What's wrong, Muean? Why are you in such a rush?

I'm here for Magnate Thong. Master Gaysorn is giving birth!

Aunt!

Oh...

- Aunt! - Lamjeak.

Is Boonta not back yet?

I don't know. I looked for her all over.

Nobody saw her at all.

Where did she go?

- Could it be... - Aunt!

Did she get arrested?

Watch your mouth!

Is Magnate Thong here?

What's wrong with you? See?

We're not open yet. How could he be here?

He's not at the warehouse.

Come said he went to the port, but I didn't find him there.

So I suspected

that he was here to get with Boonta.

You're delusional. Boonta went to the market with us.

So where is she now?

Hang on a little longer, Mrs. Gaysorn.

Push, ma'am!

Just a little more!

One more push!

You freak chink! What are you doing?

Help! Hey!

Who are you?

I'm the one you put in jail!

I'm here for revenge!

- Stop! - What?

Go, run!

What happened, sir?

Where have you been, Come? How did she get in?

You told me to watch outside.

Nobody watched the back!

- You fool! Didn't you hear... - It's...

Muean told me

Master Gaysorn is giving birth, sir.

Help!

Come on!

Thank you so much for saving me.

How did you know I was there?

I saw that horny Magnate

ordered his servant to carry you to his warehouse.

So, are you acquitted?

Don't tell me you broke out?

I didn't break out.

Someone helped me get acquitted. I'm innocent now.

- Someone helped you? - Yeah.

Boonta.

Chaai.

I went to see you at Fang's.

Lamjeak said you went missing.

I couldn't find you at the market.

So I went looking for you.

I didn't expect Magnate Thong to make a move on you.

You're lucky this time.

But this is your lesson.

Next time, if Luang or I can't save you,

what would happen?

You have to be careful.

Don't go to a lottery or do anything that risks getting violated.

Yeah, okay.

I won't do a lottery again.

Thank you so much for saving me.

Thank you.

Thank you too, Chaai, for coming.

You just got back from work.

You helped me. Of course I'd help you back.

How did I help you?

You told this Luang about me.

So he reopened my case and gave me justice.

Back then, I thought

I would never get to see you again.

You finally get justice.

You're finally a free woman.

I'm going home.

I'll find some work to do.

If we're destined to meet,

we will meet again.

Sis, I wish you a life

of nothing but good fortune.

Have a safe journey.

Let's go.

Okay.

Boom?

She looks so much like her.

Whose name was that?

It's someone I know.

This is the first time

I have met someone who looks like someone I used to know.

It's uncanny.

(Guest Starring - Klot Atthaseri)

(Guest Starring - Thepthana Palkawong Na Ayutthaya)

(Guest Starring - Phiramon Chomthawat)

(Guest Starring - Dulthat Wasinajindakaew)

(Guest Starring - Anucha Teerakanont)

- Who? - Noknoi.

Don't you see she's eyeing the Luang?

We're buying new robes and sashes

because Maha Songkran is drawing near.

I'm giving out food.

We have to make it fab!

Make it dope! Make it go hard!

Every time I make merit, I run into these people.

You Sampheng woman!

You lowly people! The courtesans' food

is just like you people.

It's good for a night, for one time only.

You're going too far, ma'am.

- Destroy their booth! - Yes, ma'am!

Building a sand pagoda is a big merit.

It will make your love life successful.

- You... - I may not be as beautiful as Boonta,

but I'm younger.

I do everything better.

I'll prove it to you, sir.