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ALL CHARACTERS, PLACES, ORGANIZATIONS, AND INCIDENTS

PORTRAYED IN THIS DRAMA ARE FICTITIOUS

Honey!

She is doing it again.

Is someone coming for an exile?

Aengdu, stop eating

and listen to me.

What is it?

I have

to do something outside of this island.

So?

What I am saying is, I cannot marry you.

So, you go and tell Master that we cannot get married.

Hey!

No.

You promised with my dad that we will get married.

That is only because I wanted him to teach me martial arts.

How is a little kid like you so strong?

Goodness!

Master!

There you are, my son-in-law.

Have some of this.

What are you two doing out here?

Dad, Nok-du said that he will not marry me.

-Hey! -What?

That is not what I meant.

I just meant to say that Aengdu is too young right now.

That will not be an issue.

You are also the youngest one among the lads,

which is perfect.

You two are perfect for each other!

Right, perfect for each other.

-Darn... -Nok-du!

Nok-du!

My goodness.

Your house is in trouble!

Father!

Who are you?

Father! Hwang-tae!

Are you okay?

Who are you?

Why are you here?

Go! Leave!

No!

No!

Father, they came to harm us.

No need to fight. We just need to flee.

-Do not try to find out more. -What do you mean?

I cannot just let them go.

Nok-du!

It will be over if we leave. Just forget about all of this.

Father, I know everything.

This is all because...

It is all because of me. I committed a crime.

So...

No.

It is all because of me.

Why we have been hiding on this island, why we are trying to run away now,

and why Mother passed away,

all of that is

because of me.

It is all right.

Are you okay, Hwang-tae?

Thankfully, he is not severely injured.

But

I can tell they are trained assassins by the way they used their swords.

Where could have they come from?

Master, please take care of Father and Hwang-tae.

Nok-du!

What are you talking about?

My goodness.

You saw how that assassin tried to commit suicide, right?

It is not going to end just by defeating a few.

So,

follow after them to find their boss.

I will take your father and Hwang-tae to my hometown.

Yes, Master.

A woman?

Get out of the way!

Get out of the way!

Make way for His Majesty!

Make way for His Majesty!

He is coming.

Your Majesty!

What was that?

Darn it.

It is too late.

Die!

Your Majesty, hear me.

The rock that I just threw was

the very rock you used to crush my son to death.

It is the very rock you used to crush my grandson to death.

Get him!

You destroyed the homes of hundreds of your people,

and crushed innocent people

to build your palace.

Your Majesty, my foot.

You are the King? Nonsense.

He must have accomplices. Find them.

Yes, Your Majesty.

Search the whole area thoroughly.

-Yes! -Yes!

Arrest everyone here.

I have found an arrow!

What are you doing? Let me go!

Let go of me!

You better follow us.

Someone is hiding in there!

Go and check for yourself.

No!

Come with us!

Take him!

-Come with us. -Let me go.

Let us go.

I almost had him.

Hey! I lost him because of you!

Who are you?

-Are you not-- -Only if you had not interrupted!

Then what?

Darn it!

What are your eyes for? Why did you bump into me?

If your eyes worked fine, why did you not duck?

My plans got messed up because of you.

What a peasant. Talking to you is a waste of my time.

Peasant?

How old are you?

I was born in the year of the snake. When were you born?

The year of the snake?

By the year of the snake, I had already mastered the Cheonjamun

and memorized all of Four Books and Five Classics!

-How dare you-- -Be quiet!

Goodness.

Look at you. It is a pity that I am the only one watching.

Do you work with the old man who threw the rock?

-What? -If you are innocent,

you will be released next morning anyway.

Why are you trying to escape?

If you get caught, you will be executed.

Is he naive or dumb?

Did you just swear at me?

No, I did not.

Help me.

Come on!

What did you say? I could not hear you.

My lord.

Help me, my lord.

Say "please."

Please.

What?

Are you crying?

You think this is funny?

It is not too bad.

I made it to Hanyang, after all.

I knew you were a hillbilly.

What are you here in Hanyang for? To see the King?

No.

I am here to find out about who I am.

What a joke.

I cannot believe this coward tried to escape.

My goodness!

What was that?

-My gosh. -What is the matter with you?

Everyone in the cell, follow me.

We should follow all the laws and procedures.

Are you sure this is okay?

This is nonsense. We do not even know

where that arrow came from.

Kill them!

ROYAL INVESTIGATION BUREAU

Continue the questioning.

Who are you and where are you from?

This is for the records. You must tell us.

I am Kim Won-sik from Jidamgol.

What were you doing there?

I was just passing by.

You came all the way from Jidamgol to Hanyang.

And you were just passing by?

Tell us exactly what you were up to.

If you do not speak the truth,

you will not be able to walk out of here alive.

My child, stay alive.

You must...

You must live...

Why are you not saying anything?

How dare you!

Answer the question!

Let me meet the King.

I just find this so frustrating. Just let me meet the King.

How despicable!

Are you asking for death?

I do not want to die.

If I am going to die,

let me say what I want to first.

What a lunatic.

Kill him!

Let us hear him out.

What is so frustrating?

Had he had planned to kill,

would he have exposed himself and thrown a small rock?

And that arrow.

You do not know where it came from.

I bet words are spreading all across the country

that hundreds of commoners were arrested

because of some old man who lost his son

and his grandson because of the palace construction.

Why can you not make better use of us?

What? Use?

Yes. If I were you,

I would cut this nonsense

and cover the graves of the old man's son and grandson with fresh grass.

I would rather show off how gracious I am.

Is that what you wanted to tell His Majesty?

Yes.

I was going to suggest that he should act gracious at least.

Who knows?

The people may be touched

and work even harder to build the palace.

What a lowly peasant.

I will order them to kill him.

No.

He has a point.

He is lowly, but that is not a bad idea.

He is suggesting a way for this incapable King

to earn some respect from his people.

-Does that mean-- -Yes, let us pretend that I am gracious.

But do not let the old man go alive.

Yes, Your Majesty.

-Goodness! -I know you are grateful.

Then let me ask you a favor.

What is it?

Do you like gukbap?

-Do you have some money on you? -Seriously?

Come on.

No!

What use are you if you are such a weak man?

What did you just say?

I could have been very useful, had it not been for you!

You are begging for gukbap. Look who is talking.

Begging? I am merely asking you to return a favor.

You would be dead and smelling incense by now,

had it not been for me.

My will!

Oh my goodness. What do I do?

I do not want to see you ever again.

If I do, I might just beat you right up.

He is a chicken, a weakling, but at least he has a loud voice.

Where am I going to find this?

Wait, I would not be the only one looking for this mark.

What is wrong with you?

You should not eat if you do not have money.

Why do you come here every day?

Please, some leftover will be--

I would not give you anything even if I had rotten food.

Get lost!

Give me a big room for the night.

Do you have money?

Of course, I do.

I am going to have dinner as well, so I will pay all at once.

Come in.

INN

Come already.

I want to get this over with so that I can go see Hwang-tae and Father.

Head inside!

Hwang-tae!

Did I not tell you to make sure that Nok-du does not get on a boat?

Father,

I am sorry.

Why not?

Why can I not learn to read or to ride a boat?

I want to read books and ride the boat,

but why am I not allowed to do that?

How dare you?

Do you need me to keep beating you?

Are you in there?

INN

A customer ordered it and left.

Do you want it? You did not have dinner.

I was just going to sleep.

Eat it. I will give it to you for free.

For free?

Thank you. I will enjoy the food.

It is midnight now!

Where are you going?

What is wrong? What is he doing?

-Are you okay? -Please help me.

Hey!

Hey.

He is dead.

Go and get the boss.

-I will look around here. -Okay.

You are paying me five nyang, right?

This way, sir.

Here!

What?

Chil-bong!

All right, let us go see who your boss is.

That is the hideout.

You are all dead.

-My goodness! -Oh, no.

What is a man doing here?

How could a man come in?

This is weird.

Why are there only women here?

-How can a man be here? -What is he doing?

Look at him.

How did he get in here?

What are you doing?

Do you have a death wish?

I think there is a misunderstanding.

Misunderstanding, my ass.

You came because you wanted to have your way with the widows, right?

WIDOW VILLAGE, MEN FORBIDDEN

Goodness.

So men are forbidden,

but the widows are assassins?

Should I just destroy them all?

No, I would get destroyed even before getting to the boss.

Is this surely the right way?

Yes, this is the only way into the widow village.

How dare she?

She ran away right before we built the monument to her and her chastity?

You are still looking for Sung, right?

Yes, we are searching the entire mountain.

He is likely to get caught soon.

Do not worry. Even if we miss him, he will surely come here.

Over there!

I am here to help. Please excuse me.

Are you okay?

No!

I am okay.

Who are you?

Ddolbok, are you okay?

-Ma'am! -What?

Are you okay, ma'am?

I am sorry,

you helped me out, yet I have caused you harm.

I am sorry.

I thought you were out to harm her.

It is fine.

You should not go to the widow village.

Your father-in-law is already there.

Were you

really planning on going there?

Even if that means that you cannot see me for good?

I would rather not see you for good than put you in danger--

Why do you not understand me?

No, you cannot go there.

I think there is a way.

How come she is still not here?

I wonder if she went elsewhere.

My lord, over there!

You wench!

You should be honored that you can sacrifice your life for the family,

but how dare you run away instead?

Do you not dream of dying in peace.

Oh, my!

How dare you?

What is this?

Did you

really just hit your father-in-law?

Who are you?

This is not my daughter-in-law.

Please forgive me.

She is beautiful.

She is, indeed.

Especially from the back.

I do not think this is a good idea.

-We should come up with another-- -No.

You look absolutely stunning.

We just need to work on your gait and your voice.

Right, the way you walk is...

This is a small token of appreciation.

What is this?

I am not doing this for anything in return.

Did I step over the line again?

-Then I will-- -No!

It would be rude of me

to reject a lady's kindness like that.

That is true.

All right. Let us go now.

This is nice.

Can I have this one?

Thank you.

Who are you?

I am

a member of the Kim family in Hanyang.

I heard that this is a village for widows that are being chased.

Is that right?

Come right in.

This way.

This village was established during the Japanese invasion.

Women who lost their husbands in war

came together and built the village.

Families kept forcing us

to kill ourselves for the honor of the family.

They spewed all that nonsense,

but for whose benefit?

So we stayed strong for a long time,

and this place became a legitimate village that the King approved of.

-Is that not right? -Yes.

-How are you doing? -It is so nice today.

Do not worry.

That entrance that you entered from,

and the path to the kisaeng house

are the only ways you can get into the village.

These ordinary-looking women are on one team?

You have a very strong build.

A perfect head wife material.

Everyone in my mother's family is tall.

I take after her.

I see.

Are you there?

Yes!

She is a new widow joining us from today.

She fled all the way here from Hanyang.

Hello.

Do not be scared.

There are occasionally brainless men that sneak in.

But us the Virtuous Women Corps do not miss a single man

and send them to hell.

-Always. -Always.

-I see. -Leave the men to us.

Madam Chun!

She is a new widow to the village.

She is the head of the kisaeng house.

I see.

Why is there a kisaeng house right next to a widow village?

The female energy is strong here,

which is why they built a kisaeng house here.

Now, the widows

make the alcohol and clothes for the kisaeng house.

And Madam Chun takes care of our village.

We are helping each other.

Welcome.

She must be tired.

Report her entry to the Vice-Curator and let her rest.

Do we have any room available?

It might take a few days to prepare one.

Why do you not have her stay in your place for now?

Sun-nyeo, host her in your room since you use it alone.

-That sounds good. -That is perfect.

No, thank you.

Well, I just...

I cannot inconvenience you like that.

That is fine.

I do not mind at all. We are all women.

No! I cannot let myself do that.

You said that the kisaeng house is right next to the village, right?

Could you just let me stay there?

Sorry?

At the kisaeng house?

Are you sure you will be okay?

A lot of men come here and it might feel uncomfortable.

It is just for a few days. I will be fine.

Sure.

You may share a room with Dong-ju, then.

She has a bad sleeping habit, but she is...

Come with me!

Come right here!

Quiet!

Stop crying.

No!

Let her go.

Dong-ju, you cannot do that.

Does this bitch want to die?

My lord.

My lord, what brings you here?

I want to give that girl a chance to become a true kisaeng,

but how dare that lowly bitch stop me?

Look at this mess!

She is not a kisaeng officially,

and she is only 12 years old.

Take Cho-seon with you inside.

-My lord, let us-- -What?

You must be out of your mind too.

Where are you taking her?

My lord!

This is against the law, do you not know?

The law?

The law!

You lowly women are talking about the law!

You are right.

What good is there for lowly kisaengs like us to talk about the law?

But it is a different story for you, my lord.

You are a man of class,

so I am just giving you a friendly reminder

not to lose your dignity because of a moment of anger.

Then how much longer do I have to wait?

At least three to four years.

Fine.

I will wait.

Seriously?

My lord!

Is this good enough?

My lord, what are you doing?

I would need to cut it this much to let it grow back in three to four years.

-My lord! -Why?

What if someone else takes her while I wait

for three to four years?

Or will you give up your hair instead?

What do you think you are doing?

I will give my hair to you if that is what you want.

Hair cannot be more important than the little girl.

Hair always grows back.

You little...

-Oh, no. -Goodness.

Absolutely despicable.

You are asking for death.

-What are you doing? Teach her a lesson! -Why you little...

Anybody there?

-My lord! -My lord.

Yeon-hong and Ok-ran. Hello.

-My lord! -My lord.

What is wrong?

It is fine.

Darn.

Who are you?

I am sorry about that. Are you all right?

Are you a chef?

Let us say that I am.

You must be bothered by all of this.

Now we are talking.

Look at what these lowly wenches have done.

How dare they treat a nobleman like this?

Here, have this.

-What is it? -Chew it well.

It is an evodia pill that calms anger.

It is so bitter!

Things good for your health are bitter.

Would you like another one?

-Water! -Where is water?

-Water! -Bring him water!

-Water! -Here.

-My lord, have some water. -Drink up.

Goodness.

Oh, no.

I thought it was water, but it was vinegar.

I am sorry.

Evodia becomes poisonous

when it is consumed with vinegar.

My lord!

Get out of my way!

My lord, are you okay?

Does it really become poisonous?

I have no idea. I have never tried it.

Come inside, my lord.

Stop fussing and head inside.

-Yes, madam. -Yes, madam.

I am sorry for all the mess.

-You'll be staying in the room at the end. -I can find it myself.

This is too bad.

It is fine.

Dong-ju, come with me.

I think I have seen her somewhere.

Where did I see her?

That girl...

I am finally here,

but nobody is going to just tell me who gave the order.

How am I going to find out?

Darn it.

What were you thinking?

It has not even been a month since he took the 13-year-old Mae-hyang

and returned her dead.

How could I just watch him do that again?

So you cut your hair? You are a kisaeng!

I could not let him cut your hair.

I am not an official kisaeng yet.

You should be ashamed that you are still an apprentice.

Look at you!

He made me so annoyed.

How could he treat us like that?

He is so ugly. Who does he think he is?

Bye now.

I heard you stepped out of the kisaeng house.

Where did you go?

Do not put yourself in trouble.

Understood?

Yes.

-Why did you do that? -It was annoying

to watch the ugly jerk make a mess here.

I love this kisaeng house.

Do not meddle in again.

I cannot promise that.

You disappeared after leaving a will,

so how can I not meddle in?

I almost had a heart attack.

Did you not care

how worried I would be?

You promised that you would not get in my way. Do you not remember that?

Am I not allowed to worry about you?

I am going to leave this place if you keep meddling in life.

Fine, I will stop.

You do not ever lose, do you?

Bye.

What do you think you are doing?

Are you stealing my stuff?

-Give me that. -Do not touch me.

-Show me! -Stop it!

My goodness.

I am sorry.

Why did you go through my stuff?

You are the one

who groped my chest.

You touched my belongings without my permission!

Did you see everything inside?

No.

Why are you in my room?

Madam Chun told me that I can stay here.

I hate sharing a room with someone.

You think I like being here?

I guess she had no choice since I am the only one

who uses a room alone.

You can make yourself at home,

but if you touch my stuff without my permission--

I will not.

I will not lay a single finger on anything!

You!

I lost him because of you!

You are no ordinary person either.

I am not following you around.

What a beautiful flower you are. You soothe my loneliness.

Vice-Curator Yeon, what are you doing here?

But I will take the loneliness as an honor.

If that is what it takes to see a woman so fair, a Hera of Troy.

You mean Helen of Troy.

Are you making fun of me because of my hair?

I knew from the first sight that you are the one I am looking for.

What?

Me?

What about her?

Enjoy your date.

-What? -Sure.

-You are the new widow -Hold on.

at the widow village, right?

-I am fine. -Hear me out.

I was of a very high position in Hanyang,

but the King trusted me so much

that he ordered me to manage the widow village.

I am a vice-curator of the ninth rank

of the Yeon family.

My name is Geun.

What an useless position that is.

Wait.

Excuse my contact.

Although I am not allowed to enter,

I manage everything that happens in the village,

-so let me know-- -No thanks!

You manage the village, you say?

Thank you so much.

It will be of great help for me to get to know the widows.

I would also like to get to know you very well.

No need to be so shy.

It is not going to end just by defeating a few.

So,

follow after them to find their boss.

BREWERY

I found her.

I found you.

We have been looking for you

to have an honest conversation with you.

No, thanks. I am not much of a talker.

You must be exhausted.

Come with us.

Where?

Nothing brings women closer than taking a bath together.

A bath? What are you saying?

How can women bathe together?

I am just shy.

-We used to be shy, too. -That is right.

It is okay. We are all women.

-Let us go! -Let us go!

-Let us go! -Let me go!

You are loving it.

Let me go! I do not want to.

We are neighbors now.

Hey!

I have been looking for you.

Remember how we were

supposed to go to that place?

You know.

Where were you two planning to go?

What?

I was going to go and take a bath

because my short hair is bothering me.

-Well then. -Gosh, no.

Let us go!

No! Please!

Let us go!

No, please let me go.

Please.

Namo Amitabhaya

I think I should get going.

Goodness!

No!

Seriously, I...

I cannot do this.

-Why not? -Because I have

a skin disease.

This water is medicinal.

This will heal your disease.

Let us get in!

Well...

I have a trauma of water. I almost drowned as a kid.

That is what weak people say.

-Wait. -Just fight it out.

Just come in, the water is not that deep.

The thing is...

Why are you so shy? We are all women.

No.

Wait.

I do not think I can--

No!

It is nice in here.

I knew you would like it.

Come here.

SPECIAL THANKS TO LEE HO-JAE, PARK CHUL-MIN, AND JUNG YI-RANG

FOR MAKING A GUEST APPEARANCE

So...

"Really?" "No way."

There is something you cannot say yourself,

so you want someone else to say it for you.

Are you not Jung Yun-jeo?

Jung Yun-jeo. I am sure it was him.

Remember the day Yun-jeo died?

You said that he died after he buried his son, right?

It started itching because I could not get changed.

A little lower than that.

Subtitle translation by Min-sun Kim