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Who are you?

What are you doing here?

Are you trying to sabotage my plan?

What do you mean?

I am here to help you out because I heard you were caught.

That was part of my plan.

They say beard the lion in his den, right?

Besides, you were going to use your sword dressed like that?

Excuse me.

Who are you?

-How dare you! -Sorry?

How dare you interrupt?

-I just-- -And who are you?

How dare you ask me who I am?

She is my friend. Get out of the way!

Go.

Go!

-Go? -Off you go!

You!

How dare you peek inside?

You bitch!

Who are you?

Excuse me.

I am a friend of...

You mean, Lady Kim?

Yes.

I am her friend.

She is in danger right now.

We are here. Do not worry.

Thank you for helping me out.

But the police bureau

has been colluding with her father-in-law for a long time.

So this is not going to work.

You should have come inside quietly.

How dare you make a big scene out here?

How dare you humiliate me?

Who is this?

Are you not the woman from the widow village?

The beautiful behind?

Why do we keep crossing paths?

Why do you not tell me? How dare you be so rude to me again?

Open the palanquin!

-Yes, my lord. -Yes, my lord.

How dare you?

-Stop it! -Should I beat you more?

-Do not move! -Have you not yet learned your lesson?

Who is this?

These two are not her.

Where in the world is my daughter-in-law?

Arrest these two right now!

Yes, my lord.

You two better explain when and how you switched places with her!

Stop!

What is with the big fuss?

My lord, please disregard this. It is a mere family matter.

These men are all armed. You call this a mere family matter?

Arrest all of them!

-Yes! -Yes!

-Let's go! -Come on.

-No! -Please.

-Follow me. -I did not do anything.

Do not touch me!

Follow me.

-Hey! -Follow me.

Oh my goodness!

My goodness.

My goodness.

I owe you an apology for many things, my lord.

No need to apologize.

She is your mother, after all. I ought to help her.

They look very close.

Yes.

I heard that they are very close.

Did he really buy it?

Yes. I never left the house after getting married.

So there is no way he could recognize my face.

Gosh!

Why did you not go with your mistress?

You could have run away, just like that.

What were you doing there?

What?

What were you doing with Cha Yul-mu at that house?

Why do you ask?

You finally met your mistress

and almost died trying to save her.

And yet, you are curious about what we were doing?

Why do you ask?

Because I am curious.

What?

Am I not allowed to be curious?

You scamp.

You little devil! Let me go!

We have come so far. We cannot just leave without him.

Look around! Hanyang is huge.

How can we possibly find Nok-du here?

Where there is a will, there is a way.

Hey! Cut it out!

ASEOWON THE HANYANG BASE OF THE MUWOL CORPS

I got out of the island and followed after the assassin.

And I saw the assassin entering a widow village.

A widow village?

Oh, dear.

But

-who are-- -Yes, a widow village.

Thank you.

I chased her inside,

and I got beaten up for entering a village where men are forbidden.

I fought a widow and ended up with this scar on my face.

That is too bad.

That is why I am back in Hanyang.

I am going to find another way.

Do you know about a killer corps only made of women?

Women?

But women--

Excuse me, I need to go to the bathroom.

But women do not like me.

Hey! Where are you going?

It is better for me to look for Nok-du than his father.

I wonder if they are doing okay.

Aeng-du--

Where did she go?

Aeng-du!

Hwang Aeng-du!

I am here!

Hey!

What are you eating now?

If you are that busy eating, how will we find Nok-du?

It will not be long.

What do you mean?

I am sure it was him.

He still has the scar from the fight in Mudamgol,

so you just need to find the scar.

We do not have enough manpower to provide backup.

Mudamgol, you say?

-I told you. -Yes.

General Hwang is taking so long in Hanyang.

Maybe he ran into Nok-du by chance.

I hope so.

Father, run.

Be careful.

Father!

Go this way. I will go that way.

What do you mean?

This path leads to the cave General Hwang told us.

-I will meet you there. -No, let us go together.

-Let us go. -No, Father.

This path is better for me.

We will both be in danger if we move together.

I will lure them.

Let us meet at the cave.

-You must be careful. -Yes, Father.

Run...

His Majesty is coming!

-Your Majesty. -Get out of my way!

Your Majesty.

I am sure that the Queen Dowager did this.

How dare you?

Can you be responsible for your words?

Excuse my words, but rumors say

that shamans are secretly visiting her chamber these days.

Why do you think

someone left a dead pig under Grand Prince Yeongchang's tree,

an animal that represents your birth year?

Find the truth.

Who did this and why?

He appeared in Hanyang?

Yes, I received a message earlier.

Had I known, I would have stayed longer.

Did Deul-re go after him, too?

Then she would have gone to Aseowon, but she did not.

Everyone!

Vice-Curator Yeon would like to see you all in the kisaeng house.

Lady Kim, I would like to say--

Lady Kim!

Lady Kim!

Everyone, focus.

Prepare everything like a mother making food for her children.

Put the meat pancakes right there.

Lady Kim will love those.

No, that belongs over there.

I thought we were guests at the party.

You are just slaving us around!

Right.

Too bad that Lady Kim is at her parent's house and she cannot...

Right.

She might not come.

What are you talking about?

She said she will be back today!

Lady Kim does not lie!

Yes, sure.

Go catch a calf and make some grilled ribs.

I will just walk.

I am on my way to the kisaeng house,

so just hop on.

How can a mature lady ride a horse with a man?

Come here.

I let you ride your own because you are experienced,

but it would not be safe to--

I am lighter,

so it will be easier for her to ride with me.

Hop on, my daughter.

Here, Dong-ju.

Daughter, come on.

Hey...

Mother, are you okay?

-Are you injured? -I got distracted.

I think I sprained my ankle.

Everyone,

please do not eat too much.

-Just wait a little more, okay? -Yes, my lord.

When will she come?

What?

What in the...

Lady Kim.

No!

My lord, here you go.

Look at that.

I told you not to give her any alcohol.

No, I am drinking today.

-Please do not. -Whatever.

It must have been nice to visit your parents.

Did your parents give you anything good?

Yes.

They gave me about 2,000 nyang to settle in.

You cannot hold your liquor, can you?

I have never drunk before.

It is impressive that you decided to get caught on purpose.

What a relief. I thought I may have ruined your plan.

But how did you do it?

That is a secret.

Good work.

I am going to report to the boss and get you officially initiated.

That means that I can join you, right?

Of course.

There is no reason why you cannot, unless you are a fake widow.

Right.

Let us ask her since she is here.

What do you mean?

Why do you keep hitting on Lord Cha?

What?

Because she loves him!

I know everything.

I, Vice-Curator Yeon,

love Lady Kim.

But why? Why do you love a man who looks like a stray cat?

-What are you doing? -Why you...

How could I love Lord Cha?

Why does everyone think so?

It is not what you think!

Hey!

Are you okay?

Are you okay? You should stop drinking.

Goodness.

Like mother like daughter. What a mess.

I told you not to give her drinks.

She becomes a mess when she gets drunk.

What happens when she gets drunk?

She tells what is on her mind

and blows all the secrets she knows.

That is right.

I told everyone that you have smelly feet.

-Did I not? -Hey!

Stop it!

Darn it.

Sweetheart,

I think we should head home.

No.

Keep talking.

What do you think of our Lord Cha?

It is only natural for a woman to love him,

but you are a widow!

-No, I-- -That is right.

My mother

is in love, indeed.

Daughter!

My daughter is drunk, so she is just spewing nonsense.

We should get going.

Dong-ju never talks nonsense even when she is drunk.

-Let us hear it. -Yes, let us.

Who is she in love with?

Is it Lord Cha or not?

My mother is in love with--

My husband!

-My late-- -Honey!

-"Honey"? -Mistress?

-Are you sure he is here? -Yes!

Of course.

There is no reason why you cannot, unless you are a fake widow.

It is only natural for a woman to love him...

I do not think it is him.

I will tell you

who I love.

I know I should not.

I do not know why,

but I am in love with Lord Cha.

Oh, no.

You are a true man.

And I...

I am just a helpless woman.

Lady Kim?

I am so sorry, my lord.

-Oh, my! -Oh, dear!

Oh, no!

How can this be?

I like you!

I said, I like you!

I like you!

I said, I like you!

Gosh.

What a crazy dream.

Of course, that was a dream.

What else could it be?

No, this cannot be.

No way.

She is the daughter of the depraved mother.

I heard about it, too.

A daughter and a mother fought over a man at the kisaeng house.

I heard it was a total mess.

Really?

Repeat after me one more time.

-Sister. -Sister.

Good.

You must call me that here, okay?

Of course. Don't you worry.

Brother, do you have any more of this?

No! You cannot call me that!

Again.

What do you have to call me? I just taught you.

Then...

Honey?

No!

I told you, call me Sister!

Why should I call you Sister?

I told you that I have something to do outside the island.

Oh, my. Was that becoming a sister?

No...

Aeng-du, if people here find out that I am a man,

I will get executed immediately.

No! You cannot die.

Exactly! That is why you need to help me.

-Yes. -All right.

Repeat after me one more time.

Sister.

Sister.

Nonsense.

Seriously.

You are crazy.

Stop it.

I had no other choice.

So, this is where their boss is?

In this village full of widows?

Yes, so I cannot go back right now.

Look at you. You are wearing women's clothes.

There is no way I am going back before I beat up their boss.

What about Father and Hwang-tae?

How many times do I need to tell you?

They are well. Hwang-tae is recovering.

And I even sent them a message,

saying that I will return safely with you.

So, do not worry.

And you say,

your "daughter" knows that you are a man?

Yesterday, she said, "I like you!"

Was she talking about you or that man who looks like a stray cat?

What do you think?

If it was for you,

that girl has a terrible taste in men.

Seriously?

She was just drunk-talking.

Sure.

Master, please wait.

My lord!

My lord! Wait for me!

How could it be?

My lord!

-How? -Wait!

My lord!

Why?

Why not me?

That woman is insane.

My lord!

Please come here.

My lord.

Please, just come here.

Lord Cha.

Was it when I gave you

the persimmon shaved ice?

Pardon?

Was it when I gave you the sweets? Or was it...

when we rode the horse together?

It does not matter when you fell in love with me.

You know very well who I am in love with.

-In love? -Yes.

To me, you are a friend,

no, the mother of the woman I love.

So please, see me as nothing more than that.

What do you love so much about Dong-ju?

Sorry? Well...

I am in love, so I love everything about her.

It is not simply one thing about her that made me fall in love with her.

Then how can you tell when you are in love?

How can you not know?

You miss them when they are not around, and you are happy to see them.

You worry about everything when it comes to them.

Love is like a cough. You cannot hold it back.

-Like a cough? -Yes.

You kissed me on the lips in front of everyone.

You did that because you could not hold in the love you have for me.

Right, sure.

How can you act as if you have never loved someone?

What? What do you mean?

I have! Many times.

Sure.

Anyway,

your feelings for me--

I will give up on you.

Sorry?

I sincerely apologize for everything.

Please do not mind me from now on.

Like a cough?

My gosh. Seriously?

I was wondering where you were.

Did you just laugh?

I just...

Have you had dinner?

You have no idea how people are treating me!

How can you laugh and ask if I have had my dinner?

You just look like you starved all day.

Why did you kiss him there?

Are you insane? Was that the only way?

You could have flipped the table over or stopped the kid from talking.

Or, you could have smacked me.

And what is up with that kid?

Why did she call you, "Honey"?

Well,

she used to live next door and she thinks we are engaged.

That is obviously not true, but it is complicated.

Engaged?

You have a mistress and you are engaged?

What a man.

Why are you looking at me like that?

-Let me ask you a question. -What?

Who is it? The man you are in love with.

They say you cannot hide your feelings.

Either I am too dumb or you are too smart.

I cannot read your mind at all.

But I am really curious.

You lunatic.

That was just me drunk-talking.

I know your drinking habit already.

Who do you think it is?

You think I would have feelings

for a scamp who has a mistress and is engaged?

You are right.

Okay. Let us head back.

You go. I am not going with you.

Why is he curious?

My goodness!

Right. There is no way it could have been me.

Of course not.

It is not like I asked because I had feelings for her.

I just wanted to know why she said weird stuff.

How ridiculous.

Brother... No.

Sister?

What are you doing, muttering to yourself this early in the morning?

What?

Morning?

She stayed out all night?

All night?

My back is so sore.

Why am I even doing this?

I am being nice, honey.

How loving.

Aeng-du, what did I say will happen if you call me that?

You die.

Kid, do you even know what getting married means?

Of course.

You eat three meals a day together, play together,

and stay together all the time.

Precisely.

It is a lifelong commitment,

so you must meet a warm and kindhearted man in the future.

When you grow up!

You cannot marry some scamp.

This one here is not too bad.

Why you little...

Aeng-du, here.

-Enjoy. -Okay.

Is she not coming home tonight again?

Let me go! How dare you!

-Let me go! -My Queen!

I do not know these people.

Curse His Majesty?

Revolt against His Majesty?

Let me go!

I am the Queen Dowager of this country.

His Majesty ordered us to escort you to the West Palace.

Go!

I want to see the Grand Prince.

My child!

No!

Please allow me to see His Majesty.

I am begging you!

Your Majesty!

Mother!

Mother!

Will this be okay?

People against this will come after you, my lord.

Every decision has its consequences.

I will take care of it, so do not worry.

Darn.

It hurts.

I cannot sleep like this anymore.

Right.

Why should I sleep outside when I have a room?

How could this happen while you were absent?

His Majesty purposely waited until I was gone.

He is suspecting me because of what happened on the island.

Island?

I will get going first.

You go and borrow a horse from the kisaeng house and follow me.

Yes, my lord.

Then, was he the one who tried to kill us?

But His Majesty?

Why is His Majesty involved in what happened to us?

20 YEARS AGO A SMALL TOWN IN GYEONGGI PROVINCE

Why did you have to be born

on the 19th of November?

Why does it have to be today?

Your Majesty,

how can this tragedy happen?

What happened today

never happened.

The dead prince was

carried by Jung Yun-jeo.

The two of them never existed.

Leave.

I will say the baby died, and you buried him.

And that you fell into the water after I stabbed you.

So live like you do not exist.

Like you do not exist.

Mom.

Dad will soon be here with the medicine.

Hang in there just a little longer.

-Excuse me. Where is the drugstore? -Go that way.

Are you not Jung Yun-jeo?

You were probably mistaken.

Yun-jeo died during the war.

His Majesty actually seemed very happy to hear about him.

Go visit the Muwol Corps.

There is someone I must kill as soon as possible.

-Sorry? -His Majesty will make a move.

We must get on it before he does.

Yes, my lord.

If he finds out first,

our plan is over.

Who is he

and why is His Majesty involved?

What is happening?

I can light the candles for you. I am sure it would be fine.

No.

We must obey the rules here.

Why are you so scared of the dark?

I never said I was afraid.

I told you not to.

It is fine as long as they cannot see from the outside.

What do you think?

Even ghosts with good eyes will pass by our house.

Now, stop whimpering and go to sleep. You are so loud.

What? Why?

Go to sleep.

Stop being nice to me.

Why not?

-This is-- -Can only lovers do this to each other?

Only those who care and worry about each other?

Right.

Like you and your mistress.

I cannot hide it anymore.

-I actually do not-- -I am going to sleep.

Love is like a cough. You cannot hold it back.

I am in trouble.

I told myself I would not do anything pointless.

I am not going to.

I cannot.

-Goodness. -How do I look?

Here it goes!

Is it done?

-It looks good. -Does it?

You look beautiful.

Is today a special day?

How do you not know?

It is Dano today.

It is Dano!

Dano?

What do you do on Dano here?

It is all the same.

We pick mugwort and motherwort.

-We pick. -We pick.

We wash our hair with calamus water.

-We wash. -We wash.

And young men and women have a blast

-at the market! -At the market!

-They have a blast? -You know,

men and women fall in love by the swings

and share their feelings.

That is completely irrelevant to us, though.

I see.

Still...

-Dano, today is Dano! -Dano, today is Dano!

Aeng-du!

-It is Dano! -It is Dano!

I hear that it is Dano today.

Yes, I know.

Let us go to the market and ride the swing later.

I have something to tell you.

I do not want to hear it.

Why not?

Because it is pointless.

Do you know what I am going to say to you?

I do. It is obvious.

But

you do not want to hear it

because of Cha Yul-mu?

Yes.

Here.

Make sure you eat it slowly.

You can eat more?

I am far from being full.

Sure.

Eat until you are full. Here.

Can you pack some for me?

My brother loves this.

-Your brother? -Yes, my brother.

I mean, my sister!

Your sister?

Yes, my sister.

Do not be so heartbroken.

It is not over yet.

-You still have a chance. -Is it

-really not over yet? -Of course.

Otherwise, we would not drink with you.

Are you giving up when nothing has been confirmed yet?

You are right.

Nothing has been confirmed yet.

But if I give up just because I am told not to,

what good is that?

What is she saying?

Get up, everyone.

Let us go wash our hair with calamus water.

No, I should go home.

Come with us.

Nobody is here since everyone is in the hills.

BREWERY

Walk straight.

I am walking straight!

What is she doing?

Watch me.

I can walk straight.

I swear I was walking straight.

What happened to you?

I fell.

I am going to take a bath.

Who are you?

I am sorry about that.

Lady Kim!

He is giving these to you

as your birthday gift.

Can you go alone from here?

I cannot enter because I am a man.

You too?

Why do they not let men in?

It makes sense as it is a village for widows.

That is why I can barely see my father

and my brother has become my sister...

I do not have a mistress whom I love.

What? Then the mistress you mentioned...

You lied to me?

-Yes. -Then why are you telling the truth now?

Because I love you. That is why.

I told you.

I...

You do not like that man.

You say that you do,

and it makes sense that you do.

But I do not believe it.

What?

One cannot hide love.

Indeed, I could not hide it.

But you never coughed in front of him.

-What are you saying? -He looks at you,

but you do not look at him.

You look at me.

Am I wrong?

I do not want to answer.

Why do you keep asking me weird questions like that?

You have no idea.

You are right. I do not know anything.

So...

So, you answer me.

Are you going somewhere far away?

-Someone is having a 60th birthday party. -We are going to make a scene.

But he will never expect them to be the working ladies there.

It is urgent.

Find Ssuk and tell her we fell into a trap.

-It is hot! -Lady Kim?

Our boss sent me here.

You must be up to something again.

It has been a while.

I can leave now.

Do not go, please!

-I told you not to be so clingy. -I am going to be clingy.

So please, do not go.

Subtitle translation by Min-sun Kim