1 00:00:26,359 --> 00:00:27,193 ‎Bun-hong. 2 00:00:27,694 --> 00:00:28,819 ‎Yes, madam. 3 00:00:28,820 --> 00:00:30,113 ‎Where is Yun? 4 00:00:31,030 --> 00:00:32,198 ‎Well… 5 00:00:32,866 --> 00:00:33,700 ‎The thing is… 6 00:00:51,509 --> 00:00:53,928 ‎Thank you all for your trouble today. 7 00:01:50,527 --> 00:01:52,320 ‎Won, you have grown into a fine young man. 8 00:01:53,780 --> 00:01:54,781 ‎Thank you, Uncle. 9 00:01:56,116 --> 00:01:57,491 ‎I trust you have been well. 10 00:01:57,492 --> 00:02:00,286 ‎Indeed. Look at you, ‎you have come along admirably! 11 00:02:02,539 --> 00:02:03,455 ‎Won. 12 00:02:03,456 --> 00:02:08,085 ‎I have set aside a new weasel-hair brush ‎made from black bamboo for the elder. 13 00:02:08,086 --> 00:02:10,630 ‎Would you go ‎to the study annex and fetch it? 14 00:02:11,589 --> 00:02:12,506 ‎That will do. 15 00:02:12,507 --> 00:02:14,634 ‎Yes, certainly. 16 00:03:00,263 --> 00:03:02,307 ‎You are not meant to come in here. 17 00:03:04,392 --> 00:03:05,726 ‎I might say the same of you. 18 00:03:05,727 --> 00:03:09,272 ‎How dare a young woman ‎behave as such in my uncle's study annex? 19 00:03:12,525 --> 00:03:14,444 ‎Won, it is you. 20 00:03:15,403 --> 00:03:16,529 ‎Cousin Yun? 21 00:03:17,780 --> 00:03:19,740 ‎You have grown into quite the man. 22 00:03:19,741 --> 00:03:21,242 ‎I almost did not recognize you. 23 00:03:29,417 --> 00:03:31,668 ‎Good heavens! The brush! 24 00:03:31,669 --> 00:03:33,795 ‎Uncle sent me to fetch it! 25 00:03:33,796 --> 00:03:35,631 ‎How could you have used it? 26 00:03:35,632 --> 00:03:37,842 ‎It is a brush, ‎meant to be used by someone in time. 27 00:03:38,635 --> 00:03:39,802 ‎What matter is it? 28 00:03:42,805 --> 00:03:46,434 ‎He laughed so heartily ‎it quite took me aback. 29 00:03:51,147 --> 00:03:52,439 ‎He has brought it. 30 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:53,900 ‎Is that the brush? 31 00:03:59,489 --> 00:04:01,698 ‎Won, did you use the brush? 32 00:04:01,699 --> 00:04:04,034 ‎Surely he would not be so ill-mannered. 33 00:04:04,035 --> 00:04:06,496 ‎Won, speak for yourself. 34 00:04:07,413 --> 00:04:08,747 ‎But that is not… 35 00:04:08,748 --> 00:04:09,916 ‎Well, let us see 36 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:15,046 ‎what Won has written here. 37 00:04:17,465 --> 00:04:21,094 ‎My word, did you truly write this? 38 00:04:21,886 --> 00:04:23,512 ‎I would like to see it as well. 39 00:04:23,513 --> 00:04:26,223 ‎Goodness, brother. Do take a look. 40 00:04:26,224 --> 00:04:28,059 ‎Here it is. 41 00:04:37,110 --> 00:04:38,527 ‎Well, well, the boy shows promise. 42 00:04:38,528 --> 00:04:42,656 ‎Expound the virtues that make tobacco ‎The southern sacred herb 43 00:04:42,657 --> 00:04:45,075 ‎A loyal subject 44 00:04:45,076 --> 00:04:47,244 ‎As the topic is set 45 00:04:47,245 --> 00:04:49,747 ‎The examination hall ‎Becomes quite a spectacle 46 00:04:50,832 --> 00:04:52,624 ‎Now, whose son might this be? 47 00:04:52,625 --> 00:04:55,544 ‎He has studied remarkably well 48 00:04:55,545 --> 00:04:59,131 ‎I owe him for this handsome pay 49 00:04:59,132 --> 00:05:02,969 ‎So what choice have I but to sing as bid? 50 00:05:03,594 --> 00:05:06,847 ‎May you achieve top honors ‎In the civil service exam 51 00:05:06,848 --> 00:05:08,598 ‎-Sir. ‎-‎Well, well 52 00:05:08,599 --> 00:05:13,145 ‎-‎One slips a few coins to the examiner ‎-A small token. 53 00:05:13,146 --> 00:05:16,648 ‎Another takes measure of the room 54 00:05:16,649 --> 00:05:20,111 ‎Still the neck stiffens, the head throbs 55 00:05:20,903 --> 00:05:26,241 ‎Buy a discarded script if you will ‎What use is it? 56 00:05:26,242 --> 00:05:28,785 ‎-‎This scholar copies on the sly ‎-Get him out of here! 57 00:05:28,786 --> 00:05:30,954 ‎That one does not even trouble to hide it 58 00:05:30,955 --> 00:05:32,581 ‎-No, sir! ‎-You even copied his name. 59 00:05:32,582 --> 00:05:37,669 ‎And that poor fellow ‎With neither wit nor luck 60 00:05:37,670 --> 00:05:42,049 ‎Finds himself cast out of the hall 61 00:05:42,050 --> 00:05:44,176 ‎When the hall is in an uproar 62 00:05:44,177 --> 00:05:46,679 ‎At so strange a topic 63 00:05:47,221 --> 00:05:52,518 ‎There he is, like a crane just alighted 64 00:05:55,521 --> 00:05:57,732 ‎With calm eyes 65 00:05:58,232 --> 00:06:02,028 ‎And a faint smile upon his lips 66 00:06:03,654 --> 00:06:06,448 ‎His strokes 67 00:06:06,449 --> 00:06:11,995 ‎Supple yet forceful 68 00:06:11,996 --> 00:06:16,249 ‎Soar like a black dragon 69 00:06:16,250 --> 00:06:18,920 ‎To the blue clouds 70 00:06:20,213 --> 00:06:21,713 ‎Well, well 71 00:06:21,714 --> 00:06:25,717 ‎Here he is 72 00:06:25,718 --> 00:06:29,931 ‎Top honors in the civil service exam ‎The garlanded victor 73 00:06:31,015 --> 00:06:34,769 ‎Here he is 74 00:06:35,353 --> 00:06:37,562 ‎I was beside myself ‎with worry for that boy, 75 00:06:37,563 --> 00:06:41,191 ‎studying under his taciturn father. 76 00:06:41,192 --> 00:06:42,400 ‎Won. 77 00:06:42,401 --> 00:06:45,070 ‎Surely you have ‎at least one literary friend? 78 00:06:45,071 --> 00:06:46,488 ‎A friend with whom 79 00:06:46,489 --> 00:06:48,991 ‎you exchange letters ‎and share a friendship through words. 80 00:06:51,786 --> 00:06:53,412 ‎We will bring the table in. 81 00:06:55,915 --> 00:06:57,624 ‎I am sure he has many. 82 00:06:57,625 --> 00:07:00,001 ‎A lad so keen. ‎If he has no literary friends, 83 00:07:00,002 --> 00:07:02,171 ‎that would be his father's fault, ‎would it not? 84 00:07:03,798 --> 00:07:05,633 ‎My apologies. I… 85 00:07:08,010 --> 00:07:11,347 ‎His brilliance shone ‎in the initial examination as well. 86 00:07:13,641 --> 00:07:17,185 ‎Who could have foreseen ‎a question on the virtues of tobacco? 87 00:07:17,186 --> 00:07:18,479 ‎Indeed. 88 00:07:19,689 --> 00:07:23,151 ‎Won, let us hear your answer. 89 00:07:26,696 --> 00:07:29,907 ‎With tobacco's bitter scent ‎filling the mouth, 90 00:07:32,201 --> 00:07:34,620 ‎one cannot utter what one would. 91 00:07:35,121 --> 00:07:36,663 ‎Resentment rises, 92 00:07:36,664 --> 00:07:39,458 ‎yet before it gathers, ‎one exhales it with the smoke, 93 00:07:39,459 --> 00:07:40,877 ‎letting it speak in one's stead. 94 00:07:41,461 --> 00:07:43,378 ‎None hear it, 95 00:07:43,379 --> 00:07:45,381 ‎thus one walks the path ‎of a loyal subject. 96 00:07:46,966 --> 00:07:50,011 ‎Absolutely flawless, is it not? 97 00:07:50,595 --> 00:07:52,762 ‎In the palace examination, 98 00:07:52,763 --> 00:07:55,432 ‎we may well expect him to take top honors. 99 00:07:55,433 --> 00:07:59,853 ‎I owe it to my most worthy ‎and learned literary friend. 100 00:07:59,854 --> 00:08:00,896 ‎You imprudent boy! 101 00:08:00,897 --> 00:08:03,815 ‎How can you credit your own brilliance ‎to your literary friend? 102 00:08:03,816 --> 00:08:08,321 ‎Were they so remarkable, ‎their names would long since be known. 103 00:08:12,700 --> 00:08:13,910 ‎Precisely. 104 00:08:16,621 --> 00:08:19,874 ‎Have I ever been given the chance ‎for my name to be known? 105 00:08:26,339 --> 00:08:30,843 ‎Seeing this, it is plain ‎Won takes after his father. 106 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:46,733 ‎The entire family's hopes ‎seem to rest on you. 107 00:08:46,734 --> 00:08:47,860 ‎It is all thanks to you. 108 00:08:48,486 --> 00:08:49,487 ‎It is by your guidance 109 00:08:50,154 --> 00:08:53,449 ‎that I have learned ‎and come to know so much. 110 00:09:12,176 --> 00:09:14,845 ‎Miss Yun! Where are you? 111 00:09:15,346 --> 00:09:17,056 ‎Your mother is looking for you! 112 00:09:17,682 --> 00:09:20,518 ‎No, you already had plenty of talent. 113 00:09:21,185 --> 00:09:22,979 ‎I simply helped you see it. 114 00:09:26,107 --> 00:09:28,901 ‎Did I not tell you to stay ‎by Yun's side at all times? 115 00:09:29,694 --> 00:09:31,361 ‎My apologies, madam. 116 00:09:31,362 --> 00:09:33,489 ‎She disappeared all of a sudden. 117 00:10:27,043 --> 00:10:31,547 ‎THE SCANDAL 118 00:10:32,173 --> 00:10:35,008 ‎They're honored to have their daughter ‎taken to carry on your line, 119 00:10:35,009 --> 00:10:36,926 ‎but hearing she'd learn ‎letters and painting 120 00:10:36,927 --> 00:10:38,553 ‎under so virtuous a lady as yourself, 121 00:10:38,554 --> 00:10:40,806 ‎the mother seemed ready ‎to come along herself. 122 00:10:42,058 --> 00:10:43,225 ‎As I said, 123 00:10:43,809 --> 00:10:46,562 ‎of the two daughters, the elder ‎resembles her father and is well-bred, 124 00:10:47,229 --> 00:10:50,608 ‎but the younger takes after her mother ‎and only has a knack for trade. 125 00:10:52,026 --> 00:10:53,778 ‎So it is the elder you should see. 126 00:11:01,911 --> 00:11:03,954 ‎Silk for sale! 127 00:11:06,832 --> 00:11:08,793 ‎Look at them, on all fours! 128 00:11:13,589 --> 00:11:15,424 ‎Fine Qing silk! 129 00:11:16,050 --> 00:11:18,594 ‎Ours is just the same! Madam, this way! 130 00:11:27,186 --> 00:11:30,022 ‎We are most honored ‎you have come in person. 131 00:11:31,273 --> 00:11:33,401 ‎I never thought ‎I'd have the honor of meeting you. 132 00:11:36,612 --> 00:11:38,947 ‎Are all these the tobacco you sell? 133 00:11:38,948 --> 00:11:40,990 ‎Oh, no, madam. 134 00:11:40,991 --> 00:11:43,535 ‎The finer leaves ‎for esteemed guests are kept aside. 135 00:11:43,536 --> 00:11:46,538 ‎These are rough and damp, ‎so I've gathered them separately, 136 00:11:46,539 --> 00:11:47,957 ‎soon to be sent to Hwaseong. 137 00:11:49,166 --> 00:11:50,000 ‎Hwaseong? 138 00:11:50,584 --> 00:11:53,878 ‎They say His Majesty ‎is undertaking something there, 139 00:11:53,879 --> 00:11:55,964 ‎and laborers from across the country ‎have gathered. 140 00:11:55,965 --> 00:11:57,674 ‎And when such men gather, 141 00:11:57,675 --> 00:12:00,135 ‎what else would they do ‎but puff away like chimneys? 142 00:12:00,136 --> 00:12:01,928 ‎What was that fancy phrase again? 143 00:12:01,929 --> 00:12:03,305 ‎Kill two birds with one stone. 144 00:12:03,889 --> 00:12:05,099 ‎Skilled two birds with a tone. 145 00:12:07,560 --> 00:12:10,228 ‎Madam, let me escort you inside. 146 00:12:10,229 --> 00:12:12,231 ‎Yes, madam. ‎This way to the inner quarters, please. 147 00:12:25,995 --> 00:12:28,580 ‎As expected, you recognize it at once. 148 00:12:28,581 --> 00:12:29,914 ‎It's quite worth the expense… 149 00:12:29,915 --> 00:12:32,543 ‎I mean, I can hardly contain my joy. 150 00:12:33,043 --> 00:12:35,962 ‎It is one of Shin Saimdang's ‎plant-and-insect paintings. 151 00:12:35,963 --> 00:12:37,965 ‎Is it not truly exquisite? 152 00:12:42,928 --> 00:12:43,887 ‎Madam. 153 00:12:43,888 --> 00:12:47,807 ‎Since it seems to interest you, ‎there is something I would dare show you. 154 00:12:47,808 --> 00:12:50,352 ‎Would you care to take a look? 155 00:13:07,203 --> 00:13:08,078 ‎Might this be 156 00:13:09,413 --> 00:13:11,581 ‎a work by Master Danwon? 157 00:13:11,582 --> 00:13:14,000 ‎Yes, indeed! 158 00:13:14,001 --> 00:13:19,130 ‎I have heard much ‎of your discerning eye for art, 159 00:13:19,131 --> 00:13:20,549 ‎but to have you know it at once, 160 00:13:21,133 --> 00:13:22,760 ‎I hardly know where to place myself. 161 00:13:27,306 --> 00:13:29,433 ‎I look better in the flesh, do I not? 162 00:13:31,477 --> 00:13:32,353 ‎No? 163 00:13:39,360 --> 00:13:40,319 ‎How is she? 164 00:13:52,164 --> 00:13:52,998 ‎Well, 165 00:13:53,624 --> 00:13:56,377 ‎she will likely ‎have difficulty conceiving. 166 00:14:00,214 --> 00:14:01,214 ‎Thank you. 167 00:14:01,215 --> 00:14:02,049 ‎Sure. 168 00:14:03,425 --> 00:14:05,135 ‎Oh, whatever do you mean? 169 00:14:06,262 --> 00:14:09,807 ‎The house shows uncommon taste throughout. 170 00:14:10,349 --> 00:14:11,391 ‎Thank you. 171 00:14:11,392 --> 00:14:14,102 ‎It is not merely a display of rare things. 172 00:14:14,103 --> 00:14:17,231 ‎The harmony of its splendor ‎is a feast for the eyes. 173 00:14:18,524 --> 00:14:20,149 ‎I found it most enjoyable. 174 00:14:20,150 --> 00:14:21,193 ‎Yes, well… 175 00:14:21,986 --> 00:14:24,237 ‎Lowly as I am, ‎when I see something of value, 176 00:14:24,238 --> 00:14:26,407 ‎I cannot rest till I have it in my hands. 177 00:14:27,908 --> 00:14:29,617 ‎Would you like Saimdang's painting? 178 00:14:29,618 --> 00:14:31,911 ‎If you wish, I will offer it as a gift. 179 00:14:31,912 --> 00:14:33,664 ‎Or shall I summon Master Danwon himself? 180 00:14:36,041 --> 00:14:38,043 ‎It would have been a fine match, 181 00:14:38,961 --> 00:14:41,755 ‎yet it seems beyond our reach ‎to make such a tie. 182 00:14:43,007 --> 00:14:45,092 ‎Mother, I shall bring in the refreshments. 183 00:14:52,099 --> 00:14:54,184 ‎Well, these are ‎juak‎. 184 00:14:55,102 --> 00:14:56,729 ‎Please enjoy, madam. 185 00:15:00,774 --> 00:15:01,859 ‎What's the matter? 186 00:15:02,443 --> 00:15:03,861 ‎They are really good. 187 00:15:07,281 --> 00:15:08,198 ‎What? 188 00:15:09,241 --> 00:15:10,075 ‎What… 189 00:15:11,118 --> 00:15:12,161 ‎Damn you. 190 00:15:22,630 --> 00:15:23,589 ‎It really is good. 191 00:15:35,851 --> 00:15:36,852 ‎This time… 192 00:15:37,770 --> 00:15:39,730 ‎There. I will place it here. 193 00:15:40,689 --> 00:15:41,815 ‎What do you think? 194 00:16:01,251 --> 00:16:02,169 ‎Let me see. 195 00:16:09,259 --> 00:16:11,303 ‎He was playing until a moment ago, 196 00:16:11,971 --> 00:16:15,056 ‎yet he fell asleep before his turn came. 197 00:16:15,057 --> 00:16:16,266 ‎I tell you, 198 00:16:16,892 --> 00:16:19,186 ‎he will be the greatest man in our family. 199 00:16:19,937 --> 00:16:22,481 ‎It has already been six days. 200 00:16:23,440 --> 00:16:26,359 ‎It is time your nephew returned home. 201 00:16:26,360 --> 00:16:28,736 ‎Let him stay for four more days. 202 00:16:28,737 --> 00:16:31,281 ‎A full ten days, ‎then I shall have less regret. 203 00:16:32,366 --> 00:16:33,993 ‎Do you like him that much? 204 00:16:36,912 --> 00:16:39,330 ‎Is it not remarkable? 205 00:16:39,331 --> 00:16:42,251 ‎Only a few years ago, ‎he would toss these stones about in play. 206 00:16:42,793 --> 00:16:43,627 ‎Now, 207 00:16:44,545 --> 00:16:46,547 ‎he has become a most worthy opponent. 208 00:17:07,568 --> 00:17:08,444 ‎There. 209 00:17:12,948 --> 00:17:13,824 ‎Your arms. 210 00:17:19,163 --> 00:17:21,748 ‎You look absolutely lovely. 211 00:17:21,749 --> 00:17:24,417 ‎When you get there, do nothing else. 212 00:17:24,418 --> 00:17:25,334 ‎All right. 213 00:17:25,335 --> 00:17:27,587 ‎Stand where the lord cannot miss you 214 00:17:27,588 --> 00:17:31,716 ‎and simply say, ‎"I have brought a gift for the lady." 215 00:17:31,717 --> 00:17:32,593 ‎And look at him 216 00:17:33,135 --> 00:17:34,344 ‎like this. 217 00:17:35,512 --> 00:17:37,013 ‎Like this. 218 00:17:37,014 --> 00:17:37,848 ‎Try it. 219 00:17:39,266 --> 00:17:40,684 ‎Like… 220 00:17:41,685 --> 00:17:43,270 ‎Like this? 221 00:17:43,854 --> 00:17:47,066 ‎Good! That's it! 222 00:19:04,476 --> 00:19:07,104 ‎Well, who… 223 00:19:07,688 --> 00:19:08,605 ‎Who are you? 224 00:19:09,606 --> 00:19:12,442 ‎Well, my lord. 225 00:19:36,425 --> 00:19:38,677 ‎My lady, she… 226 00:19:55,611 --> 00:19:57,696 ‎My mother told me to deliver this. 227 00:19:58,488 --> 00:20:01,157 ‎She said it must be given today, 228 00:20:01,158 --> 00:20:02,868 ‎so I have come in person. 229 00:20:06,872 --> 00:20:08,290 ‎Soaked to the bone. 230 00:20:09,708 --> 00:20:11,001 ‎How unseemly. 231 00:20:14,755 --> 00:20:17,716 ‎Your mother sent you out in the rain 232 00:20:18,675 --> 00:20:20,469 ‎without even an overcoat? 233 00:20:23,305 --> 00:20:26,266 ‎Warm yourself, ‎and return home when the sun is up. 234 00:20:27,100 --> 00:20:28,310 ‎And tell your mother 235 00:20:29,353 --> 00:20:31,271 ‎that I commend her wit, 236 00:20:32,731 --> 00:20:34,233 ‎but she has presumed too far. 237 00:20:35,234 --> 00:20:38,986 ‎Gye-hwa, bring her dry clothes ‎and some hot water. 238 00:20:38,987 --> 00:20:39,863 ‎Yes, madam. 239 00:20:52,918 --> 00:20:54,753 ‎What a vulgar family. 240 00:20:55,254 --> 00:20:57,506 ‎To send such a young girl out ‎for some trifling gift. 241 00:20:59,049 --> 00:21:01,509 ‎If she gets through the day, ‎she should be fine. 242 00:21:01,510 --> 00:21:03,719 ‎It weighs on me ‎to see her laid up like this 243 00:21:03,720 --> 00:21:05,347 ‎when she has come as a guest. 244 00:21:06,139 --> 00:21:07,598 ‎See to her medicine with care. 245 00:21:07,599 --> 00:21:09,100 ‎Yes, my lord. 246 00:21:09,101 --> 00:21:10,685 ‎Has she had anything to eat? 247 00:21:10,686 --> 00:21:14,480 ‎Yes, the madam ‎had porridge prepared for her. 248 00:21:14,481 --> 00:21:16,441 ‎Porridge alone ‎will not do for one so young. 249 00:21:19,403 --> 00:21:20,779 ‎-Here, take this. ‎-Yes, sir. 250 00:21:23,699 --> 00:21:26,285 ‎Thank you, my lord. 251 00:22:07,367 --> 00:22:09,911 ‎That patch over there has sunk again. 252 00:22:11,413 --> 00:22:12,539 ‎Give it some water. 253 00:22:31,183 --> 00:22:33,559 ‎Madam, it is Gye-hwa. 254 00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:34,728 ‎Pardon the intrusion. 255 00:22:41,610 --> 00:22:43,319 ‎What is that now? 256 00:22:43,320 --> 00:22:46,615 ‎It was sent by the Lady of the First Rank, ‎wife of the Left State Councilor. 257 00:22:47,574 --> 00:22:48,867 ‎They said it's velvet antler. 258 00:22:55,540 --> 00:22:59,336 ‎It seems the Lady of the First Rank ‎has something to say to me. 259 00:23:01,129 --> 00:23:03,006 ‎Find a fitting gift in return. 260 00:23:04,091 --> 00:23:05,759 ‎If she calls for me, I must go. 261 00:23:21,900 --> 00:23:24,151 ‎Why has it been so long ‎since you last came? 262 00:23:24,152 --> 00:23:26,737 ‎I was near beside myself with loneliness. 263 00:23:26,738 --> 00:23:30,242 ‎Forgive me. I should have visited sooner. 264 00:23:31,076 --> 00:23:32,993 ‎You have been well, I trust? 265 00:23:32,994 --> 00:23:33,995 ‎I have. 266 00:23:34,955 --> 00:23:37,958 ‎But you have not, I hear. 267 00:23:39,209 --> 00:23:40,835 ‎My, my. 268 00:23:40,836 --> 00:23:44,214 ‎How broad-minded you are, like a man. 269 00:23:48,301 --> 00:23:51,179 ‎Why ever would you seek out ‎a concubine yourself? 270 00:23:55,142 --> 00:23:57,059 ‎You know how thin Bukchon's walls are. 271 00:23:57,060 --> 00:23:59,271 ‎Nothing stays hidden for long. 272 00:24:01,022 --> 00:24:02,065 ‎So, 273 00:24:03,024 --> 00:24:04,860 ‎when will you bring her in? 274 00:24:05,694 --> 00:24:07,320 ‎I am still searching. 275 00:24:08,155 --> 00:24:10,239 ‎I cannot bring just anyone in, 276 00:24:10,240 --> 00:24:12,033 ‎so there is much to consider. 277 00:24:19,166 --> 00:24:20,083 ‎Not long ago, 278 00:24:21,209 --> 00:24:23,252 ‎Lord Yoo presented my husband 279 00:24:23,253 --> 00:24:27,090 ‎a great quantity of fine tobacco. 280 00:24:29,217 --> 00:24:32,387 ‎I thought the Left State Councilor ‎has given up smoking. 281 00:24:36,391 --> 00:24:37,267 ‎Do you 282 00:24:38,685 --> 00:24:40,937 ‎truly know nothing of this? 283 00:24:43,273 --> 00:24:44,982 ‎What do you mean? 284 00:24:44,983 --> 00:24:46,234 ‎The concubine. 285 00:24:47,027 --> 00:24:48,904 ‎Has it not already been decided? 286 00:24:50,739 --> 00:24:53,575 ‎Where else would ‎such fine tobacco come from? 287 00:24:55,285 --> 00:24:57,537 ‎From Haryanggyo, surely. 288 00:24:58,663 --> 00:25:00,165 ‎It seems Lord Yoo 289 00:25:01,041 --> 00:25:05,128 ‎has already visited dozens of times. 290 00:25:07,547 --> 00:25:09,382 ‎Isn't that why you were planning 291 00:25:09,966 --> 00:25:12,677 ‎to take in that Tobacco Shop girl ‎as his concubine? 292 00:25:17,057 --> 00:25:18,934 ‎Make way! 293 00:25:21,478 --> 00:25:23,688 ‎-What is all that, my lady? ‎-Make way! 294 00:25:24,689 --> 00:25:26,815 ‎Oh, good heavens. 295 00:25:26,816 --> 00:25:28,567 ‎Anyone would think 296 00:25:28,568 --> 00:25:32,322 ‎those were betrothal gifts for a wedding. 297 00:25:36,409 --> 00:25:39,370 ‎-It pays to be of noble blood. ‎-Indeed. 298 00:25:39,371 --> 00:25:41,330 ‎Look at all the curious things ‎he received. 299 00:25:41,331 --> 00:25:43,333 ‎Where did it all come from, the Qing? 300 00:25:43,917 --> 00:25:45,293 ‎Watch it, the lady might hear you. 301 00:25:46,253 --> 00:25:47,462 ‎Whoa, whoa. 302 00:25:54,678 --> 00:25:56,596 ‎Put your back into it. 303 00:25:59,391 --> 00:26:00,933 ‎All right, over here! 304 00:26:00,934 --> 00:26:01,768 ‎What's the matter? 305 00:26:03,687 --> 00:26:05,188 ‎Handle them carefully. 306 00:26:06,773 --> 00:26:07,732 ‎Careful, it's valuable. 307 00:26:10,819 --> 00:26:11,987 ‎Madam. 308 00:26:12,570 --> 00:26:14,030 ‎Madam! 309 00:26:15,824 --> 00:26:18,618 ‎I thought I made myself clear. ‎You were never to set foot here. 310 00:26:21,162 --> 00:26:22,496 ‎So what is all this? 311 00:26:22,497 --> 00:26:23,790 ‎Forgive me, madam. 312 00:26:24,332 --> 00:26:25,833 ‎I did hear your words. 313 00:26:25,834 --> 00:26:29,045 ‎But being an ignorant woman, ‎I knew no other way 314 00:26:29,546 --> 00:26:30,546 ‎and came nonetheless. 315 00:26:30,547 --> 00:26:32,716 ‎I have no grounds to accept these. 316 00:26:33,633 --> 00:26:35,176 ‎Take them all back with you. 317 00:26:41,683 --> 00:26:42,600 ‎Madam! 318 00:26:43,351 --> 00:26:45,687 ‎-Gye-hwa, send her away at once. ‎-Yes, ma'am. 319 00:26:46,896 --> 00:26:47,731 ‎-Please-- ‎-Madam! 320 00:26:48,648 --> 00:26:52,152 ‎I understand your anger, madam. 321 00:26:52,736 --> 00:26:54,987 ‎How could I not? 322 00:26:54,988 --> 00:26:56,239 ‎I am a woman too. 323 00:27:00,452 --> 00:27:01,493 ‎What? 324 00:27:01,494 --> 00:27:03,913 ‎Madam, I shall never forget 325 00:27:04,456 --> 00:27:08,084 ‎your kindness in taking my daughter in, ‎not till the day I die. 326 00:27:09,169 --> 00:27:11,128 ‎Had you not taken her under your wing, 327 00:27:11,129 --> 00:27:14,007 ‎His Lordship would not have come to take 328 00:27:14,591 --> 00:27:16,134 ‎my So-ok as his concubine. 329 00:27:22,724 --> 00:27:25,602 ‎If it please you, set the date yourself. 330 00:27:26,186 --> 00:27:30,231 ‎Until then, I will see that ‎my girl is properly taught. 331 00:27:31,649 --> 00:27:33,443 ‎I am most grateful, madam. 332 00:27:53,713 --> 00:27:56,591 ‎All right, then. Like this. 333 00:27:58,343 --> 00:27:59,510 ‎Let me try now. 334 00:27:59,511 --> 00:28:02,930 ‎-Like this. ‎-Oh, don't move, my lord! 335 00:28:02,931 --> 00:28:05,642 ‎All right, all right. Try it like this. 336 00:28:13,066 --> 00:28:15,026 ‎-Please do it again. ‎-Very well. 337 00:28:15,860 --> 00:28:19,614 ‎Try to do it properly this time. Here. 338 00:28:26,204 --> 00:28:28,289 ‎Let me see… 339 00:28:43,388 --> 00:28:46,224 ‎The lady of the Tobacco Shop came by. 340 00:28:49,102 --> 00:28:51,646 ‎It seems she came unannounced, ‎rather impertinently. 341 00:28:52,689 --> 00:28:54,274 ‎You must have been quite surprised. 342 00:28:55,358 --> 00:28:56,317 ‎Did you 343 00:28:57,694 --> 00:28:59,738 ‎find that girl to your liking? 344 00:29:06,494 --> 00:29:07,328 ‎My lady. 345 00:29:08,705 --> 00:29:11,165 ‎I told you I had no wish for it, 346 00:29:11,166 --> 00:29:13,083 ‎but you would not relent. 347 00:29:13,084 --> 00:29:16,171 ‎I only felt sorry ‎to leave the burden to you alone. 348 00:29:16,713 --> 00:29:19,047 ‎A concubine is no great matter, 349 00:29:19,048 --> 00:29:21,050 ‎so I thought ‎someone like her would suffice. 350 00:29:49,162 --> 00:29:53,166 ‎Madam, a gift has arrived ‎from the Chief Royal Secretary's house. 351 00:29:54,125 --> 00:29:59,129 ‎Well, the other ladies ‎have also sent small gift boxes. 352 00:29:59,130 --> 00:30:00,465 ‎Shall I bring them in as well? 353 00:30:08,181 --> 00:30:09,390 ‎Whoa, whoa. 354 00:30:10,391 --> 00:30:12,227 ‎All right, down now. 355 00:30:21,611 --> 00:30:24,781 ‎My cousin's aunt is close ‎to that woman from the Tobacco Shop, 356 00:30:25,865 --> 00:30:28,827 ‎and this is what she told me. 357 00:30:29,244 --> 00:30:30,328 ‎The second daughter, 358 00:30:31,162 --> 00:30:34,331 ‎who had just come of age, ‎went to the Minister's house late at night 359 00:30:34,332 --> 00:30:35,958 ‎and set her sights on him. 360 00:30:35,959 --> 00:30:37,960 ‎-How indecent! ‎-Good heavens. 361 00:30:37,961 --> 00:30:40,838 ‎Some even say ‎they've already heard a baby cry. 362 00:30:40,839 --> 00:30:42,130 ‎The Minister's baby. 363 00:30:42,131 --> 00:30:44,592 ‎Before me? Surely not. 364 00:30:48,054 --> 00:30:49,429 ‎No, what I heard is 365 00:30:49,430 --> 00:30:53,684 ‎he has been having ‎an improper relationship with the mother. 366 00:30:53,685 --> 00:30:55,561 ‎Oh, my. Is that true? 367 00:30:55,562 --> 00:30:56,729 ‎Surely not. 368 00:30:57,647 --> 00:31:00,023 ‎The Minister of Rites would never, ‎with a woman like that. 369 00:31:00,024 --> 00:31:03,777 ‎Be that as it may, ‎there is already a baby, is there not? 370 00:31:03,778 --> 00:31:05,654 ‎But with so many eyes upon them, 371 00:31:05,655 --> 00:31:09,450 ‎his lady feigns generosity, as though ‎seeking him a concubine of her own accord. 372 00:31:10,285 --> 00:31:13,745 ‎After acting so lofty, like a crane. 373 00:31:13,746 --> 00:31:16,874 ‎By the by, it has been some time ‎since we sent gifts, 374 00:31:16,875 --> 00:31:18,334 ‎and still not a word-- 375 00:31:19,878 --> 00:31:20,795 ‎Madam. 376 00:31:21,671 --> 00:31:25,758 ‎Your laughter carried ‎all the way to the inner quarters. 377 00:31:26,467 --> 00:31:29,344 ‎You seemed much amused by your tale. 378 00:31:29,345 --> 00:31:31,388 ‎Please share it with me. 379 00:31:31,389 --> 00:31:32,807 ‎I am most curious. 380 00:31:33,474 --> 00:31:36,102 ‎We had heard nothing ‎and wondered when you might arrive. 381 00:31:38,021 --> 00:31:39,771 ‎The fragrance is most pleasing. 382 00:31:39,772 --> 00:31:42,108 ‎And the weather is quite lovely. 383 00:31:52,827 --> 00:31:53,953 ‎Don't I look pretty? 384 00:31:54,746 --> 00:31:56,623 ‎Aren't I doing well? Look. 385 00:31:57,749 --> 00:31:59,542 ‎One, two. 386 00:32:04,213 --> 00:32:05,131 ‎Mal-ttong! 387 00:32:18,436 --> 00:32:19,771 ‎No, come here! 388 00:32:45,046 --> 00:32:48,048 ‎I saw that spring ‎had come in full this morning, 389 00:32:48,049 --> 00:32:50,093 ‎and wished to bring this to you. 390 00:32:52,345 --> 00:32:54,222 ‎Did you sleep well through the night? 391 00:32:55,473 --> 00:32:56,432 ‎My lady. 392 00:33:16,369 --> 00:33:17,370 ‎Cho-hui. 393 00:33:23,001 --> 00:33:24,252 ‎Is that a flower? 394 00:33:25,545 --> 00:33:26,504 ‎How lovely. 395 00:33:32,510 --> 00:33:35,805 ‎Did you find its petals so fair? 396 00:33:39,434 --> 00:33:41,686 ‎I have before me a spring far lovelier, 397 00:33:42,520 --> 00:33:44,230 ‎so I hardly noticed. 398 00:33:45,690 --> 00:33:49,068 ‎How do you speak so beautifully? 399 00:33:51,070 --> 00:33:53,865 ‎Such clear tears, already welling. 400 00:33:56,743 --> 00:33:59,620 ‎Then again, you are at an age ‎when the heart runs wild. 401 00:34:06,461 --> 00:34:09,172 ‎Very well. Off with you now. 402 00:34:10,673 --> 00:34:11,507 ‎Yes. 403 00:34:14,010 --> 00:34:16,012 ‎Thank you, my lady. 404 00:34:35,573 --> 00:34:36,491 {\an8}‎"Mun-heul." 405 00:34:37,450 --> 00:34:39,285 {\an8}‎That is the pen name I have given myself. 406 00:34:40,578 --> 00:34:43,206 ‎Like the moon ‎rising highest in the night sky, 407 00:34:43,790 --> 00:34:46,125 ‎I only hope that my writings, 408 00:34:46,751 --> 00:34:48,460 ‎which may never see the light of day, 409 00:34:48,461 --> 00:34:50,797 ‎might at least rise high in the darkness. 410 00:34:52,215 --> 00:34:55,885 ‎And so, this moment of exchanging letters ‎with you brings me comfort. 411 00:34:56,928 --> 00:34:59,055 ‎From now on, ‎I shall write to you under this name. 412 00:35:00,181 --> 00:35:01,265 ‎On that note, 413 00:35:02,183 --> 00:35:05,686 ‎if you are so inclined, ‎would you take the name Cho-hui? 414 00:35:06,896 --> 00:35:08,773 ‎It was Nanseolheon's given name. 415 00:35:10,525 --> 00:35:12,442 ‎On my way back from the village school, 416 00:35:12,443 --> 00:35:13,653 ‎a flower fell 417 00:35:14,403 --> 00:35:16,155 ‎and came to rest upon my hand. 418 00:35:17,406 --> 00:35:21,202 ‎It felt as though ‎it had been destined for me, 419 00:35:21,702 --> 00:35:24,080 ‎so I held it fast and brought it home. 420 00:35:25,998 --> 00:35:28,209 ‎I entrust my fate to you. 421 00:35:28,793 --> 00:35:29,794 ‎Please do not lose it. 422 00:36:13,171 --> 00:36:14,297 ‎My lord! 423 00:36:14,964 --> 00:36:16,465 ‎Lord Cho Won! 424 00:36:17,717 --> 00:36:18,718 ‎A letter has come! 425 00:36:24,015 --> 00:36:25,473 ‎I'll leave it here. 426 00:36:25,474 --> 00:36:26,434 ‎How is it? 427 00:36:34,817 --> 00:36:39,613 ‎They say the Chief State Councilor's wife ‎has a pipe near nine ‎cheok‎ long. 428 00:36:39,614 --> 00:36:43,200 ‎The steward says the pipe is so long 429 00:36:43,201 --> 00:36:46,162 ‎the maid must cross ‎to the next room just to light it. 430 00:36:47,914 --> 00:36:50,081 ‎"Have you put it in yet?" 431 00:36:50,082 --> 00:36:53,043 ‎"Yes, my lady! Keep sucking!" 432 00:36:53,044 --> 00:36:55,129 ‎-"How nice!" ‎-My lord! 433 00:36:55,671 --> 00:36:59,759 ‎MUN-HEUL 434 00:37:03,596 --> 00:37:04,430 ‎How nice. 435 00:37:05,097 --> 00:37:06,389 ‎My lord. 436 00:37:06,390 --> 00:37:08,600 ‎Mine has a sour taste. 437 00:37:08,601 --> 00:37:10,937 ‎A sharp tang that hits the throat. 438 00:37:11,520 --> 00:37:12,355 ‎The throat? 439 00:37:14,607 --> 00:37:16,192 ‎No, that won't do. 440 00:37:16,817 --> 00:37:18,361 ‎Is it that tang 441 00:37:19,654 --> 00:37:22,531 ‎that pleases you or… 442 00:37:23,532 --> 00:37:26,118 ‎-Is it like a maiden's first night? ‎-Or… 443 00:37:29,330 --> 00:37:30,539 ‎Where is it from? 444 00:37:31,040 --> 00:37:33,625 ‎It has been some time, ‎I should like to feel it again. 445 00:37:33,626 --> 00:37:36,586 ‎It's Samdeungcho. 446 00:37:36,587 --> 00:37:39,506 ‎I thought the men from that region ‎tasted rather sour. 447 00:37:39,507 --> 00:37:40,424 ‎Enough. 448 00:37:42,969 --> 00:37:44,512 ‎-All of you, out. ‎-Pardon? 449 00:37:55,064 --> 00:37:56,482 ‎Cho-hui! 450 00:38:10,746 --> 00:38:12,957 ‎MUN-HEUL 451 00:38:25,052 --> 00:38:26,761 ‎What brings this on? 452 00:38:26,762 --> 00:38:28,931 ‎You never eat such things, young master. 453 00:38:33,477 --> 00:38:36,105 ‎To my cousin, Cho Won. 454 00:38:38,733 --> 00:38:42,445 ‎Spring has already begun ‎to stir in Bukchon, 455 00:38:43,070 --> 00:38:44,947 ‎and my heart follows it. 456 00:38:45,573 --> 00:38:48,451 ‎I find myself missing you all the more. 457 00:38:51,078 --> 00:38:53,039 ‎Have you been well? 458 00:39:10,306 --> 00:39:12,266 ‎I must see you. 459 00:39:12,892 --> 00:39:16,187 ‎Please come to see me at once. 460 00:39:17,688 --> 00:39:20,399 ‎I can no longer bear 461 00:39:20,900 --> 00:39:23,402 ‎to leave this longing as it is. 462 00:39:30,451 --> 00:39:34,080 ‎Madam, Lord Cho Won is ‎on his way to Hanyang. 463 00:40:22,837 --> 00:40:25,381 ‎It seems all of Joseon has gathered here. 464 00:40:27,466 --> 00:40:29,343 ‎Good heavens, he will kill him! 465 00:40:30,970 --> 00:40:33,638 ‎-Down he goes! ‎-Damn it! 466 00:40:33,639 --> 00:40:36,433 ‎Won your bet? ‎Must be in high spirits! Half price! 467 00:40:36,434 --> 00:40:39,561 ‎Lost your bet? ‎Sweeten your mood! Half price! 468 00:40:39,562 --> 00:40:42,814 ‎Sweet, sticky taffy! 469 00:40:42,815 --> 00:40:45,358 ‎Here, buy some taffy! 470 00:40:45,359 --> 00:40:48,820 ‎-Get your taffy here! ‎-Buy some taffy! 471 00:40:48,821 --> 00:40:51,948 ‎-Get your taffy! ‎-Why such haste, ladies? 472 00:40:51,949 --> 00:40:53,741 ‎Come, share a drink with us. 473 00:40:53,742 --> 00:40:54,994 ‎Come by later. 474 00:40:55,995 --> 00:40:57,745 ‎Which fellow is that? 475 00:40:57,746 --> 00:40:59,790 ‎So? Which one? 476 00:41:00,583 --> 00:41:03,877 ‎This one and that ‎All sorts of lads gather here 477 00:41:03,878 --> 00:41:07,255 ‎Then scatter again 478 00:41:07,256 --> 00:41:09,883 ‎-‎This here is ‎-Hey! Clear off, you brats! 479 00:41:09,884 --> 00:41:13,303 ‎-‎Hanyang, the capital ‎-What are you doing back here? Go away! 480 00:41:13,304 --> 00:41:15,180 ‎Cross Gwangtonggyo over Cheonggyecheon 481 00:41:15,181 --> 00:41:16,890 ‎To the south 482 00:41:16,891 --> 00:41:19,225 ‎And you come to Namchon ‎Where the lowly dwell 483 00:41:19,226 --> 00:41:20,185 ‎Hear, hear! 484 00:41:20,186 --> 00:41:21,436 ‎Cross to the north 485 00:41:21,437 --> 00:41:23,897 ‎And you come to Bukchon ‎Where the high-born reside 486 00:41:23,898 --> 00:41:27,233 ‎Bukchon, what a sight it is 487 00:41:27,234 --> 00:41:30,029 ‎Clear the way! 488 00:41:31,155 --> 00:41:34,450 ‎Make way! 489 00:41:35,284 --> 00:41:37,453 ‎Clear the way at once! 490 00:41:38,704 --> 00:41:40,914 ‎Clear the way at once! 491 00:41:40,915 --> 00:41:46,544 ‎Palanquins bearing high officials ‎As the bearers' calls ring out 492 00:41:46,545 --> 00:41:49,422 ‎Animals scurry to hide 493 00:41:49,423 --> 00:41:53,218 ‎Birds fold their wings 494 00:41:53,219 --> 00:41:56,137 ‎Surely this is the finest place 495 00:41:56,138 --> 00:42:00,058 ‎In all of Hanyang 496 00:42:00,059 --> 00:42:01,560 ‎Is it not? 497 00:42:02,102 --> 00:42:04,980 ‎Be that as it may 498 00:42:05,940 --> 00:42:07,858 ‎This is Bukchon 499 00:42:25,084 --> 00:42:27,211 ‎I will escort you ‎to the inner quarters, my lord. 500 00:42:55,489 --> 00:42:56,448 ‎Madam. 501 00:42:56,991 --> 00:42:58,784 ‎Lord Cho Won is here. 502 00:43:06,750 --> 00:43:08,085 ‎Send him in. 503 00:43:32,693 --> 00:43:34,111 ‎The journey to Hanyang 504 00:43:34,778 --> 00:43:36,405 ‎seems to have taken you some time. 505 00:43:37,489 --> 00:43:40,159 ‎I had long stayed away, ‎thinking I ought not to come here. 506 00:43:41,327 --> 00:43:43,120 ‎Thus, I was unfamiliar with the road. 507 00:43:44,788 --> 00:43:46,332 ‎Have I kept you waiting long? 508 00:43:53,130 --> 00:43:54,673 ‎Have you been well? 509 00:43:56,967 --> 00:43:58,636 ‎With the moon rising and setting each day 510 00:44:00,220 --> 00:44:03,182 ‎and the flowers blooming in full ‎each passing season, 511 00:44:04,224 --> 00:44:05,392 ‎I have been 512 00:44:06,852 --> 00:44:08,145 ‎quite well indeed. 513 00:44:08,812 --> 00:44:09,938 ‎You are as fair 514 00:44:11,899 --> 00:44:12,733 ‎as ever. 515 00:44:17,738 --> 00:44:19,031 ‎In truth, 516 00:44:19,823 --> 00:44:23,202 ‎I have a favor to ask of you. 517 00:44:24,161 --> 00:44:25,079 ‎A favor? 518 00:44:32,169 --> 00:44:33,878 ‎What could it be, 519 00:44:33,879 --> 00:44:37,049 ‎that you would break ‎such long silence to write to me? 520 00:44:38,425 --> 00:44:40,427 ‎We have decided to bring in a concubine. 521 00:44:43,347 --> 00:44:46,225 ‎And so I ask this of you. 522 00:44:49,895 --> 00:44:51,480 ‎So-ok, who is to be the concubine. 523 00:44:52,564 --> 00:44:55,526 ‎Please see that ‎tender, young bud bears a child. 524 00:44:58,278 --> 00:44:59,113 ‎Pardon? 525 00:45:01,907 --> 00:45:02,950 ‎And if I refuse… 526 00:45:05,911 --> 00:45:07,955 ‎will this be the last day I see you? 527 00:45:08,997 --> 00:45:11,375 ‎I am always by your side. 528 00:45:12,459 --> 00:45:15,086 ‎Was it not you who deemed this 529 00:45:15,087 --> 00:45:16,880 ‎a place you must not come? 530 00:45:17,464 --> 00:45:19,799 ‎-Me? ‎-I hear you have spent your years 531 00:45:19,800 --> 00:45:22,302 ‎plucking every pretty flower ‎beyond Hanyang. 532 00:45:23,679 --> 00:45:26,139 ‎Then show me, this once, ‎how much you have changed. 533 00:45:26,140 --> 00:45:29,016 ‎The extent of your skill. 534 00:45:29,017 --> 00:45:32,104 ‎To display my skill on a naive girl 535 00:45:33,856 --> 00:45:35,941 ‎who would fall at the lightest touch… 536 00:45:37,651 --> 00:45:39,902 ‎She'd break at a mere breeze at that age. 537 00:45:39,903 --> 00:45:43,615 ‎That is why I ask you ‎to see that she bears a child. 538 00:45:53,750 --> 00:45:56,211 ‎The lack of a child ‎between you and your husband… 539 00:45:59,381 --> 00:46:00,507 ‎Is it his fault then? 540 00:46:04,136 --> 00:46:05,512 ‎Certainly not. 541 00:46:06,972 --> 00:46:09,557 ‎What fault could there be in him? 542 00:46:09,558 --> 00:46:11,894 ‎The fault is mine. My own lack of virtue. 543 00:46:13,687 --> 00:46:15,189 ‎This is how I was taught 544 00:46:16,523 --> 00:46:18,983 ‎a woman must behave. 545 00:46:18,984 --> 00:46:21,945 ‎Keep silent, bow her head, ‎and serve her husband. 546 00:46:24,198 --> 00:46:25,240 ‎Is that so? 547 00:46:26,575 --> 00:46:27,409 ‎But 548 00:46:27,993 --> 00:46:30,162 ‎why must it be my child? 549 00:46:33,540 --> 00:46:35,250 ‎Because I wish to hold… 550 00:46:37,961 --> 00:46:40,547 ‎a child that bears your likeness ‎in my arms. 551 00:46:43,425 --> 00:46:46,053 ‎The secret joy ‎of being with such a child shall be 552 00:46:47,846 --> 00:46:49,473 ‎the solace of my remaining years. 553 00:46:57,814 --> 00:46:59,233 ‎Do you still… 554 00:47:02,236 --> 00:47:03,320 ‎hold me… 555 00:47:05,364 --> 00:47:07,115 ‎in your heart? 556 00:47:13,914 --> 00:47:14,748 ‎Do you? 557 00:47:17,668 --> 00:47:18,710 ‎Is that it? 558 00:51:05,103 --> 00:51:10,108 ‎Subtitle translation by: Yoonjung Song