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I'm only here to take care of the mother-to-be.

What's this about changing the sex? Who's changing the sex?

Listen, lower your voice, will you?

Tell me what's going on here right now!

Actually, I tricked him a little.

According to what you said, she's pregnant with a boy, right?

That is only according to the text. I cannot be sure.

But there is a high chance, right?

- I told him that it was a girl. - What?

And that we'd change the sex with the secret technique.

Since she is likely to have a boy, it'll guarantee us a huge sum of money.

You're a dirty crook!

Don't be like that. We're in this together.

Shut up!

You are the one who came to me first.

Wasn't it because you needed money? Why are you backing out now?

I had no intention of cheating people no matter how desperate.

Stop acting so naive.

Did you forget how Doctor Yu humiliated you?

Don't you want to make money so you can stand proud before him?

Why are you being so stubborn?

Come on. Let's talk about this.

It was foolish of me to trust you.

I have nothing more to say. I'm leaving.

Heo Jun!

Is anyone home? Open the gate!

Where are the supposed doctors?

I have doctors over there. But what is the matter?

Heo Jun, let's talk.

Arrest them!

Yes, sir!

What is the matter?

Why are you doing this?

Shut up! Take them away!

Let go! What's going on?

Let go!

We had a nice drink, thanks to Bu-san-po.

I know, right?

- Hold on a sec! - What is it?

I didn't do anything!

Wait a minute! Isn't that Heo Jun?

I didn't do anything!

And that is Bu-san-po.

Why are they together?

Are you the crooks who cheated people, saying the fetus's sex can be changed?

I only looked after the health of a pregnant woman, sir.

Silence!

You cheated people by saying you could change the sex of babies.

Do I have to torture you to get you to confess to your crime?

Sir, I was only an herb picker.

How would I dare pretend to be a doctor?

This man is THE famous Heo Jun. I was only assisting him.

I heard nothing about this technique. How could a fool like me know?

I may be guilty of associating with a liar and a cheat like this man.

But I never deceived anyone. Please believe me.

Shut up!

Bring the victims here now!

Are they the ones who cheated you?

Yes, he's the one.

He ran off with my money. He promised me a son.

Will you still deny the charge?

I don't know who they are. I didn't do it.

How dare you! How dare you lie to His Honor?

I saw the two together when I caught them.

You will be punished most severely.

How can you take advantage of desperate parents?

Don't you have parents and kids of your own?

Is that true?

Yup, I saw them with my own eyes.

Heo Jun and Bu-san-po were arrested together?

Yes.

Heo Jun and Bu-san-po were arrested and taken to the magistrate's office.

What were they arrested for?

Well...

We have no idea, sir.

Sir, forgive me! Please spare me!

Shut up! Give them hell!

Your Honor, Doctor Yu is here.

Tell him to come in.

I have been waiting for you, doctor. Please come inside.

Hold on...

They were pretending to be doctors.

Let me ask you a question, Doctor Yu.

Do you know anything about changing the sex of a fetus?

Such a technique appears in a Chinese medical text.

Are you saying changing the sex in the womb is possible?

Not everything written in books is always true.

How can the sex of a baby be changed by a human being?

Such is the decision of Heaven.

But those two cheated people saying that changing the sex is possible.

Let us go inside.

Spare me! Forgive me!

Sir, what will happen to those two?

I will punish them severely.

If I let those quacks go on pretending to be doctors,

it will damage the reputation of all honest doctors like yourself.

Sir, I deserve to be punished.

Sir.

Doctor Yu, what are you doing?

They were once my apprentices.

I didn't educate them properly, so they did what they did.

Please punish me instead.

All the more reason they shouldn't be forgiven.

Bu-san-po was just an herb picker, but Heo Jun was said to be a doctor.

How dare he shamelessly ruin his master's good reputation?

The wretch!

No, sir.

I can't speak for Bu-san-po, but Heo Jun must've had a reason.

Sir, please forgive Heo Jun and punish me instead.

Doctor Yu...

I don't know why he did what he did,

but he is not the type to cheat money out of people.

If you pardon him of his wrongdoing, he'll do all he can to help the poor.

Sir, please forgive him.

Sir.

Did you see Doctor Heo?

So you know, too?

What happened to him?

It is useless to keep him in your heart.

I let go of Jun, and you should do the same.

Jun?

Jun! Jun!

My husband!

Jun! What happened?

- My husband. - Jun.

Husband.

Wake up. What happened? Jun.

My husband.

My goodness.

No morning sickness at all? Is the food that good?

Eat, eat. I'll feed you anything you want.

Just get me a healthy son.

But are you sure it's a baby and not a hungry beggar?

Never mind. Eat up.

Why aren't you eating? Eat more.

I'm sick of drumsticks.

Do you want to eat something else? I'll get anything for you.

I have a craving for wild strawberries.

Wild strawberries?

Ripened red. The baby would love that.

Are you trying to test my patience? Strawberries in the middle of winter?

The baby wants it, not me! Don't yell.

Then I'll have to find some. For the baby.

Eat, eat.

Il-seo, it's me, Yang-tae.

Come in.

Are you coming from the mountain?

Yes.

Let him eat.

So did you catch anything?

Are you kidding? Herb collectors mussed up everything.

Darn, we haven't caught anything for a month.

We have enough to last the winter, so don't worry.

As long as you're full, right?

Anyway, what is Jun doing these days?

Ever since he returned home, he hasn't left the house for a month.

They must be barely eating then. We should get them some rice.

There you go with the foolish talk.

Why should WE get them rice?

The baby can hear you. Think only nice thoughts.

When a doctor cures, he cures himself as well.

Every time he saves a patient, the doctor saves himself from greed.

You know how to cure a patient, you didn't learn how to cure yourself.

There lies the answer to your question, so think about it.

Sir...

Sir, please forgive me.

Go away.

Sir...

Leave.

I finally understand why you had expelled me.

I understand why you burnt the letter.

I was too blind to become a true doctor.

It is the patients who can save me, not some letter from a noble.

There is no other path for me. My life is with my patients.

Sir!

Please forgive me, master.

Leave.

Sir!

Sir, forgive me! Sir!

Sir! Sir!

He will not change his mind. You must leave.

Master! Master!

Ugh, so stubborn.

Master...

Master! Master!

Are you leaving?

No need for me to stay. I got what I came for.

Do you have something to say?

I have a favor to beg of you.

What is it?

Please take Doctor Heo with you. I admire him very much as a doctor.

He mustn't give up becoming a true doctor over one mistake.

Please take him under your wing.

Is being a doctor the only path for you?

Yes, sir.

Do you feel there is no other way besides curing patients?

Yes, sir.

Then come with me.

You know that I look after lepers. No one suffers more than they do.

If you truly want to become a doctor, don't settle down under Doctor Yu.

Come with me and help those who need it.

Fool, you are afraid to be with lepers. You still have a long way to go.

But if you change your mind, come to Mt. Ahnjum, north of Hamyang.

You'll find Samjuk Temple there.

Please go with him.

Doctor Yu won't take you back, so there's no other option.

Priest Samjuk is a great doctor. He used to be a royal physician.

What's the point if I end up with leprosy myself?

Priest Samjuk is without relatives.

I cannot be so reckless. I have a wife and mother.

Please don't be afraid of lepers.

Look at me. I once treated lepers myself.

Most of the talks surrounding the disease are untrue.

What happened? Did Doctor Yu agree to take you back?

How can he be so cold-hearted when you begged for forgiveness?

This is not his fault. Don't say that.

I have nothing against him.

You know that I look after lepers. No one suffers more than they do.

If you truly want to become a doctor, don't settle down under Doctor Yu.

Come with me and help those who need it.

Fool, you are afraid to be with lepers. You still have a long way to go.

Da-hee.

My dear wife.

What is it?

I have something to say to you and Mother.

Tomorrow morning I intend to leave for Samjuk Temple on Mt. Ahnjum.

You are going to a temple? What are you going there for?

Are you thinking of becoming a monk?

There's a monk living in the temple who is very close to Doctor Yu.

He once served as a royal physician, and he is a great doctor himself.

I want to further my learning under him.

It's a very good idea. Please don't worry about us.

I don't know why you have to do that.

Mother, he must not stop his training midway.

He must study hard until he enters the royal medical bureau.

But who says that'll be easy?

It'll be hard, yes.

But rising above one's class is never going to be easy.

What do you mean?

It's possible to change our social status.

Is that possible?

It's possible if Jun becomes a royal physician.

We are still hiding our true identity.

We have identification thanks to Il-seo.

But if we get caught, we'll be sold as slaves to noble families.

I had no idea that was possible.

Changing our status? Oh, goodness...

Please don't worry about us and just go.

We can eat the plants we grow. And I can run errands for noble families.

We'll survive somehow.

Da-hee...

Take good care of yourself.

I will.

Take care.

You, too. I'll be back.

Mr. Lim.

Try some of this.

What's that?

It's chicken with ginseng.

Chicken?

Eat it before somebody sees you.

And here's the storeroom...

Goodness. We clearly interrupted something.

What are you doing here?

I can come here if I want. Why are you here?

I came to get my pulse checked.

What's this?

Hands off! Don't touch your elder's food!

Who's my elder?

She must be lonely. I think she's interested in you.

That's my business. Stay out of it.

But it's so interesting.

Where's Master Do-ji?

What's the matter?

Lady Ye-jin is very ill.

What?

Hurry! Hurry!

Don't touch!

No worries, I won't even smell it.

Let's dig in.

But I'm sick of chicken.

But this has ginseng. It was made just for us.

Delicious.

Milady, please wake up.

Father, what is it? What is her problem?

Father.

Her illness comes from her heart. She will get better after a while.

From her heart? What do you mean?

Father!

Father!

Ye-jin. Ye-jin!

Ye-jin! Ye-jin!

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These people have been cast aside and neglected by society.

What are you doing?