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You cannot take her anywhere.

I told you to let go of her.

I won't.

You...

cannot take her, Your Majesty.

Let me go, Mr. Matchmaker.

And Su.

I'm sorry.

I am sorry that I cannot keep the promise

I made about marrying you.

But Su,

I cannot go to you.

I wasn't trying to become a noble lady

to be with you.

The marriage is over now.

Thank you for helping me so far

in finding Su.

I found Su thanks to you,

and I also found my brother.

So I will go back to my place now.

And where is that?

I do not know.

But my place is not somewhere

next to any of you.

You two can go ahead and talk.

You did not consider my opinion

when arranging this marriage anyway.

Gaettong!

Are you satisfied now?

Mr. Matchmaker.

Can't you accept this

instead of the marriage arrangement fees you owe me?

I will accept any punishment you give me,

so please let Gaettong go.

No.

Councilor Ma has found out about her.

I am sure he was behind

the Crown Prince's murder and the attempt to harm Gaettong.

How can you be sure?

He is my father.

The closer Gaettong gets to you,

the more danger she will be in.

Is Councilor Ma

really the only one I have to fight?

That depends on you.

Can't you please

do as I ask, just this once?

I will pretend I did not hear anything.

I will protect Gaettong.

You should take care of your own feelings.

That is an order.

I can't do that.

Your Majesty.

Why are you being so hesitant?

Did you do something wrong?

I will tell you the truth when the gathering is over.

Whatever it may be,

will you forgive me?

Let me take you home.

When did you find out

that Su was the King?

You found out a long time ago, right?

And that is why you said that you would make me a lady

of a noble family.

When I told you I liked you,

you must have mocked me.

Why didn't you try to stop me when I sent in

the letter for the queen selection?

Let go of me!

How could I have stopped you?

You said you had to save your brother.

How can I stop you when you say you will go back to your place?

You still should have told me

before confusing me

by talking about stupid things like getting another chance.

Before making me think

that your promise

to stay by my side was everything to me.

Gaettong.

I was tired of acting like a lady anyway.

I guess this is my chance.

Living as Gaettong will be much better

than getting locked up in the palace as a concubine.

Gaettong.

I am

going to stop pretending to be a noble lady.

There is

no such thing as another chance in my life.

So the lady that His Majesty met

was not my daughter, but that lowly girl?

I did not know he was the King back then.

But the leader of the Flower Crew must have known.

Big Sis did not do anything wrong.

We were only following the King's orders.

My lord, please have mercy.

What would I gain from having you killed?

Thank you, my lord.

But

don't tell anyone that I know about this.

Nobody. Not the King, not the Flower Crew, and not that girl. No one.

If you ever tell anyone about this,

I will reveal your secret as well.

The monster who murdered someone.

You don't want to go back to how things were, do you?

No, of course not.

I will do as you say.

They have someone in mind anyway.

And how could Gaettong really be selected as the queen?

If she fails the selection, I can just find a better man for her.

That will be for the better.

It will be okay.

Everything will be fine.

TRY AGAIN

Sisters!

Sisters!

Did you hear about what I did at the palace?

Lady Yun was in trouble because her shoe disappeared,

so I found the King, and I--

Did the newbie find out who the King is?

She didn't just find out.

The King came at just the right moment and saved her.

You left the palace a long time ago. Where have you been?

Well, you know who I am.

I'm the most stylish man in Hanyang.

There are so many people asking for me.

But don't you smell something?

What smell?

Tae-su. What are you doing over there?

You seemed to be having a serious conversation, so I just stayed quiet.

The Flower Crew always shares things with each other, you know.

Let's make one more bowl.

Where did he go?

What are you doing?

Oh, I couldn't find Pal-pun.

I sold him.

What?

Why?

Sold him where?

How could you sell him like that without even telling me?

Do I have to get your permission

to sell my own belongings?

I...

I guess I have been too kind to you these days.

I am sorry, my lady.

Just do what I tell you to do.

Unless you want to be sold with him.

That fool doesn't know how to do anything himself.

What if he gets beaten to death by someone?

What do I do about Pal-pun?

Get acknowledged for your qualities at the queen selection.

Then I will apologize and give you my servant as well.

Kang.

Would I get punished

if I run away like this?

My lady, please come outside.

My goodness!

This is unbelievable.

Wow!

Over here, please.

Be careful. It might break.

Over here. Yes.

My gosh.

These are amazing.

My lady.

I asked some servants from other families,

and it seems that you are the only one

who received gifts from the King himself.

There are rumors going around the whole village

that you've been chosen already.

My goodness.

My lady. It seems like

you will really become the queen.

My lord.

Why are you dressed like that?

These are comfortable.

You represent the Yun family now.

Don't bring shame to that name.

Yes,

Father.

But Su,

I cannot go to you.

The marriage is over now.

I sent the gifts to the Yun family

as you ordered, Your Majesty.

And I spread the rumor among children in the village

that Lord Yun's daughter

has already been chosen to be the queen.

Good work.

Your Majesty, it is Councilor Ma.

Let him enter.

I am sure he was behind

the Crown Prince's murder and the attempt to harm Gaettong.

I heard that you spent the whole night here again.

I am very worried that you might ruin your health,

Your Majesty.

I know that you are very busy these days.

I cannot just sit around and do nothing when I am the King.

I am flattered, Your Majesty.

But Your Majesty,

I heard a strange rumor.

I heard that Lord Yun's daughter

died a long time ago.

I also heard a strange rumor

that the ones who killed my brother

were not bandits.

Then who killed him?

I wouldn't know.

I heard that

you care much about Lady Yun.

I guess the rumors spread quickly.

If you want,

you can keep her by your side.

All you have to do

is put my niece first.

They will both be yours,

so it does not matter who comes first.

If you give up one thing,

you can gain everything.

Well, it's too bad.

That one thing is everything for me.

Don't try to take away

the only thing that someone has.

That...

is just too bad.

Mr. Matchmaker!

Mr. Matchmaker!

Mr. Matchmaker.

Aren't you a servant of Councilor Kang's family?

Pal-pun...

Pal-pun?

Gaettong's brother.

I know what you are thinking,

but it's an emergency.

What is it?

I must leave the palace tonight.

I have left

something very precious with someone outside the palace.

Your Majesty.

You have insulted someone precious to me,

so you had better prepare yourself.

Father, it's Ji-hwa.

Come in.

That girl was on the list of candidates for the second selection.

We must make sure that man does not talk.

The fact that you met a man

in private before the selection must not be revealed.

Who is the man that you met that day?

I do not know him.

I thought you were wise, but I guess I was wrong.

This is why girls cannot do anything great.

The queen selection starts tomorrow.

I don't want you to get hurt

in that path full of thorns.

Those shoes

are the only reason why I'm letting you off.

I will try to fix things, even if it's a bit late.

This is a marriage proposal letter

that the Matchmaker Hun is giving to Gaettong.

A proposal, my foot.

You fraud.

What letter is this?

Why does he have to make such a complicated proposal?

YEON

There is a huge rock on top of the character for "heart."

It's just like how I feel right now.

Oh, whatever. How can I know what he thinks

when he wrote something like this?

FLOWER CREW RULEBOOK

Flower Crew Rulebook?

So it actually exists?

Let me have a look.

Give it back!

CHAPTER ONE, TAKING REQUESTS

He really is a fussy man.

He filled the whole book with rules.

Flower Crew Rulebook, chapter 15. Things that are forbidden.

A matchmaker must not have personal feelings toward a client.

Right, of course.

YEON

My lady, please come outside.

There's someone here.

There is no one here.

What? Oh, he's over there.

Gaettong.

Gaettong is smiling.

Gaettong is smiling.

Gaettong.

Kang.

Kang, is that you?

Kang!

How did you get here?

You're heavy.

Sorry.

Did you run away?

How did you know I was here?

Let's go. I'll take you back.

If they find out you're here, they will punish you.

No, I don't want to go!

I like it here!

No! Kang!

You don't need to take him back.

Your brother is free now.

What

do you mean?

What I just said.

Your brother is not a servant anymore.

How

did you do this?

Lady Kang sold him after the first selection ended.

Do Jun gathered all the information brokers

and found him.

Is it true?

My brother

really is free?

He's really...

Gaettong.

You are free as well now.

You can choose to go

or not to go to the selection,

and you can choose to live

and Yun Su-yeon or Gaettong.

You can go to him,

or stay with the Flower Crew.

If you want, I can give your brother a new identity as well.

You don't have to run away from anyone

or go around searching for someone anymore.

You can go anywhere

you want.

Where

would I go?

Anywhere

you want to go.

Well,

I guess you must feel very satisfied now.

Yes, I feel so satisfied.

All right. Your irritating burden

will go back inside now.

In such a situation, the men in romance stories these days

would say,

"Don't go."

You are too well-mannered. It's boring.

I helped out a bit, you know.

I wanted to know the results.

That story about the dog and the cat you told me before.

Everything was wrong.

If a dog has feelings for a cat,

it will open the door for the cat

because what it fears the most

is the cat getting hurt because of it.

So among the candidates chosen for the second selection,

there are some with bad fortunes?

Yes, Your Majesty.

Tell me.

Lady Yun Su-yeon, the daughter of Lord Yun Dong-seok,

and Lady Ma Jeong-hui,

daughter of Lord Ma Bong-cheon, have such fortunes.

Your Majesty, checking the fortunes of the ladies is only a formality.

How can we make decisions about the nation based on

only the birth dates of people?

It goes against the Neo-Confucian ideologies of Joseon.

We do this to guarantee harmony

between spouses and to avoid misfortune and conflict.

Are you suggesting that the work of the Office of Astronomy is fake?

Let us finish hearing what he has to say first.

Lady Yun Su-yeon is fated to be in a bad accident.

For the year of sinhae, her fortune for the decade and the year

come together and form a strong fortune of water.

That would have broken her element of fire, leading to a severe illness.

It would not be a surprise if she died from it.

I do not know how she is healthy.

Are you sure it was really Lady Yun's birth date?

But one fortunate thing

is that there is one lady among the candidates

who has a fortune that matches very well with yours, Your Majesty.

Tell us.

Lady Kang Ji-hwa has the fortune of a great general.

She was born with the fate of a general or a King.

Since she was born a lady with such a fortune

and became a candidate for the queen,

I believe she has the ability to become the queen of Joseon.

Your Majesty.

Fortune-telling is not something you should believe in.

We are in the process of selecting the queen of Joseon.

It should not be taken lightly.

Of course not.

But

Councilor Ma has a point.

I want to be very cautious since we are selecting

someone who will become my wife.

Instructor Kim.

I want you to do a face reading

on those three ladies at the second selection.

Yes, Your Majesty.

Why don't we discuss this again after the second selection?

-Yes, Your Majesty. -Yes, Your Majesty.

I cannot believe he thought of bribing the instructor.

I knew he was lowly,

but I didn't imagine he would be so cheap.

I shouldn't have let my guard down.

Give the order, my lord.

All you have to do

is make sure that the instructor cannot enter the palace at the selection.

Yes, my lord.

You were chosen for the second selection.

It is in three days.

YEON

Give me an answer.

You gave me this, Mr. Matchmaker.

What should I do?

But

what in the world is this character?

That's right. The one who wrote it should read it for me.

Is everyone outside working?

There won't be any marriages because of the marriage ban, though.

Mr. Ko.

Oh, you're here.

What's going on? Are you avoiding me?

Why would I avoid you?

Big Sis will be here soon.

I have to go out on business.

I guess I can ask you instead.

Can you read this for me?

All right, let's see.

It's not this one.

Oh, here it is. This one.

It's yeon, meaning "love."

"Love"?

Yes. It seems that someone really loves you.

Who gave this to you, though?

Was it the King?

No, it's nothing like that.

You came here just to ask that?

Well,

I didn't come here for a while, and...

Don't tell anyone that I know about this.

Nobody. Not the King, not the Flower Crew, and not that girl. No one.

If you

ever tell anyone about this,

I will reveal your secret as well.

Gaettong.

Can't you just run away?

What?

Even if you become the queen,

you will be in huge trouble if your real identity is revealed.

And there will be concubines even if you're the queen.

I just think that maybe

becoming the queen might not be a good thing.

Everyone tells me to go.

Nobody is asking for me to come.

No, I didn't mean...

Hey, Big Sis.

What is it?

I just came for something I left behind.

You came to get that?

Yes. I heard that this is what ladies drink

when they feel like

they are going to explode from all the stress they are coping with.

"Explode"?

Yes, someone is making me feel like I'm going to explode.

I will head back, then.

It's yeon, meaning "love."

It seems that someone really loves you.

Why doesn't that love come with a challenging spirit?

But

didn't you say that I'm free now?

I thought maybe you forgot.

Why don't you drink that tomorrow?

Let's run away to a place

where no one can find us.

My lady.

Someone came from the palace.

The palace?

Mister.

You look really nice dressed up like that.

You really look

like a noble lady now.

Gaettong.

You must come

to the second selection.

Mister...

His Majesty isn't sleeping well these days.

It is not just the King.

If you do not come,

Lord Yun will be in a tight spot as well.

And the Flower Crew. If you run away,

do you think His Majesty will just sit and watch?

Su

would not do such a thing.

Don't call him Su.

It's His Majesty.

His Majesty

is risking everything to have you by his side.

There are many lives

depending on you.

Mister...

I know it is not your choice.

But His Majesty did not choose

to be the King either.

Gaettong.

Please

help His Majesty, just this once.

I was rash.

If I knew this was going to happen, I wouldn't have sold Pal-pun.

Pal-pun?

The dull servant we used to have.

It seemed like

he was Gaettong's brother.

That boy

could be the clearest evidence.

Gang-dal.

Yes, my lord.

Find out where our servant was sold off to recently.

Yes, my lord.

Do not worry. Just focus on preparing for the second selection.

Your father will take care of everything now.

Is it weird?

-It's not bad. -It's not bad.

I knew you'd say that, Mr. Matchmaker.

Is there anything you would like to do?

There is.

I'm going to get you.

He was first sold to a labor house in Qing,

but some information broker appeared

and took him after paying twice the cost.

-An information broker? -Yes.

I heard he's the Flower Crew's information broker, the most famous in Hanyang.

The Flower Crew is involved again.

You still had these?

Do you remember it?

We got those because you asked for just one room.

My goodness, Mr. Matchmaker.

You can save up your entire life,

-and blow it... -And blow it all in a blink of an eye.

All right. I guess you know.

Don't forget that. Keep it in mind.

Give me your hand.

My brother gave this to me.

Why are you giving it to me?

Gaettong,

you can become anyone

and go anywhere.

But

can't you stay by my side?

Give me another chance, too.

Let's drink.

Don't start hiccupping again.

Where is that girl's brother?

I really do not know, my lord.

Is that so?

Then you had better find out.

If I helped out a man worth 100 yang,

then he must do something worth that money.

That is only human.

Don't you agree, Chil-nom?

Chil-nom.

Chil-nom, you jerk!

What are you waiting for? Hold him.

Hurry up!

Don't turn away. Watch it until the end.

It will be your turn to kill next.

What is this smell?

Did this monster just pee in his pants?

This little monster is afraid of a beheading.

That's crazy.

You jerk!

You little jerk.

Chil-nom.

Don't act like you're human.

We're not humans.

We're monsters that behead people.

Lowly,

dirty, stinky monsters.

Don't act like you're some delicate

and kind human.

Whatever you do, you'll just be a monster for the rest of your life.

We got the date of your first beheading.

Chil-nom.

The beheading is tomorrow. Where were you trying to go?

I don't want to do it.

I'm scared.

I can't do it.

Please save me.

Of course, I should.

You will be beheading many people with these hands.

You should stay alive.

If you run away,

I will behead

those guys back there

one by one each day and hang their heads

at the square.

Day of gyesa in the month of imsin, year of gamhaeng, oh-si.

The criminal Mun-seom is sentenced to a beheading

for his sin.

If you hesitate and fail to behead him in one go,

you will have to do it again.

That would be bothersome, so make sure to do it properly.

-My goodness. -My goodness.

My goodness.

I didn't do it!

It wasn't me!

Please...

Please have mercy.

Please have mercy.

I really didn't do it.

Please...

I didn't do it.

Please have mercy.

What are you doing? Behead him!

Please...

Hurry up with the punishment!

Hurry up!

There is another beheading in two hours, you know.

Hold the sword firmly like this.

If you can't even do this,

you shouldn't have been born.

You're worse than garbage.

Hurry up!

I...

I wasn't born because I wanted to!

Someone has been killed!

The monster killed someone!

No... I can't go back there.

I won't.

What are you doing?

Did you buy another perfumed sachet?

What does it smell like?

Don't come any closer.

I mean, it's expensive.

But why did you come to my room?

I have a favor to ask.

Please take care of my brother for a while.

Why

are you asking me to do it?

Of course, it is because

you are the most trustworthy.

And you are kind.

I am not kind.

I know.

I know you try to look like you're not kind,

but you actually are.

Then I'll trust you with my brother.

Gaettong.

I

used to hate you.

I know that.

So

you can hate me too.

What?

You're acting strange today.

I'll be off now.

Kang.

You better listen to that matchmaker over there.

I'll be back soon.

Why are you giving me a powder case?

I need someone who will win.

I am giving that to you so you can use it

if you cannot win.

PALACE PASS

It's a pass to enter the palace.

Find that boy and bring him to the palace.

PALACE PASS

Apples.

Apples.

I like apples.

I like apples.

Let's wash and eat them.

Apples.

FLOWER CREW RULEBOOK

Mr. Matchmaker!

Mr. Matchmaker.

What is it?

Gaettong...

I mean...

Lady Yun asked me to give this to you.

Something feels strange.

There was a carriage in front of the house.

You may go.

All right.

I'm leaving the heart

I tied with yours here.

I'm sorry I cannot keep our promise.

I don't know if there will be another chance,

but if there is one,

I would like to stay

by your side then.

FLOWER CREW RULEBOOK

Gaettong!

Don't go.

You promised to stay with me.

His Majesty is risking everything to have you by his side.

There are many lives

depending on you.

I'm going to Su.

I will take care of everything.

I will take care of things, so please--

It is my choice.

I'm just Five Pun.

I am so thrilled to be

going to the palace in a carriage.

I thought about staying by your side,

but even if you are Councilor Ma's son,

you won't be as good as the King.

Just let me go.

Did you forget

that you are a bad liar?

Have you been fooled all this time?

Everything was a lie.

I love you.

I'm in love with you,

Mr. Matchmaker.

I love you.

I love you, Gaettong.

Don't go.

It is too late.

I'm okay.

I'm okay. Leave me alone.

It's just rain. No big deal.

"As it washes my conscience clean

at the moment of enlightenment,

I realize my love."

Do not lay a hand on her!

Do not lay a finger on this lady.

You're going to get hurt big time

if you keep up that attitude.

Don't you regret your actions when that happens!

At first, I acted like that because I did not know.

It was the first time loving someone,

and I was sure that nothing would happen.

EPILOGUE

FLOWER CREW RULEBOOK

What shall I do with you?

SPECIAL THANKS TO SON CHANG-MIN AND KIM GIMU

"A matchmaker should never

let his personal emotions affect the client's marriage."

A matchmaker may

have feelings toward a client.

Subtitle translation by Ju-young Park