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Smiling Gaettong.

CLOSED TEMPORARILY

FLOWER CREW

Mr. Matchmaker, do we need this?

Put that outside.

-Tae-su. -Yes?

Go outside and help Tak-su.

All right.

You still have a slight fever.

Stay still.

You're moving because the truth got out, right?

It was my fault.

This was a really great spot.

Where Joseon's best matchmaker goes

is the best spot.

Right. Of course, Mr. Matchmaker.

All right. Make your pick.

Where would be a good spot?

I would like

this spot.

I am learning the language these days.

Good morning.

What use would you have for that language?

Who knows?

We might arrange a marriage in Germany.

Oh, no!

Matchmaker Ko has disappeared.

He just left this note.

-Go out and look for him. -All right.

Thank you for everything.

Don't look for me.

He has nowhere to go. Where would he have gone?

Let us spread out and look for him.

No.

I went through so much to find my brother.

But my brother almost died because of him!

Gaettong.

I don't care what happens to him,

so leave me out of this.

Please find him.

Don't worry.

I am sure he is looking around linen stores or something.

Don't you know that I have Hanyang in the palm of my hands?

That woman is not Lady Yun.

She's the sister of that servant, Gaettong.

Who cares what happens to that jerk?

I won't help out, even if you smile like that.

Never.

Hey, kid.

Are you following me?

How long are you going to keep following me?

Sit.

You are pretty clean now.

I'm not clean.

That doesn't matter.

You can become clean now.

If you are dressed like this, people will stare,

so get washed up

and wear those clothes.

Do I look strange,

Mister?

Yes.

I should take this off.

Everyone is strange in a way.

That is why everyone is so interesting.

You are good at wearing clothes.

Don't you smell a nice scent?

No, that can't be.

You're a good person in nice clothes,

so of course, you will have a nice scent.

There is a man named Ko Yeong-su

who left Joseon with a globe, saying it was too narrow-minded for him.

I believe he will never return to Joseon again.

Would you like to be Ko Yeong-su?

Yes.

It is nice to meet you, Ko Yeong-su.

Everything was planned by that girl.

We were all fooled by that girl.

Yeong-su.

What have I done?

Chil-nom.

It is time for you to return home.

Please have mercy.

Please...

Please have mercy.

I didn't do it.

I didn't do it.

Even if Prince Yeonhu is back,

there must be a just reason to dethrone the King.

Why wouldn't there be a reason?

A lowly blacksmith who lived outside the palace

took the throne and fooled the whole of Joseon

to have his lowly lover become the queen.

But the opinions of the people are more important.

We need to earn their support.

That is not something we earn.

We make it ourselves.

Take this.

Give me one, too.

All right, everyone.

All you have to do is tell people what is written on those papers,

and that money is yours.

All right!

So the King makes a marriage proposal.

I love you.

I will make you the queen.

Your Majesty.

I am just a lowly woman. How could I become the queen?

I will do anything for you.

Is the King really trying to make

a lowly woman the queen?

Low-born people like that

are the cause of the nation's misfortunes.

-You're right. -Prince Yeonhu should have been the King.

Yes, you are right.

What if the people find out?

That's right!

How would the ignorant people

find out about it?

No one will know.

All you have to do is become the queen.

My lady, it's that man from the kisaeng parlor.

Your Majesty, give me this whole world.

Of course. Everything is yours.

My lady, what's wrong?

No matter how many times I shouted at him,

he never ignored me first like that.

You will never pack all this and move it all at this rate.

I should help--

Just stay there.

Something seems to be going on.

What do you mean?

There are rumors going around.

People are saying the King deceived the whole nation

to make a lowly girl the queen.

They say Prince Yeonhu

should be the King instead.

Is Su...

I mean, His Majesty. Is he okay?

They must be complaints about me being low-born.

The Confucians have left

the Confucian Academy as a form of protest.

Rumors must have spread in the villages

that a low-born man

has been sitting on the throne.

The day Gaettong fainted,

many people in the palace

heard me calling her Gaettong.

Your Majesty.

Do not let it get to you.

This is all a scheme planned by Councilor Ma and Councilor Kang.

I know.

What are they up to now?

Prince Yeonhu, who was in Qing,

has returned to Hanyang.

Since his return, Councilor Ma's and Councilor Kang's private soldiers

have secretly been making their move.

They may be...

Planning treason.

Call Councilor Ma and Councilor Kang to the palace.

Yes, Your Majesty.

Just leave them there.

Okay.

What did I tell you?

This is why we say the hearts of the people are the most important.

We have set this nation right.

Right.

Many guests are visiting these days.

Yes. And there are performers and peddlers visiting,

not just other lords.

He seemed to be ordering them to do things.

We're having a tough time because of all the guests.

"Performers"?

The soldiers from other regions are arriving soon.

I guess it will happen on the final selection day.

Your Majesty,

you really wanted to get married,

but I guess you will fail to do so again.

Young Master.

You're the great leader of the Flower Crew

who can even make a lowly girl become a noble lady.

What business would you have here?

The poison Lady Ma used to harm Lady Yun.

It's from monkshood.

The flower that you used sometimes

for the medicine to treat your rheumatic disease.

That is a coincidence.

Well, monkshood roots are used as ingredients for medicine,

but they're used for poison as well.

So I guess it was also a coincidence that the Crown Prince

was killed by monkshood poison.

Do you have proof?

This is an arrowhead that was found

on the day he was killed.

The product number matches the arrowhead that the dead Kkultteoksoe

stole from Jang's Merchant Guild.

How could this thing be proof?

At least I can make the fingers pointed at the King

turn toward you, Father.

Then why don't you hand that over to the King?

Father.

Stop what you're planning.

If you go any further, you will just hurt yourself.

Please.

Stop believing that you are doing the right thing.

This is the last form of affection I am giving you

as your son Ma Hun,

not the matchmaker Ma Hun.

Everyone. Come and look.

I have not seen him these days.

Where has he gone?

Are you waiting for that Flower Crew to come and rescue you?

Don't get your hopes up. Nobody can find this place.

You were stupid to disobey a man's orders

when you are just an animal, Chil-nom.

Big Sis...

I'm scared of getting punished.

No one has seen Yeong-su in the commercial district.

And with those fancy clothes,

how could no one have seen him?

What if he did not leave of his own will?

Who would...

Go and investigate Councilor Kang's house.

All right.

The reason why I called you here

is to hear what you have to report.

Councilor Kang.

How is the investigation on my brother's case going?

Your Majesty, I have made a thorough

investigation on his murder,

but it seems that the bandits really were behind it.

Is that so?

That is a relief.

I was actually worried that Councilor Ma would have something

to do with that case.

I apologize for making you worried with unnecessary doubts.

I apologize, Your Majesty.

That is fine.

Then I will make preparations for the last selection.

It will be the first formal ceremony since you sat on the throne.

I really hope that it ends without any problems.

I am depending on your help, Councilor Ma.

I will do my best to help you, Your Majesty.

The current King has broken the laws because of his personal affections

and tried to make a low-born girl the queen.

His sins

have been revealed

at the second queen selection.

He has already lost his virtue

and no longer deserves to be the ruler of Joseon's people.

Then we must set things right.

Day of imjin in the month of gyeyu, year of gimi.

The day of the last queen selection

will be the day we change the skies.

Day of imjin in the month of gyeyu, year of gimi.

The day of the last selection.

That's when they will make their move.

Commandant Kim.

Will we win in this battlefield,

or will we lose?

The battlefield is where we fight

as if we will win, even if we are bound to lose, Your Majesty.

Commandant Kim.

Prepare for war.

I must win this battle.

I, Kim Mun-seok, will obey Your Majesty's orders.

My lady, someone came from the palace.

Please come outside.

Tak-su, I told you I'm not a lady anymore.

Where did he go?

Su.

-This... -Open it.

I am allowing Lady Yun Su-yeon,

daughter of Lord Yun Dong-seok,

to get married.

You failed the selection.

You were too ugly.

You told me I was the most beautiful.

There are lots of beautiful ladies in the palace, you know.

Su.

Gaettong.

Don't worry about me,

and go wherever you want.

And

come find me if there is anyone who bullies you.

I'm the King.

Su.

I'll get going now.

I will become a good King.

I want the world you live in

to be a better place.

So is that animal being sent back to Yeonsanhyun?

We were ordered to kill him after everything is over.

My goodness.

If you want,

you can keep living as Su-yeon.

Pretending to be a noble lady is troublesome and hard.

Being Gaettong suits me best.

So Lord Yun,

why don't you let her go now?

Where will you go now?

I haven't decided.

But I have decided who I will go with.

Thank you

for everything.

If my daughter were alive,

she would be as beautiful as you.

She said she'd come after organizing her things, but it's taking so long.

Lord Ma is asking for you.

Things will go according to plan.

All right. Good work.

What is going on, Father?

You are not asking because you really do not know.

I said I wanted to be the most powerful woman in Joseon.

I did not want this nation to turn upside down.

You just have to sit and watch

and then

quietly come into the shade that I make.

I will choose my own place.

Is that why you have fallen for a pathetic man

who can't even take the civil service exam?

Did you think I would not find out?

I thought you were wise and clever.

But

you are the same as other foolish girls who are preoccupied with love.

Father.

Gang-dal!

Yes, my lord.

Lady Kang needs to get some rest.

Do not let her leave her residence.

Yes, my lord.

YUN SU-YEON IS GIVEN PERMISSION TO GET MARRIED

Side with your family.

If we succeed in dethroning the King,

I will let that girl live.

If you want,

I will let you two get married as well.

Is that

your answer

to your son's affection?

It is the answer of the head of the family.

Now choose.

Will you let the King live and kill the girl,

or will you kill the King and let the girl live?

I think Yeong-su has been taken by Councilor Kang.

Gaettong has been kidnapped as well.

Our newbie?

I will get people on it.

You won't be able to find her.

If they were taken to a place that we could find,

they wouldn't have started this.

I know all the private properties that my family owns,

so I believe they've hidden them in one of Councilor Kang's properties.

It will be a place that no one can get information about.

A place that only the family members would know.

My lady, what is going on?

Get in.

Hey! Open the door!

Hey!

Someone is waiting for me right now.

Please.

Open the door.

Three Months, why are you...

Matchmaker Ko.

Why are you here?

My lady, I kept telling him he couldn't come in, but...

I sent the men away to get snacks,

so you must leave in 15 minutes.

What brings you here?

Our newbie was kidnapped

by Councilor Kang's men.

Why are you

telling me that?

I thought you might know where she is.

Do you really think I would tell you?

Is this what you really want?

I hope we are thinking of the same answer.

It's finally happening

tomorrow.

Please don't get hurt, Father.

Please

stay safe, my son.

It's finally happening tomorrow.

No, it's happening today.

Tonight, when Commandant Kim leaves the palace,

our men will move quietly.

While I attack the council hall,

take the soldiers and seize

the palace.

I will.

Let us meet again under the new sky.

Make sure to prepare everything thoroughly.

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

Are you feeling okay?

I'm fine.

That's a relief.

Gaettong. Back then, I was...

It is a house at the edge of Golmal.

Let's go together.

If my father succeeds,

I will be the King's wife,

and if he fails,

I will be a criminal's daughter. Do you not realize that?

Whatever happens,

you are just a lady to me.

I don't know when,

but I promise to come and find you again.

Do your work properly.

It is time

to meet the King.

You're here, Councilor Ma.

Your Majesty.

You should come down from the throne now.

I will help you.

Bring her in.

Read the statement, Your Highness.

Read it.

The current King Lee Su

has lost his right to his place.

He had a personal affair with a lowly woman

and disrupted order in the royal court by trying to make her the queen.

So the foolish King shall be dethroned.

No...

Your Majesty.

Councilor Ma is the one

who killed the Crown Prince and the section chief.

Why don't you come down now?

Prince Yeonhu and the palace guards will arrive soon.

Why don't you come down yourself before you are dragged down?

Right.

It is time for you to come down.

Father.

We have put down all of Kang Mong-gu's and Prince Yeonhu's men.

Good work.

How could you...

We will look for Gaettong.

So don't worry and protect your throne.

That is how Gaettong will survive.

Will Gaettong

be okay?

I am sure you know it too, Your Majesty.

Gaettong is much stronger than you think.

TRY AGAIN

Now choose.

Will you let the King live and kill the girl,

or will you kill the King and let the girl live?

Father.

Stop what you're planning.

Please.

Let go.

No, you let go, Father.

Are you going to disgrace me until the end?

Can't you

live as my father for once, and not the Chief State Councilor?

Pay for your crimes.

That is the only way

you can apologize to my brother and me.

My sin is

failing to become the King.

Father...

Father...

Father...

Father...

Chil-nom, it's just too bad.

You're going to die today.

Take him.

Get up.

-Where are you taking him? -Three Months!

-Matchmaker Ko! -Three Months!

Matchmaker Ko!

Hey, Mister.

My stomach...

My stomach hurts so much.

Please open the door.

What a pain in the neck.

Please don't kill me!

Please have mercy.

Please have mercy.

Whatever. He has nothing to do with me.

Chil-nom, I feel sorry about this.

But what can I do? The higher-ups ordered this.

Don't hate me for this.

Three Months.

What are you waiting for? Let's go home.

We're family, right?

This is why you must always be kind.

Don't you know that there are always consequences?

It's "consequent," not "consequence."

How can you not even know that?

Right, you are so smart.

Right.

There he is!

-Catch him! -Get him!

-Get him! -What...

I should have just left without you.

Get them!

What's going on?

Little Sis!

What took you so long? We could have died.

I'm the only one who could've gotten here so quickly.

I will take care of this, so go.

There is someone waiting for you.

Mr. Matchmaker!

TRY AGAIN

Father.

Father.

Mr. Matchmaker.

TRY AGAIN

You forgot this.

Are you all right?

You're not hurt?

We promised to be together.

You almost got killed because of me.

How could I

stay with you after that?

But I survived thanks to you.

You saved me when I almost got killed after Su disappeared,

and you are the one

who taught me what love is while all I did

was trying hard to make a living.

You saved me, Mr. Matchmaker.

I

don't have anything now.

I never had anything from the beginning.

What else would we need?

It is okay to have nothing.

We can start again from the beginning.

Arrest him!

-Yes, sir! -Yes, sir!

Oh, my goodness.

My lord!

-My lord... -Oh, no. Lord Kang...

My lord...

The criminal Kang Mong-gu

will be stripped of his title and be exiled to an island.

He shall be imprisoned within his residence.

Also, the law states

that the children of criminals will be punished as well,

but their children tried to set things right of their fathers' wrongdoings,

so I will take that into account

and pardon them this time.

ONE YEAR LATER

Eunuch Jang.

You received letters from candidates for a whole year,

but you refused them all.

I will not give up this time.

You are stuttering again.

Yes, it is because you are causing me so much stress, Your Majesty.

You are not as lively as when you first came here.

You look like an old unmarried man now.

What did you just call me?

I have married the nation of Joseon.

Take this away.

How long are you planning to keep the queen's spot empty?

-Eunuch Jang. -Just look.

-Just pick anyone and-- -Take this away.

Save them in your heart now.

-Move this. -This lady looks nice.

-Kim I-rang. -Eunuch Jang!

What? They are closed today?

CLOSED FOR TODAY

Thank you.

Without you matchmakers, my baby and I might have given up on life.

Thank you so much.

It is a miracle

made by your strong will.

Thank you.

Bride and groom, bow.

-There's your mom. -There's your mom.

Oh, my goodness.

My lady.

It is my first time having a wedding.

My goodness, it was so exhausting.

Where is Matchmaker Do?

He's working for the government now

since our King gave him a chance.

Tell Mr. Lee that if he just memorizes this,

he will be able to pass the examination this year.

All right.

I did not know that my colleagues were all made by your hands.

I was able to take the exam,

so I might not become the King but I may be able to get a high position.

So will you marry me?

Wait.

I will climb up

to where you are

in those shoes.

Waiting is what I do best.

They look so beautiful, don't you think?

You are beautiful too.

What are you saying?

You look handsome too.

Do you envy them?

Of course.

Didn't you say

that matchmaking is about finding people?

Those two have found one another now.

I believe you have found someone too.

FLOWER CREW

How did you get here?

How did you get here?

We met a storm on my way to Japan,

and the ship got wrecked. That's how I ended up in Joseon.

He came here after a shipwreck.

-Hello. -Hello.

What are they saying?

What kind of marriage are you looking for?

There is a woman I care for.

He says he has a woman he cares for.

What? A woman he likes?

-Yes. -I see.

What kind of woman is she?

It is this woman.

That startled me.

Let us see who she is.

YEON-JI HOMETOWN: JEONJU

Her name is Yeon-ji.

Twenty-five years old.

THINGS TO NOTE: A PRINCESS

She's the second daughter of the former King.

Former King... What?

"Princess"?

No way.

You should go back now.

I haven't spoken German in a long time. It's so difficult.

I cannot sleep at night, and I think

I'm going to go crazy thinking about her.

Please help me marry her.

Well...

Why didn't you talk like that before?

I was so startled.

What have you brought for us?

Okay.

Big Sis! We must take this job.

Being a princess is not a big deal.

He's right, Mr. Matchmaker. Let's take this job.

We must do this.

Please help me.

He's pleading us.

Come on.

I'm in.

Yes, Little Sis is in, and he says please.

He says he cannot sleep at night.

Big Sis, come on. What do you say?

The Flower Crew

will arrange this marriage.

I can't believe this!

How valuable would this be?

How much would it be?

Why don't we shout our chant?

Always lucky.

Everything works in our favor.

We make marriages happen!

-All right! -All right!

You and the princess will look very good together.

You two are meant to be.

SPECIAL THANKS TO SON CHANG-MIN, LEE SOO-JI, AND DANIEL LINDEMANN

FLOWER CREW JOSEON MARRIAGE AGENCY

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Subtitle translation by Ju-young Park