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(Rowoon)
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(Cho Yi Hyun)
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(Writer: Ha Soo Jin)
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(Directors: Hwang Seung Ki, Kim Soo Jin)
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(The Matchmakers)
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(Sim Jung Woo, 25 years old)
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(Widowed son-in-law of the king and an inspector)
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The reason why I wrote an appeal to marry a princess...
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is because me not being in government...
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would be a waste of resources for Joseon.
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As stated in the appeal, my lifestyle...
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is exactly that of a scholar's.
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(Jangakwon)
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Besides my studies, I am also...
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diligent in mastering the arts.
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How incredible.
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Just after six months,
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you have caught up with my skills.
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We are not exactly equals, though.
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You said that the basics of daegeum...
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are to play it on beat and control your breathing.
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The cherry on top...
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would be to play it with your own colour, right?
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That is right.
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However, your performance lacks personal colour.
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How can you compare yourself to a perfect player like me?
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It seems like I have nothing left to learn here.
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I will not return again.
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(Dohwaseo)
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It is as if sunlight is peeking through the paper.
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Your painting is lively.
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You should not sit indoors...
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and only draw from your imagination.
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Try to come outside and portray the light and sights of Joseon.
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It will be hard to follow this new paradigm, though.
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All the best.
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I think it should be lower. Should I give it a go?
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He is saved.
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Is it not hot?
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I am all right.
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- Let me cool you down. - Goodness, I am fine.
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Hey!
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Gosh, this is giving me stress.
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I taught you for so many years,
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and you cannot insert a needle.
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How is it that you are so good at dating without being taught?
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It cannot be helped.
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Dating is for the lowly and foolish...
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who cannot control their feelings.
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Why do you try to learn medicine when it is so lowly?
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Could you be trying to find the cause of what happened...
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eight years ago?
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I am not.
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There is no physician in Joseon...
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who can treat my chronic chest pains.
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So I am trying to find the cure myself.
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(Episode 2: A Bad Feeling Never Turns Out to be Wrong)
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Serve this traitor the poison at once!
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Yes, Your Majesty.
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Your Majesty, this is an unfair punishment.
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It is unfair.
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If you find it so unfair, should I give you another chance?
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Getting the crown prince to wed is easy.
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The crown prince's marriage...
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was stopped because of the spinsters and bachelors.
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If we get rid of those spinsters, everything will be settled.
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I see.
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Even the previous king, and the one before him,
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as well as the ones way before him could not solve...
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the spinster-bachelor issue.
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I just have to solve it in two months, right?
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Why, you...
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Everyone in Joseon knows...
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that we cannot solve it right away.
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Make an example of model spinsters...
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by marrying them off to old bachelors.
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Through this,
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announce the court's interest in the spinster-bachelor issue.
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And when you carry out the crown prince's wedding,
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no one will be able to stop it.
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He is just suggesting window dressing.
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Why are you nodding away?
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If you show continued care for the matter,
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it will not be window dressing.
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You will not let the issue go on, will you?
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What?
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Yes?
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Of course not.
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However, the idea of model spinsters...
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is too abstract, is it not?
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Your Majesty!
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There are spinsters that come to my mind.
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- You do? - Yes, Your Majesty.
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Maeng Sang Chun's three daughters in Mount Nam Valley...
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are all spinsters.
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- All three of Maeng Sang Chun's? - Yes.
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He is... The name sounds familiar.
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Yes, he was your playmate when you were the crown prince.
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I know him.
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That is right. He enjoyed studying.
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Was it five years ago? I heard he had passed.
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How are his three daughters still unwed?
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I do not know the details.
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But it was unusual for all three sisters to be unwed.
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So people called them...
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the Old Ladies of Mount Nam Valley.
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Seeing how the rumour has reached even me,
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I think they make the perfect model spinsters...
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that Lord Gyeongunjae mentioned.
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But I am the king of the nation.
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If I go out of my way to help those sisters only,
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people might criticize my fairness.
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Well, that is...
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- I see. - You see?
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All right.
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- Well... - Faith between friends!
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This is not just 1, but all 3 of your friend's daughters.
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If you let them remain spinsters,
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you are going against your morals.
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Your Majesty has more than enough reason...
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to go out of your way to help those ladies.
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- He is a smart one. - Yes.
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Then, Jung Woo. You shall marry off all three...
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of Erudite Maeng's daughters within two months.
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Pardon me? How can I marry them off?
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I have read all your appeals.
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It sounds like in Joseon,
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you seem to know best about the meaning and process of marriage.
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If you succeed,
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I will review this appeal with an open mind.
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But if you fail,
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I will charge you for contempt against the throne.
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You will have to drink this poison.
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Keep this poison safe.
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(Sim Jung Woo)
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(Gwanghwamun)
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My lord!
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They named you a traitor?
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How can this be?
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O Bong.
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I finally see the road to getting into government.
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Did His Majesty accept your appeal?
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Not yet.
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But the deal is in the bag.
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I am the most outstanding talent in Joseon.
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Matchmaking would be a piece of cake.
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If he pulls it off,
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will you annul Lord Gyeongunjae's marriage?
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That is ridiculous.
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My daughter is pitiful enough for dying at such a young age.
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I cannot leave her as an unmarried ghost.
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Knowing that I will not see you after you marry...
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makes my heart heavy.
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My lady.
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We can be together forever.
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If we drink this,
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we will fall into eternal sleep without pain.
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All right, young master.
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Have you both lost it?
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What?
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What would have happened if I was not here?
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Lady Yeoju?
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Please keep it secret from my mother.
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For someone who planned to die,
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you are afraid of your mother?
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I had hoped that your lover...
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would be a noble.
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But he is way too noble.
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My lady, who is this?
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Young Master Kim Ho, second son of the chief royal secretary.
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That is you, correct?
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My lady, when you said you could infer someone's significant other,
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did you mean you could figure out...
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the person's family and even their name by their looks?
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Of course,
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I cannot figure out the person's name.
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But he was dressed like a son of a high-ranking official.
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Just as I figured he was rich because he casually frequented...
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the biggest mill in the city,
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I caught the identification tag dropped on the floor.
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If he is the son of the chief royal secretary,
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is he not way beyond that young lady's league?
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That is the problem.
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No matter how well-off Official Hong's family is,
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the chief royal secretary would deem them a classless upstart.
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He would not let them marry.
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However, I am not the one to give up on marrying...
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such a handsome couple.
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Why do you try so hard?
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What?
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It is not like you will make more money...
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by marrying couples that are good for each other.
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But you always go at it a little too hard.
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Because this is a once-in-a-lifetime event.
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A woman from a noble family only gets to marry once.
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That is why she needs to marry...
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someone she is meant to be with.
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Marriage is the act of combining strengths of two families...
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to serve their ancestors...
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and carry on their family lineage.
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Even so, should you not meet the ladies you are to marry?
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Dear me! I have written appeals regarding marriage for eight years.
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I know everything there is to know about marriage customs.
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According to the customs, the marriage process begins...
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when two families gather with the matchmaker...
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to see how marriageable the families are.
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I can let the matchmakers meet the women.
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Hence,
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I will not have to meet...
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the ladies of Mount Nam Valley...
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until this wedding happens.
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Eyes, nose, and mouth. They are all placed perfectly.
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I have never seen such a good-looking man in my life.
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Goodness, look at how smooth his skin is.
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Did you come to buy makeup for your wife?
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Goodness.
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You have such beautiful hands for a man.
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Goodness gracious!
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Enough is enough! Sit back!
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He is not someone you can easily taunt!
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We are all busy women. Yet, you gathered us here...
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and have not said a word.
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Should I tell them?
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No, this is my business.
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I need to marry three daughters...
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of my teacher before May is over.
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That was why I asked you to gather.
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All three?
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Within May? That is quite soon.
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It is practically impossible.
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You will get paid...
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twice as much.
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- Are you the one who is paying? - It only seems fair.
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If experts like us divide this up and arrange the marriages,
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- two months are more than enough. - You are right.
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It is rather a long time.
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So? Who are these ladies?
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The daughters of Erudite Maeng in Mount Nam Valley.
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My lord.
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We do not arrange marriages for old ladies.
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We wasted our time for nothing.
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Good grief!
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How can matchmakers refuse to make matches?
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It is not that we refuse. We simply cannot, my lord.
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Why is that the case?
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I do not know where to begin.
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When I first took up this job, I did not know any better...
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and tried to arrange a marriage for his second daughter.
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Do not even get me started.
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She was the most foul-mouthed person.
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It is just my luck to run into a scoundrel like you.
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Goodness.
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What kind of an idiot would steal just one shoe?
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This would all be over as soon as you show me that basket.
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Why should I do that?
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- Oh, my! - Goodness!
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You are a thief!
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Otherwise, why would you hide it so desperately?
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Why is there such a big fuss?
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Darn it.
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The problem with her is not just the foul mouth.
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She is also violent with her actions.
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Such an aggressive woman.
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But the first daughter is a beauty. Why has she not married?
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She thought she could afford to be picky, then lost her chance.
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Who cares if she is beautiful? She has a thick head.
267
00:16:58,850 --> 00:17:01,690
You can tell how slow she is just by her looks.
268
00:17:01,859 --> 00:17:04,960
Was she slow to get married because she was so slow?
269
00:17:07,229 --> 00:17:09,800
That is an age-old truth.
270
00:17:10,260 --> 00:17:11,699
I heard this rumour recently.
271
00:17:13,600 --> 00:17:15,799
She is possessed by Lady Cho Ok's ghost.
272
00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:17,600
- Really? - Is that true?
273
00:17:17,939 --> 00:17:20,070
The woman of that rumour...
274
00:17:20,240 --> 00:17:21,939
must have been his first daughter.
275
00:17:43,359 --> 00:17:45,368
What was that? You scared me!
276
00:17:45,369 --> 00:17:46,500
Come on!
277
00:17:47,300 --> 00:17:48,399
What are you doing here?
278
00:17:50,139 --> 00:17:51,340
That is so cold!
279
00:17:53,869 --> 00:17:55,939
- Stop it! - Cut it out!
280
00:18:14,830 --> 00:18:16,730
What? Where is she?
281
00:18:25,770 --> 00:18:28,069
Every night, she sits in the stream...
282
00:18:28,070 --> 00:18:30,878
and jumps on any man she can find.
283
00:18:30,879 --> 00:18:33,309
Right, birds of a feather flock together.
284
00:18:33,310 --> 00:18:36,419
Lady Cho Ok used to befriend those old ladies.
285
00:18:36,919 --> 00:18:38,989
The eldest daughter of that family...
286
00:18:38,990 --> 00:18:41,250
will never get married with such an indecent rumour.
287
00:18:42,060 --> 00:18:43,289
Tell me about it.
288
00:18:43,290 --> 00:18:44,759
She should have accepted the offer last year...
289
00:18:44,760 --> 00:18:46,188
to become the concubine for the minister of defence.
290
00:18:46,189 --> 00:18:48,560
Come on, that does not sound fair.
291
00:18:48,699 --> 00:18:50,958
What about their third daughter?
292
00:18:50,959 --> 00:18:53,070
She is as odd as her sisters.
293
00:18:53,730 --> 00:18:56,899
She was once seen leaving home dressed like a man.
294
00:18:57,300 --> 00:19:00,409
Was she the famous man-woman?
295
00:19:00,770 --> 00:19:01,810
The man-woman!
296
00:19:04,909 --> 00:19:07,309
Goodness, you must be confused, my lord.
297
00:19:07,310 --> 00:19:09,679
Let me summarize this for you.
298
00:19:10,449 --> 00:19:12,249
The first daughter is a beauty, but she is picky,
299
00:19:12,250 --> 00:19:14,250
and she is promiscuous because of a ghost possession.
300
00:19:14,490 --> 00:19:15,789
The second daughter is good at needlework,
301
00:19:15,790 --> 00:19:17,719
but she is aggressive and foul-mouthed.
302
00:19:17,959 --> 00:19:20,830
The third daughter seems to have a different sexual orientation.
303
00:19:23,959 --> 00:19:25,770
You truly are different as a nobleman.
304
00:19:25,869 --> 00:19:27,699
You figured it out at once.
305
00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:29,840
So?
306
00:19:30,770 --> 00:19:33,010
Not one of you wish to take part...
307
00:19:33,770 --> 00:19:35,040
in this matchmaking?
308
00:19:38,949 --> 00:19:40,010
My lord.
309
00:19:41,109 --> 00:19:42,949
Lady Yeoju...
310
00:19:43,280 --> 00:19:44,850
may be able to find their matches.
311
00:19:46,590 --> 00:19:47,618
Lady Yeoju?
312
00:19:47,619 --> 00:19:49,789
She is a woman who does whatever she can...
313
00:19:49,790 --> 00:19:51,989
by all ways and means...
314
00:19:51,990 --> 00:19:54,060
for the matchmaking request she has taken up.
315
00:19:54,429 --> 00:19:55,659
Did you say I must shave my head?
316
00:19:55,899 --> 00:19:57,730
I was taught not to cut off anything I was born with.
317
00:19:57,959 --> 00:19:59,570
I cannot do that.
318
00:20:00,830 --> 00:20:03,468
You seem to know cherishing your body is...
319
00:20:03,469 --> 00:20:05,969
the first way of showing respect for your parents.
320
00:20:08,540 --> 00:20:10,510
Why do you not realize...
321
00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:13,179
it is the worst disgrace to pass away before your parents?
322
00:20:14,209 --> 00:20:17,419
You know your customs well, although you are just a merchant.
323
00:20:18,520 --> 00:20:20,089
You just have to get married...
324
00:20:20,090 --> 00:20:22,789
and have children to show your parents.
325
00:20:22,790 --> 00:20:25,218
That will be a true way of fulfilling your filial duty,
326
00:20:25,219 --> 00:20:27,060
and they will forget the small disgrace of your shaved head.
327
00:20:37,969 --> 00:20:41,639
You cannot stop me. I will leave and take this path.
328
00:20:42,409 --> 00:20:46,349
No. You cannot go!
329
00:20:46,350 --> 00:20:47,878
Do not stop him.
330
00:20:47,879 --> 00:20:49,948
How dare you lay a hand on your hair?
331
00:20:49,949 --> 00:20:51,079
You!
332
00:20:51,080 --> 00:20:53,389
You have done well. You can just trust me now.
333
00:20:54,149 --> 00:20:57,219
No, you cannot go!
334
00:21:06,929 --> 00:21:08,628
I know this great lady your son can marry...
335
00:21:08,629 --> 00:21:10,300
to forget his religious fervour.
336
00:21:11,500 --> 00:21:14,270
Would you like me to make this match?
337
00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:21,449
By any chance, does this matchmaker, Lady Yeoju...
338
00:21:22,050 --> 00:21:24,148
Is she the woman with a mole under her eye?
339
00:21:24,149 --> 00:21:25,250
Yes.
340
00:21:25,850 --> 00:21:28,718
She is not so good-looking with that mole,
341
00:21:28,719 --> 00:21:30,520
so she could not join our group.
342
00:21:30,689 --> 00:21:31,918
We may not look much,
343
00:21:31,919 --> 00:21:35,560
but we must be above average in many ways to take up this job.
344
00:21:35,830 --> 00:21:39,369
That man over there asked for golden silkworm poison?
345
00:21:39,570 --> 00:21:40,730
Who is he?
346
00:21:41,629 --> 00:21:43,169
I am not so sure.
347
00:21:44,040 --> 00:21:45,139
A bum?
348
00:21:45,540 --> 00:21:46,639
But a rich one.
349
00:21:47,240 --> 00:21:48,609
A rich one?
350
00:21:50,439 --> 00:21:51,639
Are you leaving?
351
00:21:52,010 --> 00:21:53,050
To the men's room.
352
00:21:53,379 --> 00:21:55,480
Lady Yeoju does not come to the inn every single day.
353
00:21:55,649 --> 00:21:57,378
If you are in a hurry, you can visit her at home in Namchon.
354
00:21:57,379 --> 00:21:58,379
My lord!
355
00:21:59,090 --> 00:22:00,689
My lord, take the donkey...
356
00:22:00,820 --> 00:22:01,990
Goodness.
357
00:22:02,889 --> 00:22:05,658
They accepted Lady Yeon Hee right away...
358
00:22:05,659 --> 00:22:08,429
as soon as he shaved his head and threatened to leave.
359
00:22:09,100 --> 00:22:11,428
They would have accepted any woman of ordinary birth.
360
00:22:11,429 --> 00:22:13,070
(People of ordinary birth did not usually marry up.)
361
00:22:13,100 --> 00:22:16,039
It feels wonderful to think how happy they will be...
362
00:22:16,040 --> 00:22:17,500
as a married couple.
363
00:22:17,899 --> 00:22:19,909
This is why I cannot stop making matches.
364
00:22:21,340 --> 00:22:23,138
What about that mama's boy...
365
00:22:23,139 --> 00:22:25,279
who was supposed to marry that lady?
366
00:22:25,280 --> 00:22:27,309
(Mama's boy: A son who has not become independent of his mother)
367
00:22:27,310 --> 00:22:28,609
That handsome man?
368
00:22:29,619 --> 00:22:32,350
I called him a mama's boy to break off that marriage.
369
00:22:32,590 --> 00:22:35,590
I would not call him that. He is more like an exemplary man.
370
00:22:36,359 --> 00:22:39,989
Thankfully, I know a lady who can be a good match for him.
371
00:22:39,990 --> 00:22:41,560
Who is that lady?
372
00:22:43,030 --> 00:22:44,159
Well...
373
00:22:47,129 --> 00:22:49,100
("The Lady's Private Life")
374
00:22:52,369 --> 00:22:54,908
- This is crazy. - How evil!
375
00:22:54,909 --> 00:22:57,810
- This is the end? - It ended here?
376
00:22:59,149 --> 00:23:00,179
("The Lady's Private Life")
377
00:23:00,879 --> 00:23:03,149
She would hit it off very well with her mother-in-law...
378
00:23:03,550 --> 00:23:05,919
and even better with that man.
379
00:23:06,090 --> 00:23:08,448
My lady, how could you be so sure that two people...
380
00:23:08,449 --> 00:23:09,790
would make such a great match?
381
00:23:10,689 --> 00:23:13,560
Do you want to know my secret of noticing a great match?
382
00:23:13,929 --> 00:23:14,929
Yes.
383
00:23:18,260 --> 00:23:20,730
I do not share this with everyone, so listen carefully.
384
00:23:21,570 --> 00:23:23,638
Make sure you watch...
385
00:23:23,639 --> 00:23:26,070
the single woman and man with warm interest.
386
00:23:27,510 --> 00:23:29,009
That is it?
387
00:23:29,010 --> 00:23:30,839
You can only make a guess...
388
00:23:30,840 --> 00:23:32,250
after you watch them with warm interest.
389
00:23:34,050 --> 00:23:37,648
For example, that exemplary man was in his scholar's outfit at home...
390
00:23:37,649 --> 00:23:40,419
because his mother loved seeing her son in that outfit.
391
00:23:41,090 --> 00:23:42,789
If he is that thoughtful,
392
00:23:42,790 --> 00:23:46,290
it means he grew up with a father who was affectionate to his mother.
393
00:23:46,730 --> 00:23:49,358
A considerate man like him tends to become a devoted husband...
394
00:23:49,359 --> 00:23:51,859
for an independent and strong woman.
395
00:24:02,810 --> 00:24:04,240
Do you still have something to say to me?
396
00:24:04,709 --> 00:24:06,209
I called a litter here.
397
00:24:06,409 --> 00:24:07,810
Please wait and take that home.
398
00:24:08,679 --> 00:24:09,719
What are you saying?
399
00:24:12,179 --> 00:24:14,590
Anybody would have been suspicious of you in that situation.
400
00:24:15,719 --> 00:24:18,789
However, I was rash in my behaviour, although there was no evidence...
401
00:24:18,790 --> 00:24:20,129
you were the thief,
402
00:24:20,790 --> 00:24:22,698
and you ended up hurting your ankle.
403
00:24:22,699 --> 00:24:24,329
So please take the litter, my lady.
404
00:24:24,330 --> 00:24:25,830
"My lady," my foot.
405
00:24:26,129 --> 00:24:28,030
Do you not remember how you treated me like a thief?
406
00:24:28,530 --> 00:24:31,240
Also, you continue to insist you did not do anything wrong.
407
00:24:32,409 --> 00:24:34,240
"Anybody would have been suspicious?"
408
00:24:35,369 --> 00:24:37,609
The more I think about it, the angrier I get.
409
00:24:38,810 --> 00:24:40,750
My lady, how can I apologize if you leave like this?
410
00:24:41,010 --> 00:24:42,479
How dare you grab me?
411
00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:44,049
No, it is not that.
412
00:24:44,050 --> 00:24:46,719
How dare you touch each other in the middle of the day?
413
00:24:51,290 --> 00:24:52,859
Men and women are to remain separated!
414
00:24:53,090 --> 00:24:55,800
This behaviour is simply deplorable.
415
00:24:56,030 --> 00:24:57,260
Which family are you from?
416
00:24:58,500 --> 00:24:59,570
Well...
417
00:24:59,730 --> 00:25:01,629
What is wrong with that old fossil?
418
00:25:03,139 --> 00:25:04,169
"Old fossil?"
419
00:25:05,340 --> 00:25:07,639
This is exactly why I hate coming to Bukchon.
420
00:25:12,109 --> 00:25:14,909
Please take the litter and get away from that old fossil first.
421
00:25:17,580 --> 00:25:18,649
Follow me.
422
00:25:19,419 --> 00:25:20,850
Goodness, my lord.
423
00:25:25,189 --> 00:25:26,659
I apologize for my suspicion.
424
00:25:43,709 --> 00:25:45,709
Are you in pain again?
425
00:25:46,080 --> 00:25:47,149
Goodness.
426
00:25:51,780 --> 00:25:53,418
Please escort her home.
427
00:25:53,419 --> 00:25:54,490
Yes, young master.
428
00:25:58,760 --> 00:26:00,628
I apologize for making this scene.
429
00:26:00,629 --> 00:26:03,060
Your mistake is not my business.
430
00:26:03,530 --> 00:26:04,530
The problem is...
431
00:26:08,469 --> 00:26:10,639
You are not in good health now.
432
00:26:11,869 --> 00:26:13,638
Do you know how scary young people are these days?
433
00:26:13,639 --> 00:26:15,779
Why did you meddle with them?
434
00:26:15,780 --> 00:26:17,609
"Why did you meddle with them?"
435
00:26:18,179 --> 00:26:20,679
Is that your idea of speaking to me with respect?
436
00:26:21,010 --> 00:26:25,079
Goodness, what will happen to this kingdom of Joseon?
437
00:26:25,080 --> 00:26:27,649
Even children of noblemen are in such shallow relationships.
438
00:26:28,649 --> 00:26:29,790
Goodness.
439
00:26:30,560 --> 00:26:33,090
My goodness.
440
00:26:33,530 --> 00:26:36,300
My lady, in the future, will you find my match too?
441
00:26:37,330 --> 00:26:38,658
Of course.
442
00:26:38,659 --> 00:26:40,668
And I will not charge you, Bok Hee.
443
00:26:40,669 --> 00:26:42,770
Please write down what you said on paper...
444
00:26:43,369 --> 00:26:44,540
and sign it too.
445
00:26:46,040 --> 00:26:48,169
You raised such a clever daughter.
446
00:26:48,709 --> 00:26:49,980
She will become a wealthy merchant.
447
00:26:50,080 --> 00:26:51,139
That would be wonderful.
448
00:26:52,209 --> 00:26:54,909
I am on my way to the inn to drop something off. Come with me.
449
00:26:56,050 --> 00:26:58,280
What? Well...
450
00:26:59,250 --> 00:27:00,919
I will leave a little later.
451
00:27:01,689 --> 00:27:03,790
The weather is too nice for me to go home this early.
452
00:27:04,060 --> 00:27:06,859
All right. Let us go, Bok Hee.
453
00:27:17,240 --> 00:27:18,840
It is such a warm day.
454
00:27:37,090 --> 00:27:38,658
It has been 20 years.
455
00:27:38,659 --> 00:27:40,689
How could she have sat there just as she looked then?
456
00:27:42,659 --> 00:27:44,429
Wait just a little longer.
457
00:27:44,699 --> 00:27:47,270
You will find out the reason once I read you the ending.
458
00:27:48,669 --> 00:27:51,070
I am sorry. I became too curious.
459
00:27:53,139 --> 00:27:54,639
Let me continue reading.
460
00:27:57,510 --> 00:27:59,649
"He saw his bride..."
461
00:27:59,909 --> 00:28:02,649
"sitting there just as she had on their consummation 20 years ago."
462
00:28:03,619 --> 00:28:05,619
"He did not feel scared but sorry."
463
00:28:06,250 --> 00:28:08,719
"He began to caress her shoulder."
464
00:28:10,119 --> 00:28:12,858
"At that moment, the bride turned into ashes..."
465
00:28:12,859 --> 00:28:14,359
"and crumbled down to pieces."
466
00:28:15,490 --> 00:28:17,659
"The ashes turned into white butterflies..."
467
00:28:18,199 --> 00:28:21,469
"and flew around the scholar, then flew away."
468
00:28:27,570 --> 00:28:29,638
The ending of this story is always sad yet beautiful,
469
00:28:29,639 --> 00:28:31,540
no matter how often I read it.
470
00:29:17,060 --> 00:29:20,689
Over there. That must be her house.
471
00:29:21,260 --> 00:29:22,290
I see.
472
00:29:22,929 --> 00:29:24,260
Go bring my donkey.
473
00:29:25,629 --> 00:29:26,699
All of a sudden?
474
00:29:27,070 --> 00:29:28,529
But Lady Yeoju's place is right there.
475
00:29:28,530 --> 00:29:29,540
Hey!
476
00:29:29,840 --> 00:29:31,899
I cannot walk all the way back.
477
00:29:32,770 --> 00:29:35,108
This was why I asked you to wait a moment.
478
00:29:35,109 --> 00:29:38,840
Also, I can meet Lady Yeoju by myself.
479
00:29:39,449 --> 00:29:40,550
All right.
480
00:29:44,580 --> 00:29:46,549
Why does it feel like...
481
00:29:46,550 --> 00:29:48,719
this is not my first time getting abandoned by him?
482
00:29:50,389 --> 00:29:52,590
Lord Sim seems rather excited.
483
00:29:53,290 --> 00:29:54,590
It must be just me, right?
484
00:30:03,300 --> 00:30:04,969
Is anybody home?
485
00:30:47,879 --> 00:30:49,850
Did I wake you?
486
00:31:00,959 --> 00:31:01,959
What is going on?
487
00:31:03,959 --> 00:31:05,030
Is this a dream?
488
00:31:13,740 --> 00:31:15,609
If this is a dream, I want to go back to sleep.
489
00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:20,179
I miss you, my husband.
490
00:31:44,840 --> 00:31:45,939
This feels...
491
00:31:49,810 --> 00:31:51,939
too realistic.
492
00:31:56,080 --> 00:31:57,119
What?
493
00:31:58,550 --> 00:31:59,590
What?
494
00:32:01,490 --> 00:32:02,520
What was that?
495
00:32:02,959 --> 00:32:04,859
Oh, my. Goodness.
496
00:32:06,189 --> 00:32:07,530
Are you that lord from the inn?
497
00:32:07,689 --> 00:32:09,830
What are you doing right now?
498
00:32:09,929 --> 00:32:11,958
I did not do anything.
499
00:32:11,959 --> 00:32:13,769
I just caught your bag...
500
00:32:13,770 --> 00:32:15,000
because it was falling off.
501
00:32:16,399 --> 00:32:17,469
Goodness.
502
00:32:17,939 --> 00:32:19,968
Why? For what reason?
503
00:32:19,969 --> 00:32:21,509
What did you do while I was dozing off?
504
00:32:21,510 --> 00:32:23,539
You did something to me, not I!
505
00:32:23,540 --> 00:32:25,908
I know you did not learn any better as a merchant,
506
00:32:25,909 --> 00:32:28,448
but the moral principle requires men and women to remain separated.
507
00:32:28,449 --> 00:32:30,219
How can you massage the neck of a strange man?
508
00:32:32,679 --> 00:32:34,820
Then why did you...
509
00:32:35,290 --> 00:32:36,519
sneak into this house...
510
00:32:36,520 --> 00:32:38,519
where a widow lives alone as if you were a stray cat?
511
00:32:38,520 --> 00:32:39,889
I am not a stray cat, but...
512
00:32:40,490 --> 00:32:44,260
Well, I am here...
513
00:32:46,469 --> 00:32:50,600
Well... Yes. I came to ask you to arrange marriages.
514
00:32:51,840 --> 00:32:52,869
Arrange marriages?
515
00:32:54,270 --> 00:32:55,740
You do not look that old.
516
00:32:55,939 --> 00:32:57,539
Do you have a child who is old enough to marry?
517
00:32:57,540 --> 00:32:58,810
I do not have children!
518
00:32:59,109 --> 00:33:00,708
Then is this for yourself?
519
00:33:00,709 --> 00:33:02,379
I am already married.
520
00:33:03,480 --> 00:33:04,949
Then who is this for?
521
00:33:06,490 --> 00:33:09,090
My goodness, how long was I asleep for?
522
00:33:11,060 --> 00:33:13,229
I wish to marry the three daughters of Erudite Maeng...
523
00:33:13,230 --> 00:33:14,959
in Mount Nam Valley within two months.
524
00:33:15,760 --> 00:33:19,468
Did you just say you wish to marry all three daughters, not just one,
525
00:33:19,469 --> 00:33:22,469
the pregnable three ladies of Erudite Maeng?
526
00:33:22,699 --> 00:33:23,770
And in two months?
527
00:33:24,270 --> 00:33:26,469
It's not pregnable,
528
00:33:26,909 --> 00:33:29,139
but impregnable. Unable to penetrate.
529
00:33:29,540 --> 00:33:33,179
I really want to have a go at the daughters of Erudite Maeng.
530
00:33:34,109 --> 00:33:35,109
What should I do?
531
00:33:36,820 --> 00:33:37,879
No.
532
00:33:37,949 --> 00:33:40,350
No, it is too dangerous to get involved with this official.
533
00:33:40,619 --> 00:33:43,290
What is more dangerous is that the sun is setting now.
534
00:33:44,219 --> 00:33:46,489
I am sorry, but I am already working for another family,
535
00:33:46,490 --> 00:33:48,359
so I cannot take another request.
536
00:33:49,290 --> 00:33:51,830
Also, I must be on my way.
537
00:33:52,560 --> 00:33:57,169
The merchants at the inn said you would be able to do this.
538
00:34:04,909 --> 00:34:08,379
Why do you wish to marry the daughters of Erudite Maeng?
539
00:34:12,350 --> 00:34:13,649
I am an inspector,
540
00:34:13,650 --> 00:34:16,159
and mopping up these old maids is a royal command.
541
00:34:18,389 --> 00:34:20,959
What did you just say?
542
00:34:20,960 --> 00:34:22,959
It may be a royal command, but do not feel overwhelmed.
543
00:34:22,960 --> 00:34:24,900
You can do your job as you always have.
544
00:34:26,900 --> 00:34:30,500
No, before that. "Mopping up old maids?"
545
00:34:31,069 --> 00:34:33,569
These ladies are not bandits! Why would you mop them up?
546
00:34:33,670 --> 00:34:34,709
What?
547
00:34:34,710 --> 00:34:37,508
I do not accept a matchmaking request from a man...
548
00:34:37,509 --> 00:34:39,409
with such an idea.
549
00:34:40,210 --> 00:34:41,650
I am busy, so please excuse me.
550
00:34:41,779 --> 00:34:43,080
Goodness. Gosh.
551
00:34:43,850 --> 00:34:44,880
Hey.
552
00:34:46,080 --> 00:34:48,290
This is not my idea. This was a royal command!
553
00:34:49,089 --> 00:34:51,419
My, my. How rude.
554
00:34:51,420 --> 00:34:53,290
How can you take off after you are done talking?
555
00:34:56,429 --> 00:34:57,600
Stop.
556
00:34:59,699 --> 00:35:01,069
Stop right there.
557
00:35:04,069 --> 00:35:06,440
I am not done talking.
558
00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:12,679
I kept thinking and concluded that you needed to hear this.
559
00:35:13,210 --> 00:35:14,579
Spinsters are still women,
560
00:35:14,580 --> 00:35:16,149
and marriage is also important to them,
561
00:35:16,150 --> 00:35:18,650
just as it is for any other woman.
562
00:35:19,250 --> 00:35:21,988
So do not approach this,
563
00:35:21,989 --> 00:35:24,489
saying you are here to mop them up even if they are spinsters!
564
00:35:25,119 --> 00:35:26,330
Marriage is...
565
00:35:26,630 --> 00:35:31,199
a mayor life event!
566
00:35:33,699 --> 00:35:35,900
No, not mayor. Major.
567
00:35:37,339 --> 00:35:38,368
What?
568
00:35:38,369 --> 00:35:41,210
You do not even know the difference between mayor and major.
569
00:35:41,409 --> 00:35:44,080
Who do you think you are to try to teach me?
570
00:35:44,779 --> 00:35:46,409
I do not care who you are. If you are ignorant, learn.
571
00:35:47,610 --> 00:35:49,779
You are the one who is ignorant...
572
00:35:50,619 --> 00:35:51,649
Stop right there!
573
00:35:51,650 --> 00:35:53,989
Where are you going? I am not done talking to you!
574
00:35:54,250 --> 00:35:55,818
Move aside, will you?
575
00:35:55,819 --> 00:35:57,790
Watch where you are going.
576
00:35:58,860 --> 00:36:00,630
What? Where did she go?
577
00:36:00,830 --> 00:36:01,860
Where are you?
578
00:36:02,360 --> 00:36:03,659
Am I the only one who cannot see you?
579
00:36:06,500 --> 00:36:07,529
Show up!
580
00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:09,170
Where are you?
581
00:36:10,170 --> 00:36:12,540
You cannot run like that and catch me.
582
00:36:25,520 --> 00:36:26,520
My lord!
583
00:36:29,089 --> 00:36:30,859
Did you have a good talk with that merchant?
584
00:36:30,860 --> 00:36:32,619
Why does everyone do this to me?
585
00:36:34,230 --> 00:36:35,230
Pardon?
586
00:36:35,529 --> 00:36:37,229
I received the royal command and am doing my best...
587
00:36:37,230 --> 00:36:39,830
to get rid of spinsters, the deep-rooted evil of our kingdom.
588
00:36:40,500 --> 00:36:44,139
No one up above or down below is living up to their expectations.
589
00:36:44,869 --> 00:36:46,809
There is no use if I am the only one...
590
00:36:46,810 --> 00:36:48,509
who lives according to customs and principles!
591
00:36:51,239 --> 00:36:54,279
- What a nice day. - It is very nice.
592
00:36:56,080 --> 00:36:57,449
It is dangerous. Please take another way.
593
00:36:59,080 --> 00:37:00,818
He is Lord Gyeongunjae!
594
00:37:00,819 --> 00:37:02,949
Do not get caught up in his fury, and please run away!
595
00:37:03,690 --> 00:37:06,060
- It is Man of Anger. - It is Man of Anger.
596
00:37:11,199 --> 00:37:14,468
I believe I just saw scholars roaming about,
597
00:37:14,469 --> 00:37:17,239
neglecting their duty to study.
598
00:37:18,069 --> 00:37:19,739
No, I did not see anyone.
599
00:37:20,139 --> 00:37:21,739
You did not see them, O Bong?
600
00:37:22,270 --> 00:37:24,380
Please get on the donkey. I will bring it here.
601
00:37:24,440 --> 00:37:25,440
All right.
602
00:37:26,480 --> 00:37:29,080
I can see everything, O Bong.
603
00:37:31,219 --> 00:37:34,619
O Bong, take your time and follow me.
604
00:37:39,420 --> 00:37:42,060
(Bukchon)
605
00:38:24,639 --> 00:38:25,670
Is it ready?
606
00:38:33,179 --> 00:38:34,980
Not bad.
607
00:39:23,230 --> 00:39:24,400
Geun Seok.
608
00:39:25,259 --> 00:39:26,600
Mommy will come in.
609
00:39:42,610 --> 00:39:45,219
Mother, I will go to school now.
610
00:39:45,920 --> 00:39:48,619
Do not study too hard. You may not grow taller.
611
00:39:57,759 --> 00:39:59,799
What great weather for matchmaking.
612
00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:04,739
Why are you suddenly visiting the Capital District Office?
613
00:40:04,839 --> 00:40:06,439
I did not think this through.
614
00:40:06,440 --> 00:40:08,439
This is not an ordinary marriage arrangement.
615
00:40:08,440 --> 00:40:09,509
I am on an official duty.
616
00:40:09,880 --> 00:40:13,449
Hence, I need to take a proper procedure to carry this out.
617
00:40:22,089 --> 00:40:23,719
Go slowly.
618
00:40:24,259 --> 00:40:25,960
I am walking slowly.
619
00:40:28,089 --> 00:40:30,330
Are you out of your mind?
620
00:40:30,500 --> 00:40:32,229
The only daughter of the left state councillor...
621
00:40:32,230 --> 00:40:34,368
not only has as much wealth as you demanded,
622
00:40:34,369 --> 00:40:36,400
but everything else on top of that.
623
00:40:37,199 --> 00:40:38,539
What is the problem?
624
00:40:38,540 --> 00:40:40,738
Are you truly unaware that the left state councillor’s family...
625
00:40:40,739 --> 00:40:42,440
and our family are political opponents?
626
00:40:42,670 --> 00:40:44,638
Three years ago, I have made a match...
627
00:40:44,639 --> 00:40:47,710
between the worst political enemies, Lord Ha and Lord An's family.
628
00:40:48,650 --> 00:40:50,879
You must remember that those were the only two families...
629
00:40:50,880 --> 00:40:52,350
who survived the political feud...
630
00:40:52,679 --> 00:40:53,889
of the Year of the Horse.
631
00:40:54,319 --> 00:40:56,860
The left state councillor’s daughter is wise and tough,
632
00:40:57,060 --> 00:40:59,289
so she will put wings on your soft-hearted son,
633
00:40:59,290 --> 00:41:00,960
who took after his father.
634
00:41:03,960 --> 00:41:05,299
What is more important is this.
635
00:41:05,860 --> 00:41:09,199
The left state councillor’s family wanted this marriage first.
636
00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:11,299
Is that true?
637
00:41:11,440 --> 00:41:13,810
Would I dare to lie to you?
638
00:41:22,679 --> 00:41:26,080
They even sent the hour and date of her birth to check compatibility.
639
00:41:26,989 --> 00:41:29,190
Did you already get consent from the bride's family?
640
00:41:29,889 --> 00:41:31,989
Hardly. I have not even talked to them.
641
00:41:33,219 --> 00:41:36,230
Then how did you obtain her birth hour and date?
642
00:41:36,799 --> 00:41:38,559
The lady in question is my sister-in-law,
643
00:41:38,560 --> 00:41:40,000
so I paid someone to put it together.
644
00:41:40,330 --> 00:41:41,369
I see.
645
00:41:44,239 --> 00:41:46,339
You are arranging your sister-in-law's marriage?
646
00:41:49,869 --> 00:41:51,239
That is why I want to ask you...
647
00:41:51,540 --> 00:41:54,310
to pretend like you are Lady Yeoju this once.
648
00:41:54,650 --> 00:41:55,679
What?
649
00:41:55,810 --> 00:41:58,420
Actually, you are Lady Yeoju, so you are not even pretending.
650
00:41:58,779 --> 00:42:01,190
People do not recognize me when I put on makeup,
651
00:42:01,690 --> 00:42:04,719
but I cannot act like a matchmaker in front of my mother-in-law.
652
00:42:05,319 --> 00:42:06,360
Please?
653
00:42:10,529 --> 00:42:11,730
I cannot do it either.
654
00:42:11,830 --> 00:42:13,969
Please do not say no.
655
00:42:14,270 --> 00:42:15,968
It will not be hard.
656
00:42:15,969 --> 00:42:17,270
What if we get caught?
657
00:42:17,639 --> 00:42:19,170
Will it be okay with you?
658
00:42:20,839 --> 00:42:22,210
We will not get caught.
659
00:42:22,339 --> 00:42:24,678
The lady of the headmaster thinks I am Lady Yeoju,
660
00:42:24,679 --> 00:42:27,210
and my mother thinks you are Lady Yeoju.
661
00:42:27,480 --> 00:42:29,379
In-laws may seem very close,
662
00:42:29,380 --> 00:42:31,448
but it is a rather distant and difficult relationship.
663
00:42:31,449 --> 00:42:33,588
I doubt future in-laws would get together...
664
00:42:33,589 --> 00:42:35,190
and compare the looks of the matchmaker.
665
00:42:38,819 --> 00:42:41,960
Whatever it is, I cannot go to your place.
666
00:42:42,460 --> 00:42:43,500
That is final.
667
00:42:44,529 --> 00:42:46,060
Please, Lady Yeoju.
668
00:42:47,929 --> 00:42:48,969
Please?
669
00:42:53,440 --> 00:42:55,139
Please? Lady Yeoju.
670
00:42:57,739 --> 00:43:02,350
(Capital District Office)
671
00:43:08,290 --> 00:43:09,650
- Wait here. - Yes, my lord.
672
00:43:11,960 --> 00:43:13,929
The children of the noble birth are the problem.
673
00:43:14,830 --> 00:43:16,360
They will not listen.
674
00:43:18,659 --> 00:43:20,929
They believe they became the smartest generation...
675
00:43:21,130 --> 00:43:23,028
who were only born...
676
00:43:23,029 --> 00:43:25,299
in the wrong time period.
677
00:43:25,639 --> 00:43:27,670
Just answer my question.
678
00:43:28,069 --> 00:43:30,008
The problem with spinsters and old bachelors is...
679
00:43:30,009 --> 00:43:31,480
under the responsibility of the Capital District Office, right?
680
00:43:33,980 --> 00:43:37,080
That is true.
681
00:43:37,250 --> 00:43:40,650
The daughters of Erudite Maeng, my teacher from Sungkyunkwan,
682
00:43:40,790 --> 00:43:43,589
are getting old as spinsters, not just one, but all three.
683
00:43:43,960 --> 00:43:46,560
How are these women supposed to survive...
684
00:43:47,060 --> 00:43:49,290
this harsh world all alone if you neglect them like this?
685
00:43:51,429 --> 00:43:52,960
You really have no idea, do you?
686
00:43:54,069 --> 00:43:57,239
Hanyang is the city of administration and consumption.
687
00:43:57,369 --> 00:43:59,939
If women have a specialized talent...
688
00:43:59,940 --> 00:44:02,069
in needlework or cooking,
689
00:44:02,270 --> 00:44:03,539
they will not have a problem...
690
00:44:03,540 --> 00:44:05,940
making a living even if they do not marry.
691
00:44:07,750 --> 00:44:10,049
You never rose to power, so you do not know how the world works.
692
00:44:11,480 --> 00:44:12,949
What did you just say?
693
00:44:15,150 --> 00:44:17,589
If you are worried about the livelihood of the old ladies,
694
00:44:18,060 --> 00:44:19,759
you should first look into how they are doing.
695
00:44:20,190 --> 00:44:21,559
Their sick mother...
696
00:44:21,560 --> 00:44:24,830
receives treatment every single day in that expensive medicine room.
697
00:44:25,600 --> 00:44:28,469
This means those three ladies are unable to marry...
698
00:44:28,699 --> 00:44:31,639
because of their reputation, not their situation.
699
00:44:35,469 --> 00:44:38,940
Chief Magistrate Kim, an official from Haemi wishes to see you.
700
00:44:39,040 --> 00:44:40,080
All right.
701
00:44:42,009 --> 00:44:45,580
I do not know why you are suddenly worried about his daughters,
702
00:44:47,819 --> 00:44:50,460
but feel free to look for someone in this list of old bachelors.
703
00:44:50,889 --> 00:44:54,190
As you can see, I am too busy working for our kingdom.
704
00:44:54,460 --> 00:44:55,460
Excuse me.
705
00:45:06,739 --> 00:45:08,940
"Too busy working for our kingdom, excuse me?"
706
00:45:09,440 --> 00:45:11,479
He holds a lower rank,
707
00:45:11,480 --> 00:45:13,509
yet he continues to speak disrespectfully against me.
708
00:45:13,580 --> 00:45:16,079
And he did much worse than me in the state exam.
709
00:45:16,080 --> 00:45:17,520
How condescending.
710
00:45:25,420 --> 00:45:27,060
("The Lady's Private Life")
711
00:45:51,580 --> 00:45:54,089
("The Lady's Private Life")
712
00:45:57,619 --> 00:46:00,730
"The lady peeked through the openings of her hood."
713
00:46:00,929 --> 00:46:03,129
"She sat mysteriously under the sunlight,"
714
00:46:03,130 --> 00:46:04,730
"shining through a tiny window."
715
00:46:06,330 --> 00:46:07,400
"The lady..."
716
00:46:07,900 --> 00:46:10,239
"kept her eyes on the investigator..."
717
00:46:10,639 --> 00:46:13,199
"as she took her hood off."
718
00:46:16,670 --> 00:46:18,738
"The fabric was sheer, exposing her skin."
719
00:46:18,739 --> 00:46:20,749
"The lady's long hood dropped from her shoulders..."
720
00:46:20,750 --> 00:46:22,649
"to her chest and waist. She, then, crossed her legs."
721
00:46:22,650 --> 00:46:25,279
"And with that, her body line was fully visible."
722
00:46:42,500 --> 00:46:44,770
You will not be able to escape easily today.
723
00:46:45,940 --> 00:46:48,770
I must see your face. Now, take off that long hood.
724
00:46:53,810 --> 00:46:55,310
You will regret it.
725
00:47:48,699 --> 00:47:54,269
(The story will continue in Volume 2.)
726
00:47:54,270 --> 00:47:57,879
(The story will continue in Volume 2.)
727
00:47:57,880 --> 00:48:00,409
How can you end it here?
728
00:48:00,880 --> 00:48:02,380
Is this not too nasty?
729
00:48:19,860 --> 00:48:21,270
What are you sneaking a look at?
730
00:48:34,610 --> 00:48:37,150
Your clothes tell me you are the Capital District Office's officer.
731
00:48:37,319 --> 00:48:39,218
If you do not explain why this promiscuous book...
732
00:48:39,219 --> 00:48:40,718
is here in detail,
733
00:48:40,719 --> 00:48:42,618
you will not have that job for long.
734
00:48:42,619 --> 00:48:44,618
Telling me who you are should be first.
735
00:48:44,619 --> 00:48:47,489
I am Sim Jung Woo, living in Gyeongunjae, Bukchon.
736
00:48:49,230 --> 00:48:50,259
Lord Gyeongunjae.
737
00:48:53,000 --> 00:48:55,299
These books are evidence.
738
00:48:57,940 --> 00:48:59,940
What a lame excuse.
739
00:49:00,770 --> 00:49:03,539
Only women read such an erotic romance novel.
740
00:49:03,540 --> 00:49:06,080
So, which case could this be evidence for?
741
00:49:06,739 --> 00:49:09,408
It is evidence to catch the culprit who made Lee Cho Ok...
742
00:49:09,409 --> 00:49:11,619
drown to death six months ago.
743
00:49:14,190 --> 00:49:15,919
Did he get this job through connections?
744
00:49:15,920 --> 00:49:17,159
(Hiring sons of meritorious families without exams)
745
00:49:17,489 --> 00:49:18,790
Which family are you from?
746
00:49:20,889 --> 00:49:24,460
I am the eldest son of the ninth-class officer Jung Yeon Mu,
747
00:49:25,299 --> 00:49:26,299
Jung Soon Gu.
748
00:49:27,369 --> 00:49:30,068
Oh, you are the rumoured brother-in-law...
749
00:49:30,069 --> 00:49:31,239
of the left state councillor.
750
00:49:32,199 --> 00:49:34,568
If you received your government post after selling your sister off,
751
00:49:34,569 --> 00:49:36,409
should you not study as you work?
752
00:49:36,610 --> 00:49:38,778
The lady threw herself into the water.
753
00:49:38,779 --> 00:49:40,178
So what is this about a culprit?
754
00:49:40,179 --> 00:49:42,079
And for the evidence to be a novel book.
755
00:49:42,080 --> 00:49:44,548
Nothing makes sense. Am I not right?
756
00:49:44,549 --> 00:49:45,979
Nobody in this world...
757
00:49:45,980 --> 00:49:48,190
drowns themselves to death for no reason.
758
00:49:50,619 --> 00:49:53,489
A handful of Hwa Rok's novels were found in the dead Cho Ok's room.
759
00:49:54,589 --> 00:49:56,928
It is not strange for women...
760
00:49:56,929 --> 00:49:58,699
to read novel books.
761
00:49:59,600 --> 00:50:00,729
Hwa Rok's novels...
762
00:50:00,730 --> 00:50:02,769
are mostly nonsensical romances about falling in love...
763
00:50:02,770 --> 00:50:04,669
with a nobleman's son disguised as a farmhand...
764
00:50:04,670 --> 00:50:06,298
or with the crown prince travelling incognito.
765
00:50:06,299 --> 00:50:08,508
Fascinated by those books, Cho Ok's standard of men...
766
00:50:08,509 --> 00:50:10,239
became higher and avoided getting married.
767
00:50:10,440 --> 00:50:12,439
In the end, she became depressed over her status as a spinster...
768
00:50:12,440 --> 00:50:14,209
and committed suicide.
769
00:50:14,210 --> 00:50:15,610
Hence, the author Hwa Rok is under investigation...
770
00:50:15,750 --> 00:50:17,750
for breaking the law, which led to someone's death.
771
00:50:18,350 --> 00:50:20,278
Do you truly think Lee Cho Ok...
772
00:50:20,279 --> 00:50:22,819
took her life because of the novel books?
773
00:50:25,489 --> 00:50:27,330
I am simply following my orders.
774
00:50:28,659 --> 00:50:31,330
I cannot believe you work without giving any thought.
775
00:50:32,630 --> 00:50:34,869
Give me the investigation records of Lee Cho Ok.
776
00:51:13,869 --> 00:51:16,839
This is the investigation records of Lee Cho Ok.
777
00:51:28,350 --> 00:51:30,249
If she had thrown herself into the water,
778
00:51:30,250 --> 00:51:32,159
how come she had this many wounds?
779
00:51:34,029 --> 00:51:35,060
The autopsy report...
780
00:51:35,460 --> 00:51:37,428
stated it was due to being swept by the water.
781
00:51:37,429 --> 00:51:39,730
From what I see, these are clearly stab wounds.
782
00:51:40,259 --> 00:51:43,029
The wound is 1.8 pun deep.
783
00:51:43,299 --> 00:51:45,638
It is deep enough to kill someone in an instant.
784
00:51:45,639 --> 00:51:48,440
Do you know how to examine a corpse?
785
00:51:49,839 --> 00:51:52,508
I wrote the footnotes reinforcing...
786
00:51:52,509 --> 00:51:55,810
the information in the book of forensic medicine...
787
00:51:56,080 --> 00:51:57,080
you are treasuring.
788
00:51:57,750 --> 00:52:00,048
Contrary to the autopsy report,
789
00:52:00,049 --> 00:52:02,888
you wrote that Lee Cho Ok did not take her life by drowning...
790
00:52:02,889 --> 00:52:06,619
but was stabbed to death and then thrown into the river...
791
00:52:06,860 --> 00:52:08,529
in that paper.
792
00:52:09,290 --> 00:52:10,798
Since you are investigating privately,
793
00:52:10,799 --> 00:52:12,900
you are not as incompetent,
794
00:52:13,330 --> 00:52:14,799
which is a relief.
795
00:52:36,920 --> 00:52:40,488
I heard Erudite Maeng's Lady Cho of Mount Nam Valley was admitted here.
796
00:52:40,489 --> 00:52:42,790
I wish to meet her. Inform her.
797
00:52:42,989 --> 00:52:44,429
Please wait a moment.
798
00:52:46,529 --> 00:52:48,269
When did you find that out?
799
00:52:48,270 --> 00:52:50,739
I just did with my intelligence.
800
00:52:51,199 --> 00:52:54,209
Parents are the most responsible in their children's marriage.
801
00:52:54,210 --> 00:52:56,309
If I inform the spinsters' mother that...
802
00:52:56,310 --> 00:52:58,778
I will have them marry suitable old bachelors,
803
00:52:58,779 --> 00:53:00,310
this matter will be settled.
804
00:53:15,130 --> 00:53:17,699
Are you Erudite Maeng's Lady Cho of Mount Nam Valley?
805
00:53:22,400 --> 00:53:23,469
Good grief.
806
00:53:25,139 --> 00:53:28,369
Do I look in any way married to you?
807
00:53:29,710 --> 00:53:33,139
Well, I requested to meet Lady Cho.
808
00:53:35,679 --> 00:53:36,679
I see.
809
00:53:42,119 --> 00:53:44,460
I am Maeng Ha Na, her eldest daughter.
810
00:53:45,360 --> 00:53:47,659
My mother is getting acupuncture in the room.
811
00:53:48,190 --> 00:53:51,099
She is weak, so meeting a guest is not possible.
812
00:53:51,100 --> 00:53:53,229
She told me to listen to what you had to say.
813
00:53:53,230 --> 00:53:54,928
I am a royal secret inspector...
814
00:53:54,929 --> 00:53:57,329
with the order from the king to make you ladies get married.
815
00:53:57,330 --> 00:54:01,069
Thus, I came to tell your mother to have her children...
816
00:54:01,509 --> 00:54:03,339
get married to sons of great families.
817
00:54:08,210 --> 00:54:10,980
She was touched to get married by the king's order.
818
00:54:11,150 --> 00:54:13,250
She must have wanted to marry really badly.
819
00:54:13,949 --> 00:54:16,190
That ancient list of old bachelors...
820
00:54:16,719 --> 00:54:18,159
are sons of great families?
821
00:54:22,759 --> 00:54:23,888
You are quite knowledgeable in Chinese characters...
822
00:54:23,889 --> 00:54:25,259
despite being a woman.
823
00:54:25,730 --> 00:54:27,568
There seems to be a misunderstanding.
824
00:54:27,569 --> 00:54:29,599
It is not that we could not get married.
825
00:54:29,600 --> 00:54:31,100
We decided not to get married.
826
00:54:31,469 --> 00:54:33,198
So we do not need unnecessary help.
827
00:54:33,199 --> 00:54:34,309
How could you?
828
00:54:34,310 --> 00:54:37,068
You, a noble's daughter, are being undutiful to your parents.
829
00:54:37,069 --> 00:54:38,338
How appalling.
830
00:54:38,339 --> 00:54:39,738
What do you mean by that?
831
00:54:39,739 --> 00:54:42,749
You are way past the age and yet refusing to get married.
832
00:54:42,750 --> 00:54:44,520
That is being undutiful, no?
833
00:54:44,819 --> 00:54:47,020
I can feel your mother's worries all the way here.
834
00:54:48,690 --> 00:54:52,619
My mother does not wish us to marry, either.
835
00:54:52,819 --> 00:54:54,830
That is plain nonsense.
836
00:54:55,489 --> 00:54:57,129
Every parent in Joseon...
837
00:54:57,130 --> 00:54:58,900
wants their child to get married.
838
00:55:02,469 --> 00:55:03,529
Ha Na.
839
00:55:05,000 --> 00:55:07,269
Mother keeps asking for you.
840
00:55:07,270 --> 00:55:08,368
All right. Let us go.
841
00:55:08,369 --> 00:55:10,068
I am still talking to you.
842
00:55:10,069 --> 00:55:11,139
Stop right there!
843
00:55:18,219 --> 00:55:20,849
My lord. Being dutiful...
844
00:55:20,850 --> 00:55:23,850
is the only ideology that comes before loyalty in Confucianism.
845
00:55:25,089 --> 00:55:28,230
Rather than going to my mother at once, should I be listening...
846
00:55:28,389 --> 00:55:31,199
to a man who does not believe my words?
847
00:55:31,900 --> 00:55:33,060
That is undutiful.
848
00:55:33,259 --> 00:55:36,130
Do you realize you are committing high treason?
849
00:55:37,500 --> 00:55:38,699
According to the law,
850
00:55:39,100 --> 00:55:41,940
if a woman does not wed over the age of 24,
851
00:55:42,069 --> 00:55:43,838
the parents are to get punished...
852
00:55:43,839 --> 00:55:45,480
unless the family is in difficulty.
853
00:55:46,279 --> 00:55:47,339
Hence,
854
00:55:47,850 --> 00:55:49,849
if you want to be dutiful to your parents,
855
00:55:49,850 --> 00:55:51,219
which you think so highly of,
856
00:55:51,449 --> 00:55:55,219
you should marry the man I decide on.
857
00:55:58,489 --> 00:56:00,060
Go ahead and try that.
858
00:56:03,330 --> 00:56:04,360
Let us go.
859
00:56:16,710 --> 00:56:19,138
That foolish woman put her pride before her...
860
00:56:19,139 --> 00:56:20,440
and lied.
861
00:56:21,880 --> 00:56:24,349
The chief magistrate in charge of the spinster matter...
862
00:56:24,350 --> 00:56:27,020
uses social structural problems to sit by and do nothing.
863
00:56:27,819 --> 00:56:30,790
The current state of Joseon is truly pathetic.
864
00:56:34,560 --> 00:56:36,359
What are we to do now?
865
00:56:36,360 --> 00:56:37,460
Is it not obvious?
866
00:56:38,960 --> 00:56:41,369
I will show them how strict the law is.
867
00:56:53,909 --> 00:56:56,279
- Oh, goodness. - My lord.
868
00:56:57,049 --> 00:56:58,719
What brings you here?
869
00:56:59,119 --> 00:57:00,679
I need you to come with me.
870
00:57:02,020 --> 00:57:03,089
I see.
871
00:57:06,020 --> 00:57:07,219
What is this?
872
00:57:07,889 --> 00:57:08,960
Is it edible?
873
00:57:12,699 --> 00:57:14,798
Come in quietly. Come on.
874
00:57:14,799 --> 00:57:19,000
- Your Majesty... - Good grief. Really.
875
00:57:20,369 --> 00:57:22,309
I am travelling in disguise.
876
00:57:22,310 --> 00:57:24,509
Come and sit down without a word, all right?
877
00:57:25,909 --> 00:57:27,610
My dear.
878
00:57:31,880 --> 00:57:32,880
Goodness.
879
00:57:44,429 --> 00:57:45,429
Pour me a glass.
880
00:57:47,929 --> 00:57:48,969
Right.
881
00:57:50,569 --> 00:57:51,670
Unbelievable.
882
00:57:52,839 --> 00:57:54,569
I do not like him at all.
883
00:58:04,420 --> 00:58:07,118
Did I not tell you to take care of it quietly?
884
00:58:07,119 --> 00:58:10,149
But you just had to tell it to the chief magistrate.
885
00:58:10,150 --> 00:58:12,758
I simply followed the flow of the job.
886
00:58:12,759 --> 00:58:14,190
How dare you talk back to me?
887
00:58:16,089 --> 00:58:18,658
Why would I have asked you if the chief magistrate...
888
00:58:18,659 --> 00:58:20,000
could do it?
889
00:58:22,330 --> 00:58:24,069
I am the king, you hear me?
890
00:58:33,139 --> 00:58:34,310
Just kidding.
891
00:58:38,380 --> 00:58:39,919
The chief magistrate is...
892
00:58:39,920 --> 00:58:41,749
like at the left state councillor’s beck and call.
893
00:58:41,750 --> 00:58:44,589
But you showed our hands to the opponent. So what now?
894
00:58:45,920 --> 00:58:47,889
You do not have to worry about him.
895
00:58:48,330 --> 00:58:49,528
They would not imagine...
896
00:58:49,529 --> 00:58:52,158
I would move for the crown prince's royal wedding...
897
00:58:52,159 --> 00:58:53,799
by defaming them.
898
00:58:54,469 --> 00:58:55,469
Oh, right.
899
00:58:55,470 --> 00:58:58,169
The king's son-in-law of Gyeongunjae came out of the blue...
900
00:58:58,170 --> 00:59:01,469
and demanded the old ladies to be wedded off.
901
00:59:01,710 --> 00:59:02,838
I panicked.
902
00:59:02,839 --> 00:59:04,309
(Left State Councillor Jo Young Bae)
903
00:59:04,310 --> 00:59:06,380
Why is he concerned about the old ladies' marriage?
904
00:59:07,509 --> 00:59:09,150
Who are these old ladies?
905
00:59:10,580 --> 00:59:12,649
It is what people call the daughters of Sungkyunkwan's erudite...
906
00:59:12,650 --> 00:59:15,089
Maeng Sang Chun, who passed away in the Year of the Rabbit.
907
00:59:15,549 --> 00:59:17,690
All three daughters are spinsters.
908
00:59:18,190 --> 00:59:19,190
So tell me.
909
00:59:19,659 --> 00:59:22,159
Why is he suddenly acting like Maeng Ha Na's matchmaker?
910
00:59:23,630 --> 00:59:26,400
Is there any reason for whatever he does?
911
00:59:28,230 --> 00:59:30,069
He has so much time but so little to do.
912
00:59:30,369 --> 00:59:33,199
Going around government offices and making appeals...
913
00:59:33,440 --> 00:59:34,839
is his hobby, no?
914
00:59:35,639 --> 00:59:36,670
So my question is,
915
00:59:36,909 --> 00:59:39,440
why is his target Maeng Ha Na?
916
00:59:45,350 --> 00:59:47,850
I am just simply curious.
917
00:59:53,360 --> 00:59:56,059
If you show off you are an inspector and threaten them with the law,
918
00:59:56,060 --> 00:59:57,129
then yes,
919
00:59:57,130 --> 00:59:59,360
the Maeng family's first daughter could be married off.
920
00:59:59,730 --> 01:00:01,029
What about the other two?
921
01:00:01,770 --> 01:00:04,100
Are you going to wait until they turn 24?
922
01:00:04,839 --> 01:00:07,810
I gave you two months.
923
01:00:08,839 --> 01:00:13,210
From what I heard, a proficient matchmaker...
924
01:00:14,409 --> 01:00:17,850
could even make a widow of nobility marry a bachelor.
925
01:00:20,319 --> 01:00:22,689
A wife of a noble family must serve but a single husband.
926
01:00:22,690 --> 01:00:24,588
So how can she get married again?
927
01:00:24,589 --> 01:00:26,389
And what is more, with a bachelor.
928
01:00:27,659 --> 01:00:30,059
It is simply an example, is it not?
929
01:00:30,060 --> 01:00:31,060
But you!
930
01:00:31,460 --> 01:00:34,630
Whose eyes do you think you are looking straight into?
931
01:00:35,230 --> 01:00:36,270
Goodness.
932
01:00:39,069 --> 01:00:41,468
Anyway, he sure is straight-laced.
933
01:00:41,469 --> 01:00:43,468
Nor does he know the ways of the world.
934
01:00:43,469 --> 01:00:44,710
Is he in any way useful?
935
01:00:45,509 --> 01:00:48,149
You... Let us say that your appeal gets accepted,
936
01:00:48,150 --> 01:00:49,549
and you become a government official.
937
01:00:50,110 --> 01:00:53,580
Will you be able to survive in this rough political world?
938
01:00:54,080 --> 01:00:55,119
Good grief.
939
01:00:59,960 --> 01:01:01,020
Listen.
940
01:01:01,659 --> 01:01:02,829
If I ordered you...
941
01:01:02,830 --> 01:01:05,099
to drink the deadly poison that night,
942
01:01:05,100 --> 01:01:07,759
brought charges to the left state councillor, and exiled him,
943
01:01:08,429 --> 01:01:10,500
the crown prince could have gotten married.
944
01:01:11,670 --> 01:01:12,900
But had that happened,
945
01:01:13,339 --> 01:01:15,770
I would have lost much more than I gained.
946
01:01:17,210 --> 01:01:18,210
Jung Woo.
947
01:01:19,679 --> 01:01:21,480
You see, politics...
948
01:01:22,710 --> 01:01:26,080
is losing the least and gaining what you want.
949
01:01:28,989 --> 01:01:30,150
Bear that in mind.
950
01:01:35,989 --> 01:01:37,130
Gosh.
951
01:01:38,259 --> 01:01:41,060
What weak fire. We need new charcoals.
952
01:01:44,369 --> 01:01:46,068
There is a peddler selling women's items...
953
01:01:46,069 --> 01:01:47,939
in Hongwol Inn who is a great matchmaker.
954
01:01:47,940 --> 01:01:49,869
Do not tell me... Again?
955
01:01:50,239 --> 01:01:51,509
She is called Lady Yeoju.
956
01:01:52,440 --> 01:01:54,079
She is a professional who helped...
957
01:01:54,080 --> 01:01:55,909
my second son, the troublemaker, get married.
958
01:01:57,250 --> 01:01:59,679
A bad feeling never turns out to be wrong.
959
01:02:00,549 --> 01:02:01,989
I have already spoken to her.
960
01:02:02,489 --> 01:02:04,420
Meet her at the inn tomorrow.
961
01:02:05,219 --> 01:02:07,259
- I will take care of it. - How?
962
01:02:09,130 --> 01:02:10,389
Do as I say this time.
963
01:02:10,659 --> 01:02:14,258
I made a special request even though she was too busy for it.
964
01:02:14,259 --> 01:02:16,630
Pay her extra if you must and hire her.
965
01:02:22,009 --> 01:02:24,270
Come and grill the meat, will you?
966
01:02:27,580 --> 01:02:29,150
Ask for some new charcoals.
967
01:02:35,219 --> 01:02:36,389
Hwa Rok.
968
01:02:37,119 --> 01:02:40,290
I have plans. Tell me quickly.
969
01:02:40,659 --> 01:02:42,489
Or shall I listen to it next time?
970
01:02:56,469 --> 01:02:57,810
Be a matchmaker.
971
01:02:58,739 --> 01:03:00,040
For who?
972
01:03:04,049 --> 01:03:08,020
Have you heard of Mount Nam Valley's old ladies?
973
01:03:10,219 --> 01:03:11,259
I have.
974
01:03:12,360 --> 01:03:13,489
Among them,
975
01:03:14,219 --> 01:03:17,360
help the 1st and 2nd ladies get married.
976
01:03:19,630 --> 01:03:21,299
I wonder what this is.
977
01:03:21,569 --> 01:03:23,999
I got asked several times to act as the old ladies' matchmaker...
978
01:03:24,000 --> 01:03:25,339
in the past two days.
979
01:03:26,170 --> 01:03:27,440
You are the third person.
980
01:03:28,110 --> 01:03:29,170
Who else was there?
981
01:03:30,610 --> 01:03:32,639
I need you to help an inspector.
982
01:03:34,279 --> 01:03:37,549
Can a matchmaker like me be of any help to an inspector?
983
01:03:37,679 --> 01:03:40,420
It is to make the Mount Nam Valley's old ladies get married.
984
01:03:41,020 --> 01:03:42,449
You will be of great help.
985
01:03:43,690 --> 01:03:46,960
A bad feeling never turns out to be wrong.
986
01:03:48,960 --> 01:03:52,960
Can you tell me why you are asking me to find them a husband?
987
01:03:54,259 --> 01:03:58,600
Well, I am quite acquainted with Lady Maeng Ha Na.
988
01:03:59,569 --> 01:04:01,838
The man, who was not charmed by you, came,
989
01:04:01,839 --> 01:04:03,738
identified himself as an inspector with the king's order,
990
01:04:03,739 --> 01:04:06,239
and told her to marry whichever old bachelor he chose.
991
01:04:07,710 --> 01:04:11,849
Lady Ha Na said not to worry as no man would marry her.
992
01:04:11,850 --> 01:04:14,150
But my older sister is too oblivious about the world.
993
01:04:15,150 --> 01:04:16,489
"My older sister?"
994
01:04:19,219 --> 01:04:20,219
Hwa Rok.
995
01:04:20,520 --> 01:04:23,029
Are you one of the old ladies?
996
01:04:24,659 --> 01:04:27,000
I knew you were a woman from the beginning.
997
01:04:28,469 --> 01:04:30,500
So you were one of them.
998
01:04:31,639 --> 01:04:32,670
Then...
999
01:04:35,210 --> 01:04:36,239
Hwa Rok.
1000
01:04:37,369 --> 01:04:38,638
Why are you crying?
1001
01:04:38,639 --> 01:04:39,710
You...
1002
01:04:40,639 --> 01:04:42,250
guessed it right immediately.
1003
01:04:43,610 --> 01:04:46,179
It shocked me. And now, I am worried.
1004
01:04:49,420 --> 01:04:51,488
I will not tell anyone that you are Hwa Rok.
1005
01:04:51,489 --> 01:04:52,889
Do not worry.
1006
01:04:54,089 --> 01:04:55,730
So, to sum it up,
1007
01:04:56,159 --> 01:04:58,130
the man who did not fall for me...
1008
01:04:58,360 --> 01:05:01,060
was to make your sister get married to anyone.
1009
01:05:01,330 --> 01:05:02,468
Worried about her,
1010
01:05:02,469 --> 01:05:04,839
you are asking me to be her matchmaker, yes?
1011
01:05:09,710 --> 01:05:10,770
My lady?
1012
01:05:13,239 --> 01:05:14,279
Actually,
1013
01:05:14,909 --> 01:05:16,009
that is not it.
1014
01:05:19,819 --> 01:05:22,289
I want to get married, all right?
1015
01:05:22,290 --> 01:05:23,888
But my older sisters must get married first for me,
1016
01:05:23,889 --> 01:05:25,619
the youngest, to get married.
1017
01:05:26,020 --> 01:05:28,759
Despite the inspector's threat, my sisters are not budging.
1018
01:05:29,089 --> 01:05:31,259
I am just so frustrated that I have come to see you.
1019
01:05:32,330 --> 01:05:35,029
Please help my sisters get married.
1020
01:05:36,469 --> 01:05:39,639
And do not tell my family I asked you...
1021
01:05:40,900 --> 01:05:42,569
to be their matchmaker.
1022
01:05:43,469 --> 01:05:44,509
How come?
1023
01:05:45,440 --> 01:05:48,649
When I was 16, I wrote a contract stating I would never get married...
1024
01:05:48,650 --> 01:05:50,650
and live with my sisters forever.
1025
01:05:50,909 --> 01:05:52,949
Any young girl would have done that, no?
1026
01:05:54,650 --> 01:05:55,690
But...
1027
01:05:56,049 --> 01:05:57,520
I do not want to grow old...
1028
01:05:58,889 --> 01:06:00,889
and die as an old maiden.
1029
01:06:03,989 --> 01:06:06,330
Yes. You should get married.
1030
01:06:08,330 --> 01:06:10,500
So you are going to be my sisters' matchmaker, right?
1031
01:06:10,730 --> 01:06:14,670
I will find a good man for all three of you.
1032
01:06:15,270 --> 01:06:16,310
Thank you.
1033
01:06:19,610 --> 01:06:20,639
Leave it to me.
1034
01:06:25,949 --> 01:06:27,049
Good grief.
1035
01:06:30,449 --> 01:06:32,719
She will refuse to do it when she sees me.
1036
01:06:33,989 --> 01:06:35,830
You must have been really rude to her.
1037
01:06:36,759 --> 01:06:38,500
I should have gone with you that day.
1038
01:06:42,670 --> 01:06:45,770
When the matchmaker comes, apologize to her first.
1039
01:06:46,040 --> 01:06:47,100
Why should I?
1040
01:06:47,770 --> 01:06:48,969
I did nothing wrong!
1041
01:06:50,009 --> 01:06:51,779
For once, just do as I say.
1042
01:06:52,210 --> 01:06:54,309
You are not aware of things,
1043
01:06:54,310 --> 01:06:56,908
but women forgive you if you apologize to them.
1044
01:06:56,909 --> 01:06:58,009
So...
1045
01:06:59,150 --> 01:07:01,750
Even you to say that I am not aware of things.
1046
01:07:02,489 --> 01:07:06,360
Who is the actual one who does not know the principles and limits?
1047
01:07:23,409 --> 01:07:25,480
Good. Let me...
1048
01:07:36,819 --> 01:07:39,158
Let me apologize first. I am sorry for the last time.
1049
01:07:39,159 --> 01:07:40,589
I will be the old ladies' matchmaker.
1050
01:08:15,630 --> 01:08:18,500
(The Matchmakers)
1051
01:08:33,610 --> 01:08:34,638
We have two months.
1052
01:08:34,639 --> 01:08:36,878
Everything will be done together with Lord Sim.
1053
01:08:36,879 --> 01:08:38,879
Please move away from me, will you?
1054
01:08:39,549 --> 01:08:42,288
I came to help your daughters get married.
1055
01:08:42,289 --> 01:08:43,319
Your trip has been wasted.
1056
01:08:43,320 --> 01:08:45,088
Do you know what an agent of love is?
1057
01:08:45,089 --> 01:08:46,289
"Agent of love?"
1058
01:08:46,490 --> 01:08:48,928
I must be an agent of love.
1059
01:08:48,929 --> 01:08:52,029
Has anyone else asked for golden silkworm poison in the past?
1060
01:08:52,030 --> 01:08:54,229
She is one of our people.
1061
01:08:54,230 --> 01:08:55,798
But if she turns her back on us,
1062
01:08:55,799 --> 01:08:57,928
she will become the most dangerous enemy.
1063
01:08:57,929 --> 01:08:59,270
I must search your house.
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01:09:14,780 --> 01:09:17,789
(The Matchmakers)
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