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[Jeju Harbor]

What's in these jars?

They're empty, sir. They were

for salted fish I sold in Haenam.

Open them.

Um...

Wait, I'll open them.

Next.

Next.

I don't have all day.

Move.

You wench!

Sir, please! I know I shouldn't have!

Please forgive me just this once!

Kedol.

How dare you attempt escape the island! Don't you know it's against the law?

Move it!

Get away! Get away from me!

I'm sick of abalones.

If you need someone to dry abalones,

catch my father and make him do it.

He's the one that left me behind and ran away to the mainland!

Get her! Don't let her get away!

That wench!

Let go!

I'd rather die than spend the rest of my life drying abalones!

How dare you!

Do you really have a death wish?

What is the meaning of this?

Escapees are for the government office to deal with.

It is not a West Gate Market Brokers' business.

Sending dried abalone to the

Royal palace is our business.

East Gate Market Brokers

should mind its own business.

Take her!

Leave me alone!

If I want to kill myself, I'll kill myself!

You can't stop me!

Life is hard when you're stupid.

For just 10 nyangs, I could've put her on a comfortable boat out of here.

East Gate Market Brokers, Jeju Island

Kedol,

Shhh!

This is Brokers' warehouse.

I have to get paid for the salted fish, so you stay put.

I'll be in trouble if they find out I brought you here, so don't make a sound.

Okay.

That goes over there. You should know that by now.

Herbs go right here!

Foreman, how did it go, sir?

I couldn't get any salt from Buan either.

We only have two more days left to procure them for the resellers.

I guess we have no choice but to buy them from West Gate Market Brokers.

They'll name whatever price they want.

It makes me angry that we're so powerless.

We'll become powerful someday.

Foreman, my money for the salted fish...

Oh goodness!

That child was hiding in a salted fish jar!

You're that child from Haenam.

Where are you from?

From Hanyang, sir.

Why did you stow away into this island?

This is my grandmother's hometown. I came to find her.

Please let me stay here a few days.

Sir, homeless orphans are everywhere.

If we take this child in, they will all be knocking at our door.

Please sir.

It'll be easier to find my granny if I stayed

here since so many people come through here.

I'll earn my keep two-fold.

Hello?

Welcome!

Welcome, sir. Have you eaten, sir?

Yes, thanks.

Let me take that for you, sir. You must've had a long trip. Please go inside and rest.

Keep him for a few days and give him some work.

But sir, what if the boy steals something valuable?

I don't steal!

And... I'm not a boy.

What?

I'll go with you.

One of us has to be here if Hong comes back. You have to stay.

Where are you going?

I'm going to check a few places Hong might be.

Will I be able to see you again?

I'll come back and find you when the dust settles.

And if Kang Kye Man and his men should find out that the doctor has been hiding us,

take the book I gave you and go to Captain Kim Eung Ryeol for help.

You must not let the book get into their hands.

I'm counting on you.

It's face power.

Ma'am, don't you sell these?

Oh, those. We can't sell them.

Why not?

Only the gisaengs buy those,

and only West Gate Brokers can do

do business with gisaeng schools.

I bet I can sell them. Can I show them to gisaengs? I'll give them good price.

Oh, you're such a pesky little child. Whatever, whatever!

Jeju Island Marketplace

See? Your skin looks radiant!

That's so pretty!

Step right up and get your beauty powder! Special one nyang discount!

Put this on and you'll look so good that the boy next door won't recognize you!

You can skip your wash for two days and still have men drooling over you!

Even dogs can't pass you by without wagging their tails!

Special one nyang discount!

Wow! That's cheap! Get your beauty powder!

It's just regular powder.

This is pretty. Did you make these perfume pouches?

Huh? Oh, I used to make and sell them but this is what's left over.

How much are they?

These? One nyang.

One nyang?

I'll take one.

Thank you.

Me too.

Thank you!

Perfume pouches! One nyang each!

Aren't they pretty?

Perfume pouches!

Face powder, rouge, perfume pouches!

Beauty powder from East Gate Market Brokers!

Specially priced! Aren't they pretty?

Let's go.

Ma'am, may I use these leftover pieces of silk?

Oh, I have no use for them, so go ahead.

Thank you!

Wait, what are you going to do with all that?

What does she want with scrap silk?

A merchant? No, learn how to sew instead.

Why is Granny always telling me to sew?

How many more times must I whip you before you understand?

Trading is not about eating better food and wearing better clothes.

What did I tell you about business? Business is sincerity.

You must first know how to make what you are selling

to know the real value of what you're selling.

This one has a face powder and a rouge,

and this one has an eyebrow pencil.

You can carry them around in this convenient little pouch.

It's a great idea having both powder and rouge in one pouch.

It's perfect for afternoon outings.

Isn't it?

So ladies, for five nyangs you can have this travel make-up kit.

You're getting two items for price of one.

And if you buy today, you get this beautiful silk pouch for free.

But you have to hurry before they run out.

I'll take one.

I'll buy two.

No, you're too young.

Get through your training first.

Is that the girl from East Gate Brokers?

Good afternoon, Mistress.

Do they send out young girls like you at East Gate Market Brokers to make money?

They're allowing me a temporary stay there, and I'm just trying to earn my keep, ma'am.

My, a resourceful little child!

Wait, do you have any ointments for hands?

My mother's hands get so dry and chapped.

A gift for your mother?

Tell her to wash her hands with boiled tangerine skin water.

That will soften them up.

Tangerine skin?

Here. For your mother.

Thanks.

Byeo Lim!

Yes, I'm coming!

See you again!

- Bye! - Bye!

They never do business with anyone but West Gate!

How did you get them to buy from you?

Gisaengs go out a lot. So I put them in small pouches they can travel with.

I'm surprised how many I've sold, too.

Were you a vendor in Hanyang?

It's a great idea combining the powder and rouge, and these pouches are beautiful.

"When you sell, you sell from the heart, and sell what your clients really need."

That's what Granny used to say.

Oh, would you ask people that come through here if they've seen Granny and Dong Ah?

Merchants travel all over the country, so they might know something.

Sure, I can do that, but do you really think you could find them that way?

I have to try everything I can.

Tomorrow, I'm going to visit other gisaeng schools.

Doctor, are you in? Doctor?

I thought you might show up here.

Did he confess the whereabouts of Granny and the girl?

No, he's not talking.

Sir, Minister of Justice sent a messenger requesting to see you.

He'll want to know where Granny is.

Keep the boy alive for now.

Yes, sir.

Don't worry, sir.

I'm quite certain the old woman was killed by one of my men's arrow.

Can I trust you on that?

I have nothing to gain by being untruthful to you, sir.

Then where is the body?

It fell over a cliff into a ravine and was swept away by the water.

Did the boy have a book in his possession by any chance?

What kind of book?

Let's just say it's the reason why I was after the woman.

Did he?

Try to eat, Dong Ah.

Mak Soon, listen to me carefully.

If I should die, go to the training center and look under the tree in the backyard.

There's an important book buried there.

A book? What kind of book is it?

He had nothing on him when we caught him.

Perhaps it was swept away in the ravine with the woman.

Then that's taken care of.

Take the book to the captain of the Commerce Control Bureau.

You cannot give it to anyone else.

Aren't you Mak Soon of the training center?

You think Granny and the kids got out of Hanyang all right?

Yes, I think so.

I have something to deliver to the captain.

What is it? I'll take it to him.

I was told to deliver it to him personally.

Oh, there he is now.

Captain Kim!

Sir, what brings you here at this late hour?

I was just passing though and thought I'd stop by.

Did you wrap up the silk smuggling case?

Actually, I'm still looking for the girl and her family.

Go ahead.

Oh no, I brought the wrong package. I'll come back.

Tell me where the book is if you want to live. Now!

Then you must at least know the content of that book.

Talk. What's in that book?

These are records of bribes Daebang Gang gave to the high ministers!

Who could've kept a record of this?

Granny?

"The true culprit that added poison to the King's food is..."

The Minister of Justice?

I'm so glad he's decided to attend the National Confucian Academy!

There is one thing I'd like to ask for before I do.

Go on.

Please release the captured boy.

Huh?

The boy? Are you talking about the boy that Daebang has?

Why does that concern you?

He's a friend of a dear friend.

I'd like to keep him close and have him as a friend as well.

Husband, what is he saying?

Fine. I will release him. But you must keep your word.

Yes, Father.

Park, are you there?

Fool.

To survive in this world, people like you and I have to line ourselves with the powerful.

Just kill me.

If that's your wish.

Stop.

It's Minister of Justice's order.

Release the boy.

Yes.

Where's the girl that sold the bad face powder?

This is a place of business.

What's the commotion?

There. There she is!

Come.

You destroyed one of our gisaeng's face with that bad powder!

What are you going to do about this?

The headmistress wants you right now!

Face powder?

Who gave her permission to sell anything?

Don't you know that only West Gate Brokers can sell face power to gisaeng schools?

Resolve this before the foreman gets back!

A spoiled product to boot...

No, that can't be!

Are you calling us liars?

I want to see for myself!

Look what you did to my pretty face! Fix it!

It can't be the face powder.

I used it on myself and I'm just fine.

Did you eat anything that didn't taste right?

You're still only an apprentice and you wore makeup? Explain yourself!

I wanted to look nice for my outing yesterday...

She went out with the junior foreman of West Gate Brokers yesterday.

You should be focused on training,

but instead you're preoccupied with indulgence of pleasure?

Mistress, shouldn't you chastise the

girl who sold the bad powder first?

If the face power is what caused the rashes, I will take the blame.

But if something else is the cause, you need to know what it is to treat it.

Where did you go yesterday?

Youngsil Valley... under the big tree...

If he powder is the cause,

East Gate Market Brokers will have to compensate for the injury!

Yes, ma'am.

Where is Hong?

I'm sorry.

I'm trying to find her as well.

I thought if I got you out, I'd be able to find out where she is...

I will leave here tonight to find Hong and Granny.

I'm afraid you won't be able to find Granny.

It pains me to give you the news.

Dong Ah,

Granny.... is dead.

Is this the truth?

Are you sure?

She was running away from Kang Kye Man's men...

and she fell off a cliff.

That's not true.

No way.

Granny!

Granny...

You can't go.

We haven't found Hong yet...

We have to get all of the kids back and live together again.

Granny...

A Gisaeng School, Jeju Island

Mistress, I got it!

It's not the powder that caused the rashes!

It's this. This is what caused it!

Since the cause is not the face powder I sold, East Gate Brokers can't be held accountable.

Child, if they don't want you at East Gate Brokers, won't you come under me?

I can't stay in one place because I'm looking for someone.

I should go now.

What about my face?

Varnish tree sap is toxic to your skin,

but I heard that it also has a cleansing effect on your body.

That's what my granny said. It'll actually make you healthier.

Does the girl please you, Mistress?

You've sold cosmetics at a gisaeng school without the permission of West Gate Brokers!

What's going on?

No, that was not East Gate Market Brokers. This girl acted alone.

She will be punished and let go, so please overlook this.

I humbly ask you.

If that's the case, I'll consider it.

But you will have to pay a fine for the violation.

Let's go.

Yes, sir.

Throw this girl out at once!

Yes, sir.

But sir! This isn't fair!

- Sir! - Out!

Sir!

This is not fair! Assistant Foreman!

Assistant Foreman!

Here. Take the money you earned and go.

You might get whipped hanging around here.

But what did I do wrong?

Only West Gate Market Brokers are allowed to

sell cosmetics to gisaeng guild schools by law.

How could I have known you'd sell so many? Run along!

I haven't seen any good gisaengs lately.

Are you neglecting your duty as the headmistress to recruit new talent?

Forgive me.

But I, too, stay awake at night because of this situation. I cannot find any decent girls.

Don't worry about the cost. Find new talent.

If we can't accommodate the officials from Hanyang to their satisfaction,

it would be our failure, yours and mine.

Here's the money for the last face powder. Wherever you go, I wish you luck.

Thank you.

I knew you'd be back. Did they kick you out?

Do you have a place to go?

Um...

Why don't you stay here?

Thank you, but I should go.

Have you decided where to go?

There's something I've kept from you.

I am going to Jeju Island.

That's a long way.

When Hong and I parted ways, we promised to meet in Granny's hometown.

My guess is she's in Jeju right now.

Is this true?

Then go at once and bring Hong back.

No, wait. It'll take you months to get back even if you find her.

Yes, I'll write you a letter. Please give it to her when you find her.

No, I don't need your help.

- I need you to leave. - Please, ma'am.

Just a few days...

No, I don't need you!

She's got nowhere to go, so it's a matter of time before she's in your hands.

But if I'm going to work on this for

a whole month, I'll need some money.

Just make sure she doesn't find out I'm behind this.

But what if she really escapes to the mainland?

I've told the state guards to keep a close eye on her.

She has no way of proving her identity, so she'll never get away from the island.

Even if she does come to you, how will you get her to register on the gisaeng guild?

I already have it all planned out.

I hope Dong Ah got there safely.

Yes. He left over a month ago, so he should be there by now.

I guess Jeju really is far away. It's taking so long to get world.

I just hope Hong is all right...

You were punished for going out with me because of this girl?

Apologize at once!

Who are you?

He's the junior foreman of the West Gate Market Brokers.

Are you deaf? Get on your knees and apologize, you lowly wench!

On your knees!

Don't do it!

Dong Ah?

Dong Ah!

Where do you think you're going?

Dong Ah!

Young master! Out of the way!

Run! Hurry!

Out of my way!

What happened?

Those bastards!

They said these were the most precious food here.

I would've bought something else had I known you've been starving.

I feel like I'm dreaming right now.

I prayed every night to find you and Granny.

Where's Granny? Why didn't she come with you?

Hong...

I have something to tell you.

Granny...

...has passed away.

I'm sorry, Hong.

I should've never left her...

I'm sorry.

Granny...

No.

No.

Dong Ah, what do I do?

She's supposed to be here.

How am I going to live without her?

What do I do?

Granny, you can't go... Please...

Dong Ah...

Hong,

it's a letter from Young Lord Hong Soo.

Hong, I'm glad I can write you this letter even though we're far apart.

Since you left, I've been striving to achieve the new dream you inspired me to have.

Meeting you made me realize the true purpose

of learning and what kind of world a scholar must strive to create.

For this I'm forever grateful.

I know you're in great pain because of your loss,

and I want to be the one to comfort you.

Hong, come back to Hanyang when you receive my letter.

Let us be close to encourage each other's dreams.

I will be waiting.

Bring me those bastards!

Who are they?

How dare they humiliate me this way!

The girl is the one that sold cosmetics to gisaengs without our permission,

and we're looking into the boy's identity now.

I want them caught. I don't care what it takes.

I know him.

He captured and took a woman who was trying to escape the island.

What do we do? This island is harder to get out of then it is to get in.

And you said you snuck in as a stowaway.

You have to get out the same way to be safe.

For 10 nyangs, I could've put her on a comfortable boat out of here!

Do you have any money?

Let me have it. I know someone who might be able to help us.

She gets people on board outbound boats for 10 nyangs each.

Are you sure this is safe?

Don't worry. Let me handle it.

What do you want?

We need to get on an outbound boat tonight. Can you help us?

You've got money?

Ten nyangs each, right?

Come to the port at nine.

Jeju in sight!

Wasn't this boat going to Hanyang?

What are you talking about?

This boat goes from Jeju to Woodo and comes back to Jeju.

No, we're going to Hanyang. We have to go to Hanyang!

Look, I got you on board as a favor because

a West Gate employee said you were his niece!

But we're going to die if we go back to Jeju!

We're going to die!

Let go!

Why don't you jump in the ocean like that other girl did?

Take me lightly in this island and you'll end up shark bait,

so be careful.

Take them!

Aye!

Up!

Let go of me!

Let's go!

I know you want them, but I can't turn them over to you.

The junior foreman was screaming at us to catch them and bring them to him.

Once he sees them, they're done for.

I will go to West Gate Brokers myself.

Go to the station and tell them to work on the boy first.

I can hear your brain working, Sister!

Where's my friend? Please don't do this!

- Where is Dong Ah? - Get in there!

Where is Dong Ah?

Please don't hurt him! Please don't hurt my friend!

You must've done something to irk the West Gate Market Broker's too.

Just catch up on sleep that you lost trying to run away.

The West Gate Brokers are the

only ones that can save us...

...or kill us.

I'll make shark bait out of those tramps!

But will that really satisfy your anger?

There is a way to toy with them and punish them for life.

For life?

Dong Ah!

Dong Ah! Dong Ah! It's me, Hong! Can you hear me?

You recklessly broke the law.

Your punishment will be death,

and your friend will die as well for aiding your escape.

No!

Dong Ah hasn't done anything!

Do you want to save your friend?

Yes. I'll take the punishment alone.

There is a way for you to save him and save yourself as well.

What do I have to do? I'll do anything.

Be my foster daughter.

Then I will convince the West Gate Brokers and the State Guards to release you.

No... No, Hong...

What will you do?

Take him back for torture!

No! No!

Move!

Dong Ah!

Help us. Please help us!

This torture will surely kill your friend.

Let's go!

Yes!

I'll be your foster daughter.

No, Hong. No!

I'll be your daughter.

No, Hong...

Hong!

Where do you think this is?

I must see Hong.

Dong Ah.

Didn't I tell you to put him on a ship to Hanyang?

He was unconscious when I got him on board, but then he woke up...

Hong, I'm sorry.

This is all because of me.

Get up. This is not your fault.

This is wrong. It's completely absurd.

Come with me.

Leave them.

This is a road I chose for myself.

It's like Granny said.

Once you make a decision, you can't look back.

If I leave this place, you'll die.

Just wish me luck and tell me to be good, since Granny isn't here to tell me.

Hong...

Put him on the next ship out.

I'll stay, too.

What would a boy do at a gisaeng school?

Do you want to live the rest of your life looking after Hong like a servant?

Yes.

Hong chose this path to save my life, so I will stay with her and protect her.

Please let me stay.

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Hong, was it?

I'll never forget her incredible riding skills.

This is the pouch I gave to Byeo Lim!

Why did you kill Byeo Lim?

Just do your job and attend to the county magistrate's needs.

What are you wearing?

Please postpone Hong's Chignon Ceremony until the 49 day mourning period is over.

They confiscated all of the abalones?

I'm going to Jeju.

Would you help me take a bath?

Hong sent a letter to the Royal court.

You requested an investigation of the local government? You're nothing but a gisaeng!

Will you put your hair up as planned?

Who does this room belong to?

What is her name?

Her name is Hong.