All language subtitles for Sungkyunkwan Scandal 01

Episode 1

[The Current University Street]

What do you think you're trying to do?!

Why is it not done?! Why
is it still not done?!

[A place that lends books to others,
equivalent of the modern day library]

Do you want to see me die?

Why is the study guide I
asked for still not done?

What exactly do you want?

[Study Guides: With notes beside the text,
to explain difficult parts of the passage]

I think it should be done...

Then why don't you have it!!

It should be on the way.

Maybe it's already past the granery...

Why don't you watch where you're going?!

- I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
- It's all over the floor...

If I don't hand in my work on time,

I'll fail this subject for sure!

Will you be okay?

Why don't you say something?!

How can I be okay?

I say, boss...

You can't do this.

Since you undid your top,

you should undo your skirt too.

How can you just end it like this?

Hmmm? You're terrible.

Is the second part of not here yet?

[T/N: It's an Adult novel]

It should be on the way.

Just wait till he comes,
I'll teach him a lesson!

You finally came! Two nyang master.

Is he the scribe?

You have to give me an extra two nyang.

Then quickly give it to me!

How can you suddenly say
that you need it urgently?

Two nyang... you have to pay me more.

So young and so greedy for money.

At least I know that you need to
be trustworthy when doing a trade.

I get it. Hurry, open it and show me.

Then let me undo the skirt first.

What is this? You don't have it?

Where is my study guide?

You liar!

Hand it over! Hurry!

Give me back my top scholar position!!

Wait, wait! Stop fighting...

Let's settle this calmly
and think of a solution.

There's nothing else we can do anyway,

suddenly asking for it like that.

Can you give me thirty minutes?

You crazy person, why are you
still saying such things?

How can you answer this in thirty minutes?

With your kind of talent,

how will you do this?

It's done.

This... did you memorize it?

With your capabilities, did
you just do this randomly?

If you need it, I can write
down the original text.

Those are the answers.

You've worked hard. Not a
word missing, it's perfect.

But, you are totally a woman.

How can you be so rude to a man?

I'm talking about your handwriting.

Give me the money.

Here. I'll be generous.

Just like you said, since
you finished it, two nyang.

You should be giving me three nyang more.

What?

Aren't you students from SungKyunKwan?

The school fees and food expenses,

they are all taken from
my pocket, as tax money.

And you actually come to a book store
to get someone to do your homework,

I think I should take it back.

I say, friend,

are you alright?

Your hat is all stained.

You should take it off quickly,

I'll help you clean it up.

It even got onto your hair!

You despicable fellows,

who did this!

Do you want to know?

Using hair to make brushes,

so that you can pass the Imperial exams,

isn't that the methods of the foolish?

Friend!

Please help me, friend.

No matter what,

we're still considered as disciples
under the same teacher, aren't we?

Here, here,

Look at this.

I've already come so far.

Searching all over the country, and gathered
the hair of almost all the Top Scholars.

Now I just need ten strands of your hair.

No, no,

as long as you give me three strands,

I'm sure I will pass this time.

To you it may be just a strand of hair,

but to me, it is a lifesaver.

It is a sliver of hope.

Oh no, oh no!

My hair! My hair!!

I spent a lot of effort
collecting all this hair!

All my hard work!

This,

is not called hard work,
it's just pure luck.

Hey, Lee Seon Joon,

the Imperial exams are coming up,
the panic and discomfort is only natural.

Can't you be a bit more understanding?

This cheap method of comfort and
sympathy, what can it solve?

You despicable fellow!

I don't care if you hate me,

but if you say that I am wrong,

I will not tolerate it.

Why aren't you taking the Imperial exams?

With your kind of talent,

it'll be no problem to get top honors.

As long as you write
your name on the scroll,

Sungkyunkwan will be welcoming
you with open arms!

[Answer script for the Imperial exams]

That's why I don't want to do it.

Interacting with people who don't
even do their own homework,

what's the point in that.

Using the time,

I'll just earn every penny I can.

Are the pennies enough?

Ten times.

There is a business that can
earn you ten times more!

Come with me.

Such a brave man.

Follow me.

In this filthy world where only the
learned are considered as useful,

shouldn't we change that?

So,

you want to help the rich people
become useful in this world,

by asking me to write down
the answers beforehand,

is that what you're saying?

Yes.

Forget it.

If we do this,

we can get at least
thirty nyang per person!

In one day, you'll get a hundred nyang,

a hundred!

The money you'll need three years
to earn, in a stroke of your brush!

That is illegal.

You're telling me to be a
substitute exam taker!

You're an upright man aren't you?

How can a real man not even
have this bit of courage,

and work so hard, earning
such little money?

I may live my life trying
to earn the little money,

but there are two things that
I will definitely not do.

One, is to steal another person's ricebowl,

and the other, is to have to look at those
officials in the eye, and write dishonest words.

If I take the exam in someone else's place,

then wouldn't I be doing both of the above?

At the same time and same place too.

This isn't the method of a real man.

Coming, coming!

One, two, three.

Excuse me!

Did you just call for me, sir?

One nyang, how about it?

We haven't even started our relationship,

[A one night affair
between a man and a woman]

and you're already negotiating?

If you are like this,
I'm going to be upset.

If you want to, we can go somewhere
else to talk about this.

I'm talking about this fan.

The poem is written all wrong.

I will amend it for you,
for just one nyang.

If you change your mind, just
bring it to the book store.

Looks like it's no good.

If it was sister Cho Seon that
went, maybe it would have worked.

Where did you want me to go?

Our tricks failed again today.

His face was like a day in
spring, shining and warm,

but his heart was like the
cold wind on a winter's night.

Sister, why don't you teach us,

when the men see you,

there is nothing else they can do.

Don't give it to them.

If you want to get a man's heart,

you definitely cannot give it to them.

Your gaze,

your heart,

or your touch,

you definitely cannot give it to them.

There is a sick person in the house.

I will find a way to pay the debt.

But the interest...

Shut up.

To do this to a harmless
woman, is there still justice?

When your debt is due,
yet you don't pay up,

what kind of justice is that then?

Did you forget? Today is the
day you have to pay up.

Do you always use this kind
of logic to bully the weak?

Don't worry.

I will not take away anything in the house.

Now that I've found
something more interesting.

What do you mean by that, sir?

She is just an ignorant girl.

Please do not get angry, sir.

How are you going to pay then?

As long as you pay me the hundred nyang, and
the interest of ten nyang, it will be fine.

If you don't pay me,

selling your daughter to me is fine too.

Let me warn you first...

If you are thinking of escaping
in the middle of the night,

even if I have to call the
imperial guards, or the army,

I will seek you till the ends of the earth.

We just have to pay you, don't we?

No matter what it takes, I
will pay you the money.

Please stop your unruly behaviour now.

You have to finish everything slowly.

Please eat before the
food gets cold, mother.

Sister,

I've been working at the
shop the whole day,

just looking at the rice makes me unwell.

Yoon Hee...

Mother, I feel like I'm getting lucky.

I've been getting a lot of
jobs from the book store.

And they even intend to pay
me in advance for a year.

Looks like our Yoon Shik's
medical bills can be settled.

Is this true, Sister?

So, don't worry about
money matters anymore.

I will settle everything.

I'll try it out.

The substitute examination.
Let's go to the exam ground.

Scholar!

Even if it's ten times,

or a hundred times,

let's just try it once.

The special announcement begins now,

[To enter SungKyunKwan,
scholars need to pass the entrance exam]

This country's national
institution SungKyunKwan,

will be welcoming a new batch of scholars.

Please deliver to us virtuous
and intelligent learners,

[A round of preliminary
exams are held first]

to keep our country's peace
and our citizens' safety,

[Then a final round of entrance exams]

[Passing the examinations will earn
scholars the right to enter SungKyunKwan]

[Preliminary examinations.]

[The intensive physical struggle
to get better seating positions]

[Entrance Exam - Preliminary Round
- Prepatory Test]

[Before entering the hall, strong people
who specialise in physical confrontation]

The bear does the tricks...

And the owner gets the money.

So, if I say that, he
will really understand?

Of course.

You already have the seat
number and portrait right?

[A drawn portrait of a person,
equivalent to a modern day photograph]

You just have to go to his seat,
and fill his paper for him,

It'll all be over soon.

Will it be okay?

Are you talking about your conscience?

Who even studies for
entrance exams anymore,

it's all cheating anyway.

Will it really be okay?

If you get caught, are you
worried about being punished?

If you get caught, I heard
you'll be beaten ten times.

If you are unlucky, it could
be a two hundred times.

All this was in the past!

And who's going to catch you anyway,

they all got in the same way.

Whatever you're thinking
about, it's strange.

[Preliminary Examination Area]

[For the sake of getting good
seats, there is an intense fight]

[A person who helps to take
the paper in another's place]

[Anyone can enter the examination area]

[Bribing the Officials]

Sorry.

Lucky charm for the preliminary exam!
One coin each!

Ah, yes!

People swapping scripts will
be hit two hundred times.

Those who look at their books
will be hit two hundred times.

Those that got someone else to do the
paper will be disqualified for life.

Not even one can get away.

If we let one go,

you will be hit two hundred times.

Why don't you calm down a bit.

Looks like you're betting
your life on this one.

What is the use of hitting them?
It still doesn't work.

Why are you playing chess at
the sacred examination hall?

Who exactly are you?!

I have been transferred to
SungKyunKwan as a professor

I am Jung Yak Yong.

Even your greeting sounds like one
of someone who has been demoted.

The first day on the job,

and on the day we are selecting new scholars
for SungKyunKwan, and you are playing chess?

What exactly are you thinking?

In that huge examination hall,
the scholars and officials,

are already playing chess
with each other anyway.

And me too, unwittingly...

This is SungKyunKwan, SungKyunKwan!

Get out!

Hurry up and catch each and
everyone who is cheating! Hurry!

The topic.

The bear does the tricks.

The bear does the tricks, right?

[Another way of talking about the owner]

The money, is taken by the Ho-in.

Ho-in?

Wow, you actually have
some literary talent.

Thirty nyang.

This... can't be your first time?

This is my first time
too, it's understandable.

So I'll tell you this time.

For these kind of things, you need
to pay up first. Thirty nyang.

Third, second and first grades,

From thirty nyang to fifty
nyang, you can pick any.

Fifty nyang.

That is a good choice.

If you catch a substitute test taker,

that is the amount of the reward.

Fifty nyang.

Excuse me!

Where is the person delivering the script?

I'm the owner.

"The owner gets the money."

I made a mistake...

Please believe me.

This is really my first time.

Over here!

Please let me off this time.

I still need to feed my family.

I lost my father at a young age,

and I am feeding my family
while trying to pay off debts.

Also,

there is a sick person in my house
who needs long term care, so...

So you need to earn money for his medicine,

so this is your reason.

I hope that you can turn over a new leaf,

and be a new person.

Here!

There is someone here trying to defile the
examination grounds with illegal means.

Someone defiling the examination grounds?

Who is it?

It is me, as well as all the students
here, as well as yourself, sir.

Those who shamelessly sell their works, just
for the sake of money, that is the first.

Those that, only bury their heads in
books and their own examination script,

and pretend not to notice the unlawful
happenings, that is the second.

And, the officials who are
used to this situation,

and the one overseeing everything,

the Chief Exam Official is guilty too.

It is undesirable and
should not be tolerated,

You! You!
This!

Guards!

Why aren't you taking him down,
and cleaning up the exam hall?

Yes Sir!

Then, how do you think we
should settle this situation?

Firstly, check the scripts
with the registered names,

and remove the cheaters and
replacement examination takers.

After restoring order to
the examination hall,

All the officials that are
overseeing the examination,

should appeal to their superiors,
and confess to their sins.

There's something wrong
with this friend over here!

Professor Jung!

Did you not hear what I said?

Audacious!

You actually dare to say
such blasphemous words!

This is unforgivable!

Give me the registration list!

What is your name!

Which family's son are you?

My name, is Lee Seon Joon.

Lee Seon Joon?

Lee Seon Joon?

Then, you are the son...

No, could you possibly...

The High Ministers's son?
That Lee Seon Joon?

Guards!

Why aren't you restoring order
to the examination hall!

That's the wrong place!

From now on, in the examination halls,

All unlawful acts, and all illegal methods,

will not be tolerated!

Confiscate all cheating materials!

This bamboo.

What do you treat this place as, stand up!

Now, again, start!

Thanks to you,

I finally get to see a proper
examination being held.

I am just doing my duty.

But...

Is that a new method of cheating?

A scholar that only knows words,
and strong righteousness,

but fails to understand the
lives of normal citizens,

if those who sell their words for
food are considered as thieves,

then are those who sell their words
for power considered as loyal?

If such people are allowed
to handle a blade,

then he would be a knife wielding murderer

If there is someone who could be a thief,

that person, would be me.

That knife wielding murderer...

is that you?

I say, give it back!

The..owner?

Since I got a script from you,

I should pay you back, right?

Hey! When you see the
elites from SungKyunKwan

You should pay your respects, right?

Ah, do you think you are
some victorious general?

I heard that you caused quite a
stir at the examination hall.

You're the one that caused the image
of the scholar to be sullied.

Ah, father! Come hit my butt!

My actions were somewhat impolite,

seeing what a mess the
examination hall was,

as a scholar myself, I felt totally shamed.

I am really embarassed.

A lowly scholar like myself feels this way,

but you elites from SungKyunKwan,

do not seem to feel any shame?

Yet, you are proud of the fact that
you are SungKyunKwan students,

and lord your way around in broad daylight.

What you say is true.

The so-called true path of the scholar,

if you enter SungKyunKwan,

I would like to consult you on this.

I will be waiting for you.

But,

tolerating your unruly behavior,

today will be the last time.

And tolerating your inappropriate
behavior as a senior,

today will be the last time as well.

What?

Audacious!

I'm going to teach you a lesson

in respect for your seniors!

On the road, it is only manners that
you do not block the way of others.

Ah!

Catch him!

Who is that?

High Minister's son, Lee Seon Joon.

He's smart, he's good-looking.

I feel oddly attracted to him.

Not the one in the back.

The one in front.

What's this? Hey!

Oh God!

Where are you going?

Look at what you're doing
when we've never met before.

What kind of bizarre behavior is this?

I apologize if I was being rude.

Lee Seon Joon, you say.

A son who ruins the celebratory
plate of his own father.

Amusing. He is an amusing kid.

However your Highness,

he is the son of the
Noron faction's leader.

A son of Noron.

Because he is the son of the men
who demoted you to SungKyunKwan,

I must distance myself from him.

Is that what you're saying?

Please excuse me.

That is why he interests me more.

Bull's eye.

I'm glad that he is to your liking.

Not only was he to my liking,

the only thing that is
worthwhile for this body,

that has been watching over
SungKyunKwan all these years,

is to be able to uprear
talented people like your son.

Regarding my son's youthful immaturity,

I hope you will excuse him for it but-

There cannot be any sons from the Noron
faction who are affected by today.

Who is to say that education
comes solely from books?

The most important education
comes from the family.

I have already made a request
to the Office of Protocol.

10 Nyang.

20 Nyang.

15 Nyang.

And this one's 30 Nyang.

I'm rich.

I heard she's getting sold.

What a shame.

This may be for the better.

If you become a person of the
Minister of War's family,

you will never go hungry.

But mother,

Yoon Shik has overcome
the most painful hour,

and I will do whatever it
takes to repay that debt.

Like this?

A government official came by.

He brought it saying that someone here must have lost it
during the chaos that occurred at the Examination Hall.

Yoon Hee, do you know the severity
of the crime you've committed?

Using the name of someone else,

and entering the Examination
Hall though you're a girl.

As men and women are differentiated
and the laws of the land are strict,

even if you had died for your crime, you
would have nothing to say for yourself.

I apologize, mother.

If asked whose fault this was,

I would blame myself.

When you, a young girl, assured that
you would repay the 100 Nyang debt,

no, when you began to work under Yoon Shik's name
as a writer to pay for Yoon Shik's medicine,

I should have tried to stop you.

Blinded by the need to save Yoon Shik,

I almost cornered you
into a dangerous place.

This cannot continue any longer.

From now on, live as a girl.

Take shelter from the rain under the
eaves of a man, and live as a girl.

Mother,

never again, never again will
something like this happen.

For the debt, I will work
harder at my writing and-

Do you still not understand?

In the entire land, the only women who
live off of their talents are gisengs.

Yoon Hee, your writing
skills are poison to you.

Woah, what kind of man is this beautiful?

Huh, you could fall for him.

Even if I have to search all the
bookstores in this city, I must find him.

I have a debt...

that I must repay to this person.

I've come to repay my debt.

Really?

What are you doing?

Lead me to his Excellency.

Brother,

look here, there's
something terribly wrong.

Is the sore running?

If you're hurt, you should go see a doctor.

I'm looking at one. I fell ill
because I wanted to see you.

Oh really, what do you want this time?

I've come to repay your kindness
more than our debt, your Excellency.

Repay my kindness?

Your Excellency is a savior
who saved my brother.

However, the public will
now point fingers at you

for buying a young girl with
money for your own pleasure.

I hope that our savior is not whisked
in a needless scandal because of me.

Though this is not enough,
if you give me more time,

I will repay the rest with as much
care as if I'm repaying your kindness.

Do you think I would be
scared of your threats?

According to Chinese strategy books,

it is wisest not to fight
and keep off misfortune,

and a renowned general avoids
fighting the enemy he fears.

If there is someone your Excellency
must be afraid of, it is the public.

I only believed that as the
Minister of War for this country,

you would choose to keep off misfortune.

A girl who knows her strategy well.

Good. You're better than I expected.

Yes, what you've said is true.

I was being thoughtless.

So I think it would be best if
you repay your debts right now.

Before the public becomes aware of it.

Right now.

Also, I like that strong
and fast mind of yours.

It is not wrong for a man to
pursue a woman he has in mind.

So, I must make you my wife.

I will send a palanquin to
your house in four days.

I feel as though my
father is going too far.

Young Master, what are you talking about?

How dare such an act of a girl
like that talking to my father

occur under the roof of my house?

I am different from my father.

I will not forgive a second wife.

Give it. Give it to me!

Give it here!

Men, take good care of her.

She's a precious one.

I beg of you, that money is money
that even my life wouldn't be worth.

So please, return that money to me.

Please.

Let's get some sleep. How can I sleep
when there are all these noises?

Let's all get along since
we're all in the same boat.

Is there anyone here who
feels this is unfair

or is still unaware of his sins?

If there is, come forward.

I was thinking of getting a glass
of liquor from each of them,

but I guess not.

Thank you.

I was able to avoid
misfortune thanks to you.

Thank you so much.

Um-

Let me repay your kindness.

Repayment.

If you want to do that,

never appear in front of me ever again.

I don't want to see a dim-witted
person like you again.

Don't bow your head to anyone.

Don't kneel for anyone.

It will become a habit.

Once it becomes a habit,
it will be hard to fix.

Um-

Repayment.

Are you saying that you couldn't find him?

Young Master, do you use your
head only when you write?

Where in the world is a man who says "I
committed a crime. Come take me..."?

If you lie down and wait
at a single log bridge,

you're bound to meet your enemy
whether you like it or not.

You'll probably see in
the next couple of days.

So when you see that imposter,
you just grab him by the-

So I'm saying we must
catch him before then.

We must.

I'm left with no choice. Starting from
tomorrow, I'll search for him myself.

What?

If one could stay still after
getting such treatment,

one is not a scholar.

Have you been here?

Did you arrive just now, father?

I heard of what happened
at the Examination Hall.

Do you believe that you kept
the honor of a scholar?

Foolish child.

The world now has its eyes on you.

Everyone will wait for your mistakes.

That is what happens when you
go into government service.

Remember this,

the most foolish man in the world is
the man who boasts of his wisdom.

If the road of a scholar is
one that polishes wisdom..

Going into government service
begins with hiding that wisdom.

I do not wish to hide it.

You said that opening the meaning of books to
the world was the job of a government office.

However, if I must hide my wisdom
and throw away my principles,

what makes it anything other than
hunting for that government post?

You wish to attain power
yet keep your honor.

It is not a bad thing.

However, you are the eldest son
of the Jinsung Lee family.

Make sure to carefully
consider every word you speak.

I will do so.

Lee Seon Joon. We should teach
our Young Master some manners.

Shall I look into some gangs?

Physical punishment is most befitting
to those with a mouth like his.

What about using a pretty girl?

The two of you shouldn't use your heads.

The whole time.

Then we shall use our bodies.

Tell us what to do.

Geez.

Tell me. Your method.

Lee Seon Joon.

There is one thing that
suits him quite well.

Leave, leave.

See Young Master? I told you he's not here.

I even skipped meals to look for him.

- Have you seen someone like him before?
- Aish, I don't know, I don't know.

- Have you seen-
- I haven't seen anyone like that.

See? He's not here.

Have you seen someone like him before?

Do you not believe me? Huh?

I require your assistance.

Ye-yes I'll he-help you.
What book would you like?

I would even go to hell for 100 Nyang.

Oh my. You got to earn
money and look around.

But what did I get?

It'll be the second examination
in a couple of days.

Please give me a down payment.

A down payment?

Last time...

Last time, thanks to you, I almost
had to close this business down.

The Young Master who got involved
is out to find you right now.

That man, Mr. Wang.

What did I do to him in my past life?

Anyway, this job doesn't suit you.

So leave.

You're right. This job doesn't suit me.

So I'm thinking of going
and handing myself in

for my crimes of helping people cheat.

But I'll have no choice but to include
this bookstore and you, Hwang Ga.

Let us meet again when that happens.

How much do you need, our scholar?

Give me just 100 Nyang.

How ungrateful you are to me.

I can give you jobs here and
there that are worth five Nyang.

Then again, 200 hits as punishment
will do nothing but kill you.

I'll become your travelling
companion on the road to Death.

50 Nyang.

You have to deliver a forbidden book.

Will you be okay?

Didn't I say that I'd even go to Hell?

Whose side are you on?

What are you talking about?

The guy the Young Master of Jwasang
is looking for, you're hiding him.

Ah!!!

I'm Gu Yong Ha.

I feel a little hurt that
you're amazed by even this?

You can't use him to do basic things
because he's being searched for,

and you can't use him to
take someone else's test..

Then... Are you using
him for a dangerous...

forbidden book delivery?

How much will it take? How much will
it take to keep your mouth shut?

It is you who will have
to keep your mouth shut.

I think I could help you...

find who you're looking for.

Ah~ That's good.

Have a drink.

Why did you say that you would help me?

Aw~ I thought you would be grateful.

If you aren't, I'll just
have to leave then.

It's just that you have
no reason to help me.

Reason...

Are you really curious?

Friendship for a future fellow
scholar I shall be living near.

A heated loyalty for a fellow
guy who may be my friend.

A kind heart that wishes for someone
else's deepest desire to come true.

You couldn't honestly have expected
answers like these, right?

For. Fun.

I want to see how far you would go.

There is only one way for you to find him.

It is dangerous and it
involves a big sacrifice.

Are you still willing to do it?

It is something I have set out to do.

Need I say more?

It is a book that has been
forbidden by the kingdom.

Be careful. You cannot run into any
guards or government officials.

Because you may really
end up going to Hell.

As soon as Lee Seon Joon receives the
forbidden book, arrest him on the spot.

Yes.

Birds hear words during the day.

When the man says that..

But even mice can't hear
the words at night.

Be careful not to see each others
faces during the delivery.

Mr. Wang?

Aish.

Do you know how much I've
been searching for you?

Of course. I know so well.

- Because of you, I-
- Stop!

Stop! They are holding a forbidden book!

You even brought guards with you?

I-

What is the meaning of this?

Do you honestly not know?

Catch them!

Yes!!

I'll take this book.

Then pay me for the book.

I'm disappointed, Lee Seon Joon.

To be caught so easily, this isn't any fun.

This means that right now, Lee
Seon Joon is being dragged away?

Does this mean that Lee Seon Joon
can't go see the second examination?

He should pay if he takes the book.

Mr. Wang, you wicked man.

If you get caught this
time, you're dead. Dead!

You fool! You dare to think you'll
survive after deceiving me?

I congratulate you on your
acceptance to SungKyunKwan.

If anyone who didn't know saw
him, they'd think he was a girl.

Oh my, oh my. Welcome.

You seem to know Lee Seon Joon.

I know that he's rude and stuck up.

Aren't you curious?

Of what is happening to that
guy who looks like a girl.

Kim Yoon Shik and Lee Seon Joon.

Don't you anticipate their
future in SungKyunKwan?