Jeong Il Woo
Kwon Yoo Ri
Shin Hyeon Soo
Bossam - Steal the Fate
Brother-in-law!
My eyes were beginning to get blisters trying to spot you.
You mustn't, brother-in-law!
Have you lost your mind? Do you have a death wish?
Insolent fool! How dare you speak so casually to the princess?
Brother-in-law, could you first please sheathe your sword?
♫ There are still words that have been left unsaid ♫
You better go ahead with Cha Dol now.
Sister-in-law!
Brother-in-law, could you first hear what I have to say?
Please speak.
After I left Hanyang,
I intended to kill myself.
I owe a life's debt to this man. He's the one who rescued me.
However, wasn't it because of this man that you are in this mess right now?
If it weren't for him, there would have been no reason for you to attempt suicide.
No, it's not merely because of him.
Even if this hadn't happened, it's likely that I...
Well, you are also well-aware, aren't you?
For my sake, please pretend you didn't see him.
I beseech you to do so.
♫ The petal of new spring brought by the clouds ♫
Cha Dol, hurry and take your father now.
What do you plan on doing?
Let's move to somewhere else.
I asked what you were planning on doing?
♫ The boat sails as if dancing ♫
♫ Suddenly my heart also flows ♫
Father...
♫ And that is how it scatters ♫
She told us to leave.
So let's go.
Father...
Your face has gotten very haggard.
How is your health?
Brother-in-law.
Yes, Sister-in-law.
The person you once knew as me...
no longer exists in this world.
Whatever you say, I plan to escort you back home.
I cannot return home without you. Nay... I will not.
If you would hide in Sangwon Temple for a little—
How many times must I tell you?
I am already a dead person.
You may be dead to Father and to the rest of the world
but you aren't to me.
To me, you are always... someone precious
like no other in this world.
So, couldn't you come with me, for my sake?
Not for your sake, but mine—
This is for your sake.
I am unable to return because of you.
Do you remember the first day we met?
Even now that day is still...
fresh in my memory.
- Let's go. - Yes.
♫ The whispering sound following the path ♫
This is your play friend, Crown Prince.
Your Highness, I give you my greetings.
This is boring.
♫ flows like the singing stream ♫
What is your name?
I'm Dae Yeop from the Yi family of Gwangju Province, Your Highness.
Good. From now on, you are my play friend. Understand?
Y-yes.
My name is Su Gyeong. Don't forget it!
Lower your gaze.
Leave him be. He's my friend, remember?
My older brother has left, so let's put aside these toys and shoot with real bows and arrows.
You do know how to shoot a bow, right?
Your Highness, you mustn't do this. Your Highness? Your—
You've hit the bullseye!
- Did you see? This is how you do it. - Yes.
- Think you can do it? - Yes.
- How can you let this happen every time? - Please forgive me.
- Here, try! - I will take her... her highness quickly back inside.
Please quickly put an end to this.
Yes.
Make sure to straighten your back. Lower your arms a little.
Pull your wrist to your lips. Hold your breath. Like this!
Fire!
It's a bullseye!
It was worth teaching you like this!
- Will you go over there with me? - Yes.
- Let's go! - What are you all doing? Hurry and move! Your Highness, please don't run.
Your highness will trip!
It's so far away... Can you do it?
Yes.
- Try it. - Yes.
Straighten your back...
Isn't it hard?
It's not hard at all.
Don't worry about me and take your time drawing me, Your Highness.
This is punishment for deceiving me. But seeing how you're fine,
I think I'll have to start over from the beginning.
P-punishment?
As long as I'm spending time with you, this isn't a punishment, but a reward.
Why are you sweet-talking me?
According to the sages, I should treat sweet-talkers as wicked people and should stay away from them.
I guess I should stay far from you.
But Y-Your Highness...
Come here.
Oh, yes.
What, do you not like it?
It's not that...
I think you've put too much effort in drawing your own face.
I know you want to look beautiful, but I think this is a little too much. Your Highness.
What did you say? Are you done talking?
Please understand.
You really are just toying with my emotions.
You wicked Yi Dae Yeop, who indulges in sweet-talking... take my brush!
Wait, Your Highness!
How dare you!
You stay still.
Why are you looking at me like that?
But you told me to stay still...
Y-your Highness...
You're impudent.
Brother-in-law,
As for me,
I'd like to remember you as the man who thrilled my heart as a girl,
for many years to come.
Your image as a man who is struggling and has become pitiable for my sake
is something I wish to erase from my memory.
So please help me.
Please forgive me, Sister-in-law.
I cannot listen to your request.
Brother-in-law.
You're alive like this.
You're standing before me now, just as you were back then.
How could I see you as a dead person?
Did you want to remember me as the day we first met?
Did you want me to let you treasure those memories as they were? No.
I don't want that. I cannot do that.
Brother-in-law...
If you insist on living as a dead person...
I also must live as a dead man. So please...
Don't say this is for my sake.
If you really are doing this for my sake, please follow my wishes.
You know very well I cannot do that!
No, I do not know that.
If the gaze of the world scares me, then I can hide. If Father's blade frightens me,
I merely need to expect to be killed by that blade with you. That is all.
If you continue to do this, what am I supposed to do?
Why do you continue to herd me toward a steeper and more dangerous cliff?
I'm saying that next to your lonely spot at that cliff...
I will stand alongside you.
Where did that kid go?
Father!
Where were you just now?
I had something to ask the man with the sword.
Do you have a death wish? Do you have any idea what kind of man that is?
I feel so bad for the princess!
Father, her highness is going to die.
He said she must go with him.
He said there are people worrying about her,
and waiting for her.
So why do you feel bad for her? And why is she going to die?
She's going with that man. Why would she die?
Returning to his home means she's going to die!
Going back to his home means she's going to die!
Who's going to die? You keep nagging about death at every little thing!
Let's hurry and go!
Father... Father!
Damn it...
If you stay on this path, you'll reach home. I'll—
Are you going to rescue her highness?
- Yes. - You have to make sure to rescue her!
You don't trust me, right?
No, that's not true. I trust you.
Then do as I say. I will get her highness and hurry back home too. All right?
Now go.
Father!
You have to return with her highness. You must!
I got it, you runt. Now go.
How can you be this frustrating?
Do you not realize what kind of wrath your recklessness will bring?
I do not care. If it brings death, I will be the one to die in your place,
and if that's impossible, I will die with you.
Brother-in-law!
What are you doing?!
- Brother-in-law! - I am fine.
You bastard. It wasn't that long ago you'd fly to rescue your sister-in-law. But now you're dragging her into the jaws of death?
In the end your family's name is more important than a person's life, is it?
You filthy bastard deserving of death!
What nonsense are you spouting?
This man plans to deliver you to his father.
- This is a misunderstanding. - Don't be deceived.
Brother-in-law!
Sister-in-law!
I will hold them here so you go. Go save my sister-in-law!
The young master interfered again, making this a headache... so let's finish it quickly.
Closely watch the Left State Councillor, and when he kills Princess Hwa In...
Who are you?
Make sure to bring that evidence to me.
I can't even kill those bastards.
What am I supposed to do?
Stop there!
Grab her!
No... no! Hey, you bloody butchers!
♫ Please hear my words ♫
♫ Retrace your steps and come over here ♫
♫ Why do you lead a life of such struggle? ♫
Sister-in-law!
What happened? Sister-in-law!
Sister-in-law... are you all right?
♫ After wondering around from place to place, you'll eventually come back ♫
♫ They say this is how the world is ♫
Please spare me! Spare me.
♫ But it's not only today that things don't go my way ♫
♫ Like a rolling stone that rolls here and there on the ground ♫
♫ Covered with wounds, I'm on the road again today ♫
♫ I am an angular stone.♫
♫ I do not stop. ♫
♫ The stone keeps rolling ♫
♫ Although I have many sharp angles ♫
♫ The stone rolls on ♫
♫ Where will I go tomorrow? ♫
Are you all right?
Give that to me.
I wish for you to not experience such cruel things.
I don't think he's dead yet.
Brother-in-law... Brother-in-law!
- You! - Father!
Are you all right? You aren't hurt?
Where do you think this is? I told you to go home!
What about the princess? Were you not able to save her?
Did that man take her away?
Do you think I'd let him take her away? Follow me.
Are you suggesting we leave him here?
Who said we're leaving him here? I'm saying I'll take him to a physician.
If that's not the same thing, what is it?
Then what? It's obvious as soon as he wakes up he'll be eager to kill me.
So what do you want me to do?
Father. You'd always tell me
men live and die by honor. Didn't you?
I'll save this man in your place.
Because I'm a man.
- Oh fine! Fine! Let's take him home with us. - Thank you.
On one condition. As soon as he's breathing easy again, I've done my job.
Then let's part ways as we see fit.
You can't make excuses about him being sick just to keep him longer. Understand?
If things didn't turn out this way, I would've sent him away personally.
Then we have an agreement.
Father! It seems he's not even breathing anymore.
- Please get me some water. - All right.
I'll get the fire going.
Look here. Come to your senses. Hey!
What about my sister-in-law?
She's safe.
Don't push yourself. You're lucky to be alive.
What about the others?
They're all dead. And I've erased their tracks. There's nothing to worry about.
No one saw you there, I take it?
Yes, Your Majesty.
Hwa In is still alive, you say?
Have I overestimated that man, Yi I Cheom?
Did you say Yi I Cheom's youngest son was injured?
Yes, Your Majesty.
His youngest son...
It's not your youngest son, but your second son that you want Hwa In to marry?
Yes, Your Majesty.
Wasn't it your youngest that had a proposal of marriage with Hwa In? That's what I heard from Royal Noble Consort Yun.
I am deeply ashamed to admit this, Your Majesty.
But honestly my youngest son...
suffers from impotence.
Impotence?
Oh, dear me.
The impotence story may be yet another lie.
Was there any reason for his youngest son to not marry Hwa In?
Find out every detail you can about Yi I Cheom's youngest son.
Why am I even doing this?
I give up. He can die for all I care.
- Today and tomorrow will be the hardest days. So watch over him closely. - I understand.
As long as he overcomes these hardest days, he should be fine, right?
It's still a problem even if he survives with help from the gods.
I couldn't believe how many stab wounds he had. Did he just come back from war?
Didn't I give you money to not ask questions?
Did anyone ask for more money, you rascal?
It's because he seems to have lost a lot of blood.
He lost so much blood that his face looks paper-white.
Then what should we do?
What else? You have to feed him everything that's good for his health.
So what would be good for his health?
Wild ginseng. Or wild ginseng.
Especially things like wild ginseng.
Wild ginseng?!
Do you have any?
You two are so lucky.
I just so happened to have a ginseng herbalist get me some wild ginseng roots to sell.
How about it? Would you like to buy them from me?
Yes, please sell them to us.
But it's such a rare commodity.
Do you have that kind of money?
(What? I don't have the money.)
First, take this.
This won't cover a fraction of it!
I'll even get a loan to pay the rest of it. So don't worry.
I can't wait long. The rich old people can't get enough of these things—
Please don't worry and wait for us. I swear on the royal family's na—
I swear on my name.
I guess your wife is better off than she looks?
Well, a little.
How could you—
Your Majesty.
Your tea must be cold by now. Should I prepare it again?
Gae Si.
Yes, Your Majesty.
I need a dependable person from the western faction. Do you know of anyone?
Among those in my court, there is one girl who has ties to the western faction.
Through that girl I should be able to find someone.
Give me the details.
There is the daughter of Yi Gwi, head of the city of Pyeongsan.
She lost her husband at an early age and began working for the palace.
His social status is too high for this job. Isn't there anyone else?
That girl's deceased husband's brother is the facereader Kim Ja Jeom.
Kim Ja Jeom?
He is the grandson of Kim Eok Ryeong, the governor of the Gangwon Province.
Is he the one that you requested me to promote in rank some days ago?
Yes, Your Majesty.
He has ambition, wits and a way with words.
So I thought he'd someday be useful, which is why I asked for it.
I need to see this man. Right now.
There is a target I want to hit.
But as you can see, I have no arrows. What should I do?
Your Majesty. Please use me as your arrows.
I, Kim Ja Jeom, weak as I may be, will put all of my strength
to become the arrow that can hit whatever target you need!
It doesn't matter what the target is?
As long as you will it, even if it is the fires of hell, I will not mind, Your Majesty.
I want to move Hwa In's grave. Can you do it?
I will do it at all costs, Your Majesty.
The Left State Councillor will do everything to stop you. Can you still do it?
Even if the emperor of China were to oppose me, I will make sure to accomplish your will.
Good. I will make good use of you.
Your grace is immeasurable, Your Majesty!
A few days ago I saw Hwa In in a dream.
After that, I couldn't sleep because of discomfort.
I asked the face-reader to interpret my dream.
I was told it is intertwined with the location of Hwa In's tomb.
Face Reader Kim Ja Jeom, step forward and report your investigation.
Yes, Your Majesty.
I inspected Princess Hwa In's open tomb with the Sanggigwan*. (geomancer in charge of locating royal tombs)
But to our dismay, her tomb is in the worst among wrong locations.
That is outrageous slander, Your Majesty.
How would I have placed Princess Hwa In's tomb in a wrong location?
She is buried next to my own son.
Please wait, Left Councillor. Listen to what Kim Ja Jeon says first.
Please continue.
Yes, Your Majesty.
The Sanggigwan said that, although at first glance the princess' tomb seems to be a propitious site for the son of a noble family,
if you look closely, it is highly likely that vermin and roots have entered and filled it by piercing the flesh and cutting off the veins.
So are you saying the vermin and tree roots have damaged the corpse?
Yes, Your Majesty.
That is not the only thing the Sanggigwan said. If you continue to leave the princess' grave there,
both you and her highness the Noble Royal Consort Yun may suffer harm.
We need to act promptly.
What do you think, Left State Councillor?
I can't believe what Kim Ja Jeon himself said.
Since it is a matter involving Your Majesty's safety,
will you permit me and other officials to do another inspection ourselves, Your Majesty?
There's no time for that, Your Majesty.
As the Sanggigwan said, the harm to the living is so strong
that the evil energy has already invaded Your Majesty's sleep and you had a nightmare.
The princess' grave should be quickly moved to a good place to restore your energy.
Even if only for the sake of the court and the Jongmyo*, we need to move Hwa In's grave quickly. (Shrine for royalty)
Please grant me permission to move it.
What do the lords think?
It's a matter of Your Majesty's safety.
It's a good idea to act quickly, Your Majesty.
It's an urgent matter.
Please grant the permission to move it, Your Majesty.
Please grant permission.
What do you think, Left State Councillor?
Please grant the permission, Your Majesty.
I hereby grant permission to move Hwa In's grave.
Although she left the palace in order to be wed.
She was still my child so I can't help but consider this a royal matter.
Face Reader Kim Ja Jeong, assist the Left State Councillor.
Let there be no neglect in the performance of this task.
I will bear that in mind, Your Majesty!
Was Kim Ja Jeom with his majesty in Gwandeokjeon Pavilion last night?
Yes, Your Excellency.
Did you hear anything else?
He had everyone move back.
I understand.
I'll take care of it separately.
Spare me.
Lord, I am to blame.
I'm sorry.
Lord.
When you said with your mouth they were at Gongju, what were you saying?
Didn't you say you would rather die than tell a lie?
I must have been confused because it was a long time ago, Lord.
You were confused because it was a long time ago, you say?
Then, I just need to help you remember.
Torture this ruffian.
Yes, Sir.
Spare me. Spare me.
Spare me.
I haven't even started yet.
Paju! It's Paju.
My Lord. The princess saw the house of the Buddhist abbess. Paju is the place the kids were sent to.
Have you received any news?
I haven't heard anything yet.
Torture this ruffian until he tells everything.
Yes, My Lord.
I remembered. I remembered.
I clearly heard that, when he was young, he was a pilgrim's servant
at the Mount Wallong Temple in Paju.
If it's a lie this time, I'll pull out your tongue.
Not my tongue. Hang me by my neck, Lord!
I almost died.
So Ba Wu hasn't been caught?
Whatever, whatever.
Ba Wu. I've done as much as I could.
Please return to being as strong as you were, Brother-in-Law.
Haven't you slept at all last night?
How is he doing?
It's a relief his fever is gone. He's past the crisis.
Then all we need is to procure that tasty and healthy wild ginseng.
What are you going to do?
What else? I'll have to climb walls if I must
Don't tell me... You cannot be a thief again.
Then, what? Don't just say I shouldn't, come up with an alternative.
You don't even have an alternative.
Give it to me.
I was passing by. May I have a sip of water?
Yes, Monk.
I can't just leave because I've been treated to a precious persimmon.
I wish you the best luck in this town.
Homage to the Bodhisattva Guan Yin.
This family is the richest and most wicked household in Jangdon County.
During the Japanese invasion, it stole a lot of food.
It charged high interest for rice and somehow kept it a secret.
- They deserve to die. - I'll say.
After stealing military provisions, they starved the soldiers and
starved the soldiers' families through usury.
They killed the people twice.
Right. They're really bad people.
Shall I rob them?
No.
What now?
It's not enough to merely rob them.
Here.
Who drew this?
I know it wasn't you.
That's not important. Can you make it or not?
I can't make it exactly.
It just needs to get close. That's all that matters.
How many horses?
(How many horses?)
Why two? Why not three or four?
Three is for secret royal inspectors!
Two horses look the best to me. Just two.
She really was the one who drew this.
I'll have it made for you, so come for it tomorrow.
I have one request.
You're already freeloading off me, but you have a request on top of that?
Hey! Back in the day when you were dying at Cheonggye Stream, I—
Yeah, keep milking me for the rest of my life, you rotten blackguard!
I told you, this was the last time!
I want you to spread some rumors for me.
What kind of rumor?
Kim Gae Si.
You don't know who Kim Gae Si is?
So she's a good-for-nothing high-ranking court lady who released some investigators, who...
Selling legal wife certificates
They are selling legal wife certificates.
Legal wife certificates?
You don't need to know. Oh right!
So this... this really is the last thing.
Could you get us two sets of noblemen's clothes and two horses?
Get lost!
I'm dying!
Hearing you sound like a pig getting his gullet pulled out, I guess you haven't died yet.
I thought those cold-blooded men came back for another session of leg-screw torture!
When will they move her grave?
By saying we shouldn't move the grave on a cursed day,
I was able to buy us some time.
If they move the grave, they'll find out that the coffin is empty.
What do you plan to do?
Before that happens, we must find your sister-in-law at any cost and put her in that coffin.
Have someone follow Court Lady Jo.
You mean someone besides Sam Wol?
If things go awry, even if it is Court Lady Jo's, shouldn't we put someone's body in that coffin?
It hurts...
It hurts!
What kind of man fusses about pain so much?
I'm done.
No you're not. There's one more spot left.
W-where do you mean?
Below where you just applied the paste.
Below where?
I don't see it...
Where is—
You disgusting scoundrel!
Oh dear me!
H-hurry and pull your shirt back down.
Court Lady Jo.
Wh-what do you need?
Since when were you so pretty?
Stop saying such nonsense and just eat your food.
Can you even laugh in a situation like this?
Because of you spilling everything, your brother or friend will most probably be caught and killed.
Who? Ba Wu?
Come hither!
How did you come here?
Oh dear, I dropped this.
For crying out loud, you should be more careful.
I will be more careful, sir.
Mapae? Mapae: A round tablet used by Joseon officials to use government horses.
Yes. I'm sure it was a mapae which I have only heard about before.
Then, might they be the ones the rumors were talking about, regarding the royal treasury?
It does seem that way, but their faces are a little...
And their voices sound really suspicious.
For now bring them in, and prepare the servants, just in case.
Yes, my lady.
Should I tell them to prepare food too?
Do that.
I thought you were hungry. Why are you only staring at the food?
I just thought of somebody.
Are you talking about Cha Dol?
Hyeong-nim, please just stay alive.
Is my Court Lady Jo here yet?
I'm so bored.
Court Lady Jo.
Everything Chun Bae said was true.
However, ever since he left the temple at a young age, he hasn't returned.
What about the men we sent to Paju?
Forgive me.
I left the men there. If they find anything, they'll report to me right away.
If it's true his home is in Paju,
someone must also have seen Sister-in-law there too.
Have the wanted posters of her made again and send them to Paju once more.
Yes.
I am Mr. Yi who lives in Hanyang.
We've been had.
It looks like our secret identity has been uncovered.
It does appear so.
Lady An has such discerning eyes.
Let me introduce myself again.
I am Eunuch Yi in charge of internal investigations.
All internal affairs are wholly under the charge of eunuchs, Mother.
So that is why your voice and face were... please forgive me.
This is my first time meeting a eunuch, so I mistook you.
Not at all. It happens often, so don't fault yourself.
Then this gentleman?
This man is in Court Lady Kim Gae Si's personal employee.
I've heard a lot about the lady as the king's favorite!
Her grace is immeasurable.
Then what brings you to a backwaters place like this?
Since things have already turned out this way, why don't you tell them everything, my lord?
Carelessly talking about this could get even a lord into trouble.
Well, I suppose.
Among the available purchasable government certificates, have you heard of the wife certificates?
I've heard of government certificates, but this is the first time I've heard of a wife certificate.
With a wife certificate, even a wet-behind-the-ears concubine
can advance to 2nd or 3rd senior ranks,
attaining titles like Jeong and Suk respectively.
Particularly, if concubines can obtain the certificates,
because of the law prohibiting a concubine's child from obtaining a government position, there's no way she wouldn't get one.
Mother, we must buy this.
Sell me one of those certificates.
- Were you not the first wife? - I'm not.
What to do?
Just seeing the dignity of the wife, and the devoted bearing of the young master,
I thought you would obviously be the first wife.
Then what happened to the first wife?
That wench who couldn't produce a son was ousted a long time ago.
Then... she was sent to her family's home?
Do you think a woman ousted by her husband's home would be welcomed by her own?
I imagine she would be begging somewh—
Right now, that wretched woman is not important.
How much to buy that certificate?
It's such a precious item. With so many people demanding it, the price of it is...
If I become a legal wife,
if my precious son can become a government official,
if I had that much, I would give you billions of nyang. Please sell me one.
I beg this of you!
We beg this of you.
Sir Physician!
Move! Move!
Sir Physician! Sir Physician!
My mother collapsed again. Please look at her!
Take her away.
Please, even a few acupunctural needles is all I ask for, Sir Physician!
Her vitality is failing, it isn't something that can be solved with needles!
If you don't want to have her funeral here, take her away!
Then... at least some medicine!
You need to bring me money for me to give you medicine, you fool!
Take her away.
If you're here, come in. What are you doing dawdling at the gates?
Sir Physician! Sir Physician!
You have to save my mother!
Sir Physician!
Please, just a little medicine. Just a little medicine!
Did you bring the money?
Just hand over the wild ginseng.
For a physician, you can't even spare compassion for these people suffering from disease.
How could you be this obsessed with money?
I can't even imagine the physician you learned medicine from.
Has he even taught you the basics of medicine?
I learned it from Lord Gu Am, why?
Wh-who is Gu Am?
Don't you know the Royal Physician Heo Jun who wrote "Dongui Bogam of Eastern Medicine", you ignorant fool?
Do I look like a physician to know those kinds of things?
Then, did your wife work as a female physician in the palace to know who Lord Gu Am was?
I guess she could've gotten treatment from him at some point.
You little...! Who do you think he is?!
That man is a royal physician. Royal physician!
So that's why—!
For someone who supposedly studied under Gu Am, did you not read the "Treatise on Medicine" by King Sejo?
You can't even offer the bare minimum of paying attention to your patient's emotional health.
You're a failed physician, only interested in your patients' money. You should be ashamed!
Do you think I wanted to do this?!
Who doesn't want to treat those people? Does medicine just magically sprout from the ground wherever you dig?
This won't end in a couple of days.
What do you want me to do with people that even the country couldn't help?
And what about my household? Should I starve them to treat everyone too?
I understand. I understand.
I fully understand your position now, so just bring out the wild ginseng.
You have to bring money for me to give you the ginseng.
What are you waiting for? Let's hurry and give him the money so we can take the ginseng.
Take this and start treating the people waiting outside.
Are you crazy?!
And with this, feed them some rice.
I'll procure the money for the wild ginseng again.
Hey!
- How impudent! - To hell with my impudence!
Look here! What are you thinking?
Do you still think you're—?
Do you still think you're a princess?
It's because I'm not a princess that I can do all of this.
Let's cease bickering and leave.
We have to make new wife certificates. There is much work to do.
Senior wife, I've given you a discount.
I also would like to congratulate you. "To discount" and "to congratulate" are homonyms.
Senior 3rd rank concubine. I would like to congratulate you sincerely on becoming the senior wife.
If you wait a little while, you'll receive a letter of appointment.
Oh, thank you very much!
Thank you.
More than that, they will give you a lot!
How does it feel? Saving the people that the country's lords couldn't even save.
Well, it's not that bad.
But doesn't it look like there are more patients than before?
They've more than increased,
I've taken in more apprentices, but I don't even have enough time to eat.
Has this man lost his mind? How can you bring in more patients?!
What am I supposed to do? Rumors exploded
about the free food, beds, and treatment. Of course, I'm over capacity.
- Sir Physician! - Yes!
All right! I'm coming!
Let's talk later, all right?
So what are you going to do now?
What else can we do? We have to visit one more home.
They say "a thief who learns late doesn't notice the hours passing". They were talking about you!
What do you mean, "thief". There are nicer words like "benevolent scoundrel".
Why don't you just be Hong Gil Dong*? (an illegittimate child, he became a bandit helping the poor)
Come to think of it, you can't call your father, "Father", just like him—
Please ease your wrath, Your Majesty.
All of this is the fault of the Left State Councillor who is trying to impede your great resolution.
Do you truly believe that?
If the calves are larger than the thighs, you can't walk quickly.
Please do as you wish.
The calves are larger than the thighs, you say?
You also believe that Yi I Cheom's influence is greater than mine.
Your grace is immeasurable, Your Majesty.
That wasn't what I meant—
If it isn't, go ahead and explain, what do you mean?
Your Majesty—
Explain what it was you meant.
Did I not tell you to explain yourself!
Please kill me, Your Majesty!
Get out of my sight.
Your Majesty...
I said, get out of my sight.
Hwa In...
The view is spectacular.
Is it to your liking?
How is it?
Would this much not be enough for you?
Now.
Here.
My lady!
What is it?
Well...
Who is it?
He says he is the eunuch in charge of investigations.
What did you say?
You must capture them immediately!
I was told by Court Lady Kim to be wary of ruffians who would impersonate the eunuch and harass ignorant people.
It's those very people!
Come to think of it, I remember Lord Jeon Su saying that when I was leaving the palace.
What are you doing? You must immediately have your servants capture those ruffians!
Then do you mean those men are frauds?
What do you think will happen if those people realize you knew and ran away?
- You must capture them immdiately. - Yes!
We must leave!
Look here!
How dare you!
Who the heck are you? How dare you impersonate a eunuch?
What do you mean by "impersonate"? I am Eunuch Investigator Yi Deok Pal.
Who in the world are you two?
Gracious. This is the real Eunuch Investigator, Yi Deok Pal.
What? You're Yi Deok Pal?
Yes! I am Yi Deok Pal! Who are you?
I owe a life's debt to this man. He rescued me.
Permit Hwa In's grave to be moved.
If the calves are larger than the thighs...
Hwa In.
You can't walk quickly.
Bossam - Steal the Fate
Because of me, you and Cha Dol are being chased and are in danger.
Don't do it again.
Do you per chance consider these your new family, and do you intend to live with them?
You must bring her back alive, understand?
Dae Yeop is troubling me,
Investigate every single person he's interacted with.
Let's do a job together.
Are you telling me to put my head into the jaws of a tiger?
It's a fire! It's a fire!
I will leave first.
One of you two must die here.