(This drama is a work of fiction created based on historical facts.)
(Most of the details and depictions of the characters are fictional.)
What are you thinking about?
On the day of Grandpa Song Chu's 60th wedding anniversary party,
did you see who Lady Gil Chae looked...
as soon as she heard the news of the war?
They...
took His Majesty captive!
She looked at Young Master Yeon Jun.
I knew it.
Did I...
look at that stone?
And I saw who Gil Chae was looking.
(My Dearest)
(Episode 4)
This is the fastest way to Heomcheon.
If you go this way, you will see a tavern before the three-way intersection.
If you mention my name,
the lady will add one more ladleful of broth to your soup...
Thanks.
Let us get going.
Let us get going too, Gu Jam.
Right.
Are you not coming with us?
I told you.
I have no intention of joining the volunteer army.
I simply followed you to see how you handle...
my precious horses and armor.
It seems you have learned the way to handle the horse.
I will be going now. Let us go.
A man as cowardly as him cannot possibly be from a noble family.
The rumor that he bought himself a new identity...
to become the nobility must be true.
Look.
He is a savior who lent us his horses.
He simply wants to impress the ladies.
Let us go.
I boasted to Jong Jong that I was joining the volunteer army.
Look where we are. This is embarrassing.
Goodness, I am famished.
Should I cook?
By the way, why are we here?
We should be fleeing to somewhere further away.
This is the only path the foreign intruders can take.
Your Majesty.
Considering the state of things,
we must ask for reinforcement.
They promised to preserve the government as long as Joseon became...
their subject...
You have not learned anything.
You trust the foreign intruders' words?
Have you forgotten about the Jingkang Incident?
(The Jingkang Incident was an incident where Jin Dynasty besieged...)
(and sacked the imperial palaces of Northern Song Dynasty.)
When the soldiers of the Jin Dynasty besieged the palace,
Emperor Qinzong left the palace, trusting the words...
that they would preserve the government.
But the foreign intruders of the Jin Dynasty took...
Emperor Qinzong and his 3,000 men to Jin.
They made the emperor and ministers' women their concubines and prostitutes.
(Changgi: prostitute)
And yet you want to trust their words and leave the palace...
to preserve the government.
They are trying to talk us into leaving the palace...
only to repeat what they did during the Jingkang Incident?
Do you not realize that?
Your Majesty,
Emperor Qinzong refused to listen to General Zongwang when he suggested...
that they attack the retreating Jin army.
Instead, he dismissed the general from office.
As a result, the spirit of the soldiers was dampened,
and they never recovered from it.
You must prepare for the final battle...
and raise the spirit of the soldiers.
- Your Majesty. - Your Majesty.
Thinking about you protecting the palace...
in this bitter coldness, wearing shabby clothes,
and eating the bare minimum,
I am agonized as if my whole body is poked with needles.
However, the negotiation for peace is already out of the question,
and war is the only option we have got.
If reinforcements arrive from all areas and aid us,
we will be able to defeat the enemies without a doubt.
Hold out until the reinforcement arrives...
and serve the country together.
That is...
one noble command, Your Majesty.
- That is one noble command, Your Majesty. - That is one noble command, Your Majesty.
That is one noble command, Your Majesty.
Soon Yak.
- Father. - Boy.
Why did that stone get involved?
By the way, why did I look at him at the news of the war?
No way.
Eun Ae must have seen it wrong.
Right, Jong Jong?
I saw it too.
What?
I was startled when I heard the news that the war had broken out,
and I naturally looked at you.
And I found you looking at that man who does not believe in...
I mean, Young Master Jang Hyun.
Me?
Why did I?
Why on earth would I look at that stone,
that plant-like man, the man who does not believe in marriage?
Gil Chae.
You put your hair up?
They only discussed our marriage,
but I consider myself Young Master Yeon Jun's wife.
You are like his wife.
She is unbelievable.
Anyway, Gil Chae.
I am on my way to pray at Seonghwangdang.
Do you want to come along?
Let us go and pray for the young masters' safe return.
I have never done this before.
Gosh, it is cold.
Here.
Please.
Dear God, please protect the young masters.
Please keep the young masters warm on a cold day.
Please illuminate their paths.
- Please. - Protect them from swords.
When they encounter the foreign intruders,
help the young masters break their limbs and grind their bones.
Make their brains burst, their skins peeled,
and their necks twisted.
Make sure they never invade our land again.
Dear God, please protect the young masters.
Please keep the young masters warm on a cold day.
Please illuminate their paths.
My arm!
My arm.
My arm...
Hey!
Soon Yak!
That is odd.
I brought Lady Gil Chae's perfume pouch.
Physician! Is there a physician around?
You.
You fancy Lady Gil Chae, do you not?
Lady Gil Chae...
fancied you too.
But because...
you got engaged to Lady Eun Ae,
a bloke like myself had a chance too.
Soon Yak.
I was lucky...
Had I known this would happen,
I would have told her...
that day.
Look, I fixed the swing.
Give it a little push, will you?
- Pardon me? - Hurry.
Right. Sure thing.
All right.
There!
- Harder. Push harder. - Harder?
My, the breeze feels so nice.
There!
My lady!
She has no idea.
Thanks to her,
I...
became a real man.
To me,
she is...
Soon Yak.
Hey.
Soon Yak!
Soon Yak...
General Kwon Jung Gil's army from Gangwon Province...
and even Governor Jung Se Kyu's army in Chungcheong Province lost.
Even Lee Eui Bae's army lost on their way to rescue them.
What are they trying to do?
How come they are focused on killing off the reinforcements...
instead of attacking the Palace where I am?
Now, I know...
what they are trying to do.
Do you remember the Battle of Dalinghe?
In the Year of Sinmi, Jin besieged Ming's Dalinghe...
with its 40,000 soldiers.
They dug deep trenches around the fortress...
and beat all the reinforcements to isolate Dalinghe.
It is exactly what the foreign intruders are doing now.
As they remained besieged, they started running out of food.
So some soldiers killed the workers who were building the fortress walls...
and ate them.
When Dalinghe surrendered and opened the fortress gates,
only half of the 30,000 Dalinghe residents...
remained alive,
which means 15,000 residents...
did not die while fighting.
They starved to death.
They are trying...
to besiege us and lock us in so that we would starve to death.
My arm...
Where is my arm?
My arm...
Where is my arm?
My arm!
Jun Jeol.
You must survive, no matter what.
My arm.
My arm!
We have done our best.
Let us return.
When we are so close to His Majesty?
I will head back.
I wish to return to Neunggun-ri.
If you wish to return, go for it.
I will keep going by myself.
Hey.
I dozed off.
Where did he go?
Jang Hyun!
What is it?
I hear the horses.
They are coming.
They will loot the village down there and make their way up.
I will go up that mountain...
and make smoke signals to inform the other villages.
You should take Ryang Eum and hide in that place I told you about.
Oh, Ryang Eum went to the village.
What?
When?
Earlier. He said he had to go to the village to get something.
I will go and find Ryang Eum.
Go up the mountain and raise the smoke signal.
Keep the smoke going for hours. Do you understand?
Yes.
Come and have a look.
My goodness.
Come here and have a look.
I just received a new shipment from Qing.
There are many rare items.
Take your time and browse around.
Goodness. This is too old.
I am sorry. I lost the dagger you gave me.
My gosh!
How did you...
Come along.
I am sorry.
You said you had lost the dagger, so...
Did I ask you to get a new one?
If something bad had happened to you...
Let us go.
Once again,
he saved me.
- Please protect them. - Dear deities.
- Protect them so they can return safely. - Please...
Please protect them.
Dear deities, please protect our young masters.
- Please... - Please... Ouch.
Their legs must not feel numb, unlike my legs.
- Be quiet. - Gosh.
- Oh, no. - Please help them.
Please watch over them.
Please watch over them and keep them safe.
Please keep them safe.
And do me a favor.
Over there.
If you see smoke from the top of that mountain,
promise to flee.
Please help them.
However,
there had not been any intruders even in the Year of Jeongmyo.
How can you be certain that the smoke is signaling the arrival of our enemies?
That is what that man, Lee Jang Hyun, clearly told me.
He told me to flee when I saw the smoke.
She is saying that is what Jang Hyun said.
Lee Jang Hyun.
It is a mystery what goes on in his head.
But he has always been sincere with everything he told us.
Madam Bang Doo.
We ought to pack this too.
My lady.
- Pack water or silk. Pack the silk first. - Okay.
Gosh. We should leave the cauldron behind.
Dig deeper.
Yes, my lady.
My lady, how could you worry about your shoes now?
These are the most valuable things I have.
No!
Where are you headed?
I am thinking about going to Uiseong.
Be safe.
Please be safe.
Listen carefully.
At times like this, the only thing...
women must remember is to keep their chastity, nothing else.
When women are violated by the foreign intruders,
they will face death.
And how could women continue to live...
even after a brief encounter?
Please stop.
Let us go, Eun Ae.
Keep that in mind.
Let us go.
Oh, right.
I forgot to put the lid on the jar.
Go on with the ladies and wait for me at the dock.
Yes? Go ahead.
Please get on the boat.
All right. Please get on the boat first.
Gil Chae, you should get on the boat first.
You too, Eun Ae.
No! I do not want to go!
You should cross the river first with Young Chae and Je Nam.
I will cross the river with Jong Jong after you.
He does not want to ride the boat with me.
They need your protection.
I will cross the river with Gil Chae.
Eun Ae.
But where is Grandma Yi Rang?
What?
What are you doing here?
Gosh.
The intruders are always accompanied by the crows.
It was just like this ten years ago.
They must be close.
You noticed that too...
at our 60th wedding anniversary party, right?
The masters wore the clothes they cherished the most.
Given the walking speed of the ladies and the masters,
the intruders will catch them in no time.
I have killed a lot of those intruders back in my day.
Let us get rid of them quickly and join them.
They have all fled.
Find the silk they have hidden...
and women who have not fled yet.
- Yes, sir! - Yes, sir!
I have found silk!
Who is it?
Find the men who are ambushing us!
- Father... - We cannot take the boat.
We must find another way.
We must take another path.
Where?
Get up. We must go.
- We must go now. - Yes.
It is him.
Hey!
You old devils.
You bought time by tricking us.
The women and the money must be...
somewhere nearby.
Go find them.
No.
Let us go.
I will take you to a physician.
Do not say that.
You must meet a better man next time.
Right.
Let us...
meet again in the next life as man and wife.
I will become a successful farmer and give you a good life.
Never mind.
It does not matter to me...
that you cannot speak.
I love everything about you.
Footprints.
Chase after them.
We have to go.
Go.
There.
Quiet.
We are saved.
They are gone.
Madam Bang Doo.
The child.
What is going on?
It is good that they have all fled.
No.
Goodness.
Madam.
Do not cry.
They wanted to die together, and they got their wish granted.
I have to catch these punks.
Catch them? Who?
Those intruders that killed Grandpa Song Chu.
They must have spread out everywhere, robbing people.
The three of us will do this?
What is wrong?
You said as a man, I must wield the sword...
and punish bad men.
I have no interest in saving the King,
but I cannot forgive those who did this to Grandpa Song Chu.
I am coming with you.
Darn it.
Come on.
I told you not to make any sound.
Come on. Keep it down.
Keep quiet. Please.
What do we do?
What should we do?
Jong Jong,
you know how to act as a midwife, right?
Me?
I cannot do it.
I spent my whole life serving you.
I have never done anything else.
Who is going to act as the midwife then?
Right.
I will try.
Please check how dilated it is.
Move aside.
Blood...
- Lady Eun Ae! - Eun Ae.
Lady Eun Ae!
Lady Eun Ae...
What do we do?
Can you see the baby's head?
I am not sure.
Blood... All I can see is blood.
Touch it to see how dilated it is.
What? Touch it?
This much?
It has dilated this much.
Then...
it will be a while...
I see it!
- I see the head. - How much of it do you see?
A chestnut...
No, like a persimmon of this size.
Hang in there and push a little harder.
Make no sound.
You are almost there.
Push just a little harder.
Pull out the baby.
What? Pull it out?
I have it. I am holding the baby.
My lady!
Baby...
Oh, baby. Do not cry.
Please do not cry. Please, baby...
Do not cry, please.
Do not cry.
Come here.
Gil Chae.
You did it.
Gil Chae, I knew you would...
It is cold.
It is too cold.
If my baby is left like this,
it will die.
Bang Doo...
Madam Bang Doo.
What is wrong?
Madam Bang Doo!
Madam Bang Doo, no...
Jong Jong, stay right next to her.
Pardon?
Eun Ae.
- Eun Ae! - What?
Hold Madam Bang Doo in your arms,
or her baby will freeze to death.
I will look for things we could use.
Quick!
Excuse me.
The intruders...
I am sorry.
Madam Bang Doo...
She has a baby.
Her baby might freeze to death in this cold weather.
I am truly sorry.
Truly... I am sorry.
Look what I found.
Jong Jong, mix the grain powder with some water...
and give it to Madam Bang Doo.
I will go and take another look around.
Gil Chae.
Gil Chae!
Gil Chae.
Is that you, Gil Chae?
Are you alone?
Where are the other girls?
Darn it.
I came here because I heard Joseon was full of fair-skinned women and silk.
My family is waiting for me to bring silk...
and the hostages.
But you are very pretty. You will be worth at least two hostages.
Before I hand you over,
I ought to have some fun!
No!
When women are violated by the foreign intruders,
they will face death.
And how could women continue to live...
even after a brief encounter?
Gil Chae.
Nothing happened to me today.
But people might not believe me.
So can you not tell...
You and I slipped...
and rolled down the mountain.
Our clothes got ripped, and we bled.
You...
never met a foreign intruder.
I...
never killed anyone.
Nothing...
happened...
to us today.
My lady.
Madam Bang Doo.
I am sorry, my lady.
Do not make me talk.
I will get hungry if I talk.
My lady.
We just have to climb over that mountain.
Let us go to Bul Kang in Geumdure. He is the one who is living on our field.
His wife is a great cook.
Let us ask her to give you some white rice in beef seaweed soup.
We can ask her to make some taffy for us too.
And some rice punch too.
It sounds tasty, does it not?
Just...
hang in there.
Who is that?
Go and check.
Kill him!
I know.
You are my husband-to-be, are you not?
But...
where are you right now?
I am...
terrified and exhausted.
He has come.
My husband-to-be has really...
Who is that ugly jerk?
Women!
Jong Jong, grab the baby and run!
- Now! Get up! - What?
- Get up. - They are over here!
Run!
No!
Are you okay?
Lady Gil Chae.
Watch out, my dear!
Are you okay?
You are not hurt?
You are bleeding.
By the way, Lady Gil Chae.
Did you just call me...
"my dear?"
(My Dearest)
You have been wanting to make me your husband.
Will you keep teasing me?
I feel sorry to disregard your feelings.
Why do not we spend some time getting to know each other?
How much time should we spend getting to know each other?
There is a rumor that Khan is here.
Will Joseon people be safe?
I will risk my life and check...
if Khan is really here.
Where are you going?
I need to finish chasing after those I was chasing.
You were only saying that we should get to know each other...
as an easy way out, were you not?
Do you wish me to stay?
(Subtitles are provided by KOCOWA.)