(This drama is a work of fiction created based on historical facts.)
(Most of the details and depictions of the characters are fictional.)
There is...
only one thing I desire.
Your heart that only cares for me and no one else.
If you can just tell me that you will never think of him again,
I will not go to Simyang.
I guess that will not happen.
I will give it to you.
You can have my heart.
So...
please stay.
Please stay.
Stay with me.
(My Dearest)
Baby, baby, my baby
Baby, baby, my pretty baby
My treasure, go to sleep
Grow well, my small baby
Gentle, small wind
Even birds fly to their nests
Stop!
Here comes His Majesty.
You are...
Your Majesty.
You.
Go away.
In Joseon, someone spread a false rumor...
to the Qing troops that smallpox had spread.
By any chance, are you...
the one who spread...
that rumor?
I have already told General Yong Gol Dae...
regarding that.
General Yong Gol Dae.
You...
tell me.
Did you fail to sniff out a rat like Ha Seo Guk?
Or is he...
just a pitiful subject who got lost in the war?
Your Majesty.
He does not have what it takes to be a spy.
How can I possibly not spot a spy?
Rarely do we have a competent spy.
Yuan Chong Huan of Ming died...
thanks to a double spy tactic, after all.
(Bangangye: using captured spies against their country)
You mean...
You sly fox!
Now,
you have attested to my worth.
Even if you hate me, you cannot kill me easily.
Fine.
I shall spare your life for now.
However,
prove that you are not a rat first.
(Episode 9)
Thank you.
Go and wash up.
You smell.
How did you get released?
Tell me the details.
From now on,
hunt the escaped Joseon captives on your own.
That is just how I am.
I am...
someone who belongs neither here nor there.
Yes.
You do not belong on either side.
But for me,
I belong to your side.
Prove that I am not a rat?
How dare you feed him trash?
Well...
Hey, give it back.
- Give me! - No.
- Give it back! - Do not eat it.
How embarrassing. Forget it.
In that case,
I will give you an extra doe of barley.
What will you use it for?
If I bring her a girl's sanitary cloth, she can give birth to a boy.
My madam keeps asking me to get one for her.
Think of it as a kind deed.
What are you doing?
What did you try to sell?
Do not reprimand Young Chae.
That...
belonged to your mother.
Let us sell it.
We may be able to endure it,
but Je Nam and Dae Bok...
will starve to death.
Just the top?
Any skirts?
I only have the top.
Only two hop of barley?
This is an exquisite top.
Goodness.
You gave me a top without a skirt.
- But... - Jong Jong.
Let us go.
Look at her selling her clothes,
yet she acts like a noble with a servant.
I apologize.
I have no choice.
Are you asking us to die?
I cannot do anything as it is banned in the Qing.
- Is he not... - Sir.
the officer who saved us at Ganghwa Island?
- Come on. - How can you do this?
My lady.
It has been a while.
What brings you here?
Goodbye.
Jong Jong.
Oh, goodness.
Does this forge belong to you?
Yes.
Please eat up.
You said the forge was yours, right?
Right. Yes.
It is a forge that has been run by my family for a long time.
Originally, officers had to prepare...
their own swords and arrows.
But why were the blacksmiths not working?
The war is over.
And the Qing prohibited Joseon from making any weapons,
so I have no work for them.
Then they can make other stuff.
A lot of families...
lost pots and plates from the war.
We need nails and hinges...
to replace the doors of the houses that caught on fire,
- and... - I am not sure.
I heard bronze bowls and farming equipment...
were made at my forge in the past,
but I have never made stuff like that.
What if...
I were to help you?
That is absurd.
How could you do something that is rough for even the blacksmiths?
I can.
I can do it.
What do you want to make?
I saw a mold for bronze bowls.
I heard you made bronzeware here in the past.
Yes, originally, bronze bowls and miscellaneous farming equipment...
were made here.
But after the invasion in the Year of Jeongmyo,
we only made weapons.
That is great.
Make the bronze bowls again.
The bronze bowls?
If we want to make the bowls,
we need copper.
My goodness.
I cannot believe he gave us ten precious rolls of cotton fabric.
With these, we can survive for three months... No.
With one meal a day, we can survive for a year.
What about after that?
Should we go to him again and ask him for more?
We can think about that when the time comes...
This is worth five mun.
Do you not know it is 1 doe of rice for 1 mun?
Goodness. What year are you living in?
After the war, rice is as precious as gold.
Even if you bring me ten mun of tongbo,
it is not even worth half doe of barley!
- How pitiful. - What in the world?
- Tongbo is not worth anything now. - What are you saying?
- I cannot believe you. - I know, right?
He should just make dishes with those.
If we want to make the bowls,
we need copper.
Go around and exchange these with coins.
If we haggle for a good bargain, we can buy them at a giveaway price.
Are you saying we should exchange...
this precious cotton fabric with dirt-cheap tongbo?
With these, I can cook meat soup for Young Master Je Nam,
and our Dae Bok will also be able to...
- smell... - Do as I say.
Do you want to eat meat just once,
or do you want to eat it every day?
If you will not accept tongbo, what will you accept? Why you...
How dare you yell at me?
Just give me 1 doe of rice.
- I will give you tongbo. - You...
Why are you two fighting?
- I cannot believe you. - Come over here.
My gosh.
Sell me your tongbo.
I will buy it for double the price.
- "Double?" - How much can I buy...
with this amount of tongbo?
This much.
Come on.
Give me this much.
- I cannot. - What is it?
- Those are tongbo, right? - Yes.
Why are you carrying it around when it is so heavy?
Follow me.
- I will sell it for you. - Are you serious?
- Oh, my goodness. - This way.
Here you go.
Here are my tongbo.
One.
Make a line. Please stand in line.
One.
Here you go.
Make a line.
Stand in line!
Are you saying you sold the cotton fabric...
for these useless coins?
- Gosh. - Gosh.
Melt these and make dishes.
These coins may be useless,
but bronze bowls are rare right now.
My lady.
It is illegal to melt tongbo...
and make other goods.
Officer,
one roll of cotton fabric cannot be bought...
with even 100 mun of tongbo right now.
But if we melt the tongbo and make bronze bowls...
Who would want to buy...
expensive bronze bowls at a time like this?
Since you are the eldest grandson of your family,
you should be aware of how precious...
performing memorial services are to noblewomen.
You do not know how much they lament because they have to use...
gourd bowls after their bronze bowls...
were stolen during the war.
Just wait and see.
As I was fleeing, I noticed that every woman...
had either a jade ring or some type of gold.
If bronze bowls become available to buy, they will give those up.
They ran away, risking their lives.
Do we really have to catch our fellow Joseon people?
I do not like this, either.
Do we have to do this?
They are also people who catch escapees...
and sell them.
Do we really have to do what they are doing?
Go back. Move back.
Go back.
Do not do it if you do not want to.
I can do it myself.
Run!
Hey!
- Here. - There we go.
If you polish it, it will become glossy.
People will speak ill of you if you do stuff like this.
I just want to see it quickly.
Look at this.
It is a bronze bowl.
The useless coins became precious bronzeware.
Why did you not repair the tongs in advance?
Is this how you have been working?
Officer Gu may have been lenient,
- but I will not let it slide. - Okay.
Goodness.
- Move faster. - Okay.
She said she would give us half of the profit.
If you do not give it to us,
I am going to hit your mouth until it becomes flat.
Hey, she is going to hear you.
She is still a noblewoman.
"Noblewoman?"
How poor is her family...
for her to work outside of the house?
Goodness.
She is poor herself, but she keeps bossing us around.
How unsightly.
- Keep your mouth shut. - Gosh.
You see...
Eun Ae.
And you still call yourself a Joseon man?
Shame on you!
Goodness.
The blue man is nowhere to be seen today.
You know the man wearing a blue mask on his face.
I have never seen such a slim-figured man as him. He is so quick too.
Right?
Let us go.
Cut one heel each and send it to their masters.
Yes, My lord.
Please spare us!
Let me go!
Let me go! Darn you all!
You have caught quite a few of them.
You are resourceful.
Capturing fleeing prisoners...
is a matter of great importance to His Majesty.
I told you, did I not?
I will become a useful man.
Is there anything else you need?
You are one impertinent fellow.
You think you can get me whatever I need?
If it is something I can do,
I shall do it for you, whatever that may be.
I need money...
to bribe my superiors.
If you allow me to trade on this land,
I will give you 5 on top of 5.
By the way, why are you having no fun?
Are you afraid that I may have poisoned your drink?
What?
You see,
I cannot do business with a man...
who does not enjoy...
drinking or being with women.
Please stop.
You are a strong man.
Drink up.
My lord.
- You are cute. - He is.
Drink with us.
He is easy to read.
General.
Let us go over there.
Drink up.
This is boring.
I know.
I know you are not real.
There is no way you are really here.
Why?
Did you not know?
This is how I play.
This is who I really am.
This is me.
I am a dreadful man.
Summon Jang Hyun now.
Your Highness, that is not it.
Summon Jang Hyun right away.
Now!
You have been providing bamboo medicine to Dorgon...
and the royal family behind my back?
Is that how you won over Yong Gol Dae and spared your life?
How dare you make...
the Crown Prince of Joseon someone who flatters them?
I did not flatter them.
You gave them a helping hand.
Who would think that?
Who would?
Right.
You have been this way since the beginning.
You looked down...
on me, my father,
and the royal court of Joseon.
It was not just you.
I hear the scholars of Joseon are refusing to take office...
and going into forest, refusing to be part of the corrupt royal court.
But do you know what you are mistaken about?
When faced with threats from foreign intruders,
His Majesty ordered the release of grains...
from the royal granary to supply each area.
When the court officials attacked Choi Myung Gil, His Majesty protected him.
When Kim Ryu advised retreating to Ganghwa Island,
His Majesty instructed sending...
the old and infirm first.
But no one knows.
No one realizes it.
Some curse His Majesty for failing to appease...
the foreign intruders and getting invaded.
The others curse His Majesty for bending over backward...
trying to please the foreign intruders.
How can we stop them...
from disrespecting His Majesty?
How can we?
But why are you so angry, Your Highness?
Could it be that Your Highness...
considers His Majesty, who could not protect you,
as incompetent?
Shut it!
But that is not it, Your Highness.
They did not invade us...
because His Majesty is incompetent.
Your Highness,
based on my long dealings with them,
I have come to realize that as the confrontation with the Ming...
draws near, they wanted to keep Joseon in check...
and obtain Joseon's provisions and soldiers.
For this purpose, they would have invaded Joseon,
using any excuse they could muster.
The talk of war arising from the incompetence...
of the Joseon king and court...
It is simply their ploy...
to shift the blame for the war...
onto Joseon.
Would Your Highness also fall victim to their cunning scheme?
However, Your Highness...
Khan is more cunning...
and crafty than anyone.
He grew up in the midst of feuds with his own brothers.
He even witnessed his father, Nurhaci, kill his eldest brother.
So,
when he became Khan, one of the first things he did...
He subdued his rival Dorgon...
by burying his mother alive.
(Soonjang: burying people alive along with the dead king)
The people you are up against...
are those...
who will abandon everything to stay alive.
When it comes to their own lives,
they are desperate enough to go as far as...
to kill their son, brothers, and mother.
For such people,
what will Your Highness' life mean to them?
Please sit.
Why has Joseon...
not sent their military resources?
Send over 5,000 seok of rice right now...
and inform His Majesty...
of what you will deliver to Bonghwangseong.
After going to war with the intruders,
scholars said that all Joseon folk can do now...
is to die honorably...
or grovel for the rest of their lives.
Do you also think so, Your Highness?
Are you saying...
there is another way out?
Yes, Your Highness.
It is one...
that requires immense courage.
That is to confront the intruders...
so that you may...
live on with pride.
We do not have time to grovel or die.
You need to live.
Live on...
so that you can greet the bright days ahead.
General.
While I am eager to send the military provisions,
it will be difficult to produce all 5,000 seok of rice at once.
Perhaps we can make it up with some millet instead.
What do you think?
A mix of rice and millet is fine.
Make sure you send it on time.
The Crown Prince sent in...
a mix of rice and millet as tribute?
Yes, Your Majesty.
It would have been tough to send in 5,000 seok of rice at once.
Thanks to His Highness,
the burden on our people has been relieved...
and the Qing were extremely pleased.
That is great to hear.
However, I heard that...
the Crown Prince has been learning Manchu...
and he also followed Khan by participating in Taoist rituals.
After seeing him join the Taoist rituals one day,
Khan was apparently overjoyed, or so I heard?
We will keep this for your father's rites.
I am counting on you.
If only I could do it myself.
My lady. People are already gossiping...
about you for making men work as a noble lady,
how can you sell things?
That will only happen over my dead body.
So many things will happen over your dead body.
Make sure you visit the big houses...
and ask if they need bronzeware.
- I am counting on you. - Yes, my lady.
Do not worry, my lady.
My husband may not be the brightest,
but he is great at bargaining.
I will make sure to sell everything in half a day.
Goodness.
I will sell everything!
Have a safe trip.
She made bronze bowls at the forge?
Yes.
And she saved one for me so that I could use it...
for Father's rites.
You will be amazed by Gil Chae's acumen.
Ladies should not be out and about.
It is my fault.
All of us are doing fine.
I let you know so that you would not worry.
Everything aside,
I found a way to stop you from being exiled.
There is someone who can sway the scholars' opinions.
He wants to exonerate those who have been imprisoned...
for refusing to follow the Qing.
He was in the woods for a long time...
but he came out...
during the war to gather troops...
and fight against the intruders.
As his wisdom transcends that of others,
people call him the saint of Joseon.
Are you the wife of Nam Yeon Jun, a former Senior Sixth Rank officer?
Do you know my husband?
He rejected being promoted to serve the Qing...
and was stripped of his post. Nam Yeon Jun, the righteous subject.
How could I not know his name?
I heard that you are gathering people to help...
people like my husband.
- Therefore... - Did Officer Nam...
send you here?
No.
I came here after hearing of your reputation.
This matter...
is not up to me, but your husband.
When your husband refused to go to the Qing,
he lost His Majesty's favor.
What does he think of that matter now?
What are you selling?
You want to buy some?
I am selling bronze bowls.
What? You have such rare items?
In that case, you will be earning big money.
You think these are mine? They are my madam's.
Well, I will get some tips if I sell them all.
By the way, the shortcut to Bukchon...
is this way, right?
Goodness, no.
If you go there, you will have to take a big round.
You are a lucky one.
Just follow me. I am also heading to Bukchon.
Let us go together.
- But this path... - It is the longer way.
- Come on. Let us go. - Well...
All right then.
Let us go and sell some bronzeware.
I cannot believe you have them.
You idiot! You fool!
I know how important those bowls were.
My lady, I deserve to die.
Please kill me, my lady.
Oh, goodness.
Do you not know how precious they were?
Goodness.
They were so important.
Where are they? Where are those guys?
- Show me the way! - My lady!
- This way? - Yes.
They escaped ages ago.
You will not find them.
I will find them.
Where did they go?
Goodness.
My lady, can we just go back?
Hush.
- My lady! - Go with her.
Oh, dear. My lady!
You know...
My lady, do not go!
He was doing a business.
Give me back my bowls.
Did you come alone?
Give me back my bowls.
You must be here for the bronze bowls.
You came here alone with that small axe?
All right, here.
Come here and take them.
Bak Dae!
What? You came with Bak Dae?
Bak Dae?
But it is currently night, not day.
Bak Day! Where are you?
- Bak Day! - "Bak Day?"
- How dare they? Those weasels! - My friend!
What are you doing? Just take them.
You know, I found today's dinner too bland.
But a delicious treat just crawled in.
I know.
My bowls.
My lady.
We already got rid of them.
Why would we still have them?
She is so naive.
What?
- Let us run away. - Come on.
- Hurry.
- Darn it. - Come on.
My lady.
There is only one left.
My bowl... Only one.
We should stop now.
I am worried you are oppressing yourself.
There is still one left,
so I am going to sell this and make a profit.
This time, I will sell it myself.
My lady.
There are two now.
What will happen to our share?
What are we going to do about this?
What about the rice you promised?
It is not over yet.
So step aside, at once.
Jang Hyun.
The transaction went well.
We earned 5,000 nyang.
Exchange 500 nyang with white paper and send it to the royal men.
And exchange another 500 nyang...
with silk and send it to the royal women.
I will go to General Yong Gol Dae myself.
But Jang Hyun,
it is nice to make money,
but do you not think you are being too friendly with the intruders?
What is wrong with sucking up to a few people to win their favor?
If you do it too much, we will not be treated like humans back in Joseon.
Did you forget?
I was...
a churl to begin with.
- Please try this. - Enjoy.
Let us drink a lot.
Let us drink.
- Let us drink. - Let us drink.
I am satisfied.
Have you ever had food like this before?
It tastes good.
It is top-quality bamboo oil.
It is not easy for even Dorgon to own this.
It is only...
for those of you who are here.
What? Those are all ours?
They are the best products.
I am very satisfied.
So am I. Thank you so much.
I love it.
- Let us drink! - Let us drink!
I do need bronzeware,
but I do not have enough rice or fabric to buy these.
Instead of rice,
you have some jewelry, do you not?
You can pay with those instead.
They are two sets of top-quality bronzeware.
This will not be enough.
My lady.
You earned enough for 4 when we only had 2.
But...
who would buy a jade ring or a silver hairpin at a time like this?
I am going to a courtesan house.
The only people who would buy these are courtesans.
My goodness.
Why would you go to a courtesan house?
This time, no matter what, I will not let you...
I was expecting something more special.
Silver hairpins and jade rings are so common around here.
But still,
these were used by a noblewoman.
- The workmanship is different. - Goodness.
If noblewomen use them,
do silver rings become gold rings?
What do you think of this?
Then what do you think...
of wearing that and dancing like us courtesans?
We need to see if it would look good on us.
Stop...
Shall I?
What do you think?
Does it not shine?
The daughter of a noble family...
is sucking up to courtesans.
What did I tell you?
She may look fine on the outside,
but her life is doomed.
You are right. I heard she received bridal gifts once already.
Goodness.
What did you say?
- What did you just say? - What?
What did you just say?
Tell me. What did you say?
You punk.
How dare you yell at me when you lost the bronzeware?
What? You punk.
- Stop. - Let go.
- That is enough. - Stop it.
I will buy them.
How much do you want?
Rather than that,
I heard the Qing envoys visit this courtesan house often.
By any chance,
have you heard anything they said?
I did overhear the Joseon interpreters.
I do not want to be flogged after saying stuff like that.
(Chidogon: a round stick that was used to punish thieves)
I promise that this will not hurt you in any way.
I just want to know what kind of items...
they want to buy.
Is doing business with the intruders highly profitable?
Of course.
But it does require a tiny amount of effort.
"A tiny amount of effort?"
First,
you need to find owners of fields...
who do not have workers.
They will be happy as long as their crops do not rot,
and I...
will be happy to buy stuff at a cheap price.
If you do not harvest the ginger now, it will rot.
Why are you not harvesting the ginger?
All of my kids died...
because of the war.
I do not even have workers, so everything is about to rot.
If you need ginger, you can take them...
and pay me however you want.
My workers will harvest everything for you.
I will pay you for the ginger.
But...
you have to sell all the ginger you have.
He is not buying any ginger.
What do you want to buy?
Dried ginger...
I do not have any.
I want to sell it.
"Sell?"
I do not know if they will be worth much.
So how much are you going to sell them for?
Before, this container was full of dried ginger.
Why do I not see any today? By any chance...
My lady!
The Qing people are buying ginger.
The ginger everywhere else is sold out, so the seller gets to set the price.
They are buying everything, even if the price is tripled and quintupled.
The rice is here!
Oh, my gosh!
- Rice. - Goodness.
- Give it to us. - It is rice.
Can you put it over here?
- It is rice. - It is rice.
- How precious. - My goodness.
I made a mistake and only earned enough for three straw bags.
So instead of the half that I promised, I will share all the rice...
with you all.
- Goodness. - Go ahead.
You may go first.
With two sets of bronze bowls, I earned three straw bags worth of rice.
I know it is different from the amount that I promised at first,
but are any of you willing to trust me once again...
and work with me?
You said you would get at least half a bag of the rice,
- but we barely got this... - Well,
it has been so long since I have seen white rice.
If you will have us, I will work diligently.
Me too.
- Please hire me too. - Me too.
- Me too.
I will do it too.
Please hire me.
Thank you.
Take your time and look at them.
What do you think?
Would it not come in handy when you are faced with danger?
- My goodness. - Let me wear the ring too.
This hairpin is...
It is pretty.
- Let me try it on. - Yes.
That belongs here.
That goes here.
That goes there.
The beans belong here.
Thank you.
Thank you, My lady.
Thank you.
Goodness.
Next.
Goodness.
Eat a lot, Father.
You too, Je Nam.
Chew well and eat a lot.
- Okay. - Eat a lot. We have got a lot of rice.
You want meat?
Here it comes.
Is it good?
Eat more meat.
Meat.
These ornamental knives' sleek lines are top-notch,
and the colors are truly elegant.
They are neither too flashy nor too dull.
But that is not all.
We have also designed them to allow for a quick draw of the blade from the hilt,
although, of course, it would be preferable not to have to draw it at all.
What do you think?
Are they not incomparable to other knives?
Yes, they are excellent.
This is a reply from my husband.
If you ask me to go back to being an envoy and ask me again...
to kneel before the foreign intruders,
I will probably refuse once more.
I said to His Highness...
that being righteous is the only way to save Joseon.
If I were to bow to the foreign intruders for my own sake,
who would be moved by my actions...
to change the world?
It is not an act of defiance against Your Highness,
but rather following a greater sense of loyalty.
So, I shall patiently await the time when I can fulfill my greater loyalty,
my "time of sainthood," even if it means enduring exile.
"Time of sainthood."
My lord.
I wish to provide ink and paper to the scholars...
studying at the school.
Will you accept them?
Are you trying to win my favor...
with material wealth?
Would I ever do such a thing?
In the past, my father and Eun Ae's father...
established a small school where they taught young students.
Even Officer Nam studied there.
During these tumultuous times, Eun Ae's father passed away,
and my father is not in his right mind anymore.
We can no longer hear...
the gentle voices of the two men who used to teach the students.
Seeing you and the young students studying here,
it feels as if I am seeing my father again.
The papers and inkstones are...
a token of my feelings for my father.
Please accept them.
These are all petitions asking...
for Nam Yeon Jun to be released.
How can there suddenly be so many pleas from all eight provinces?
Your Majesty.
Is this also the work of Jang Chul?
People spit at me,
saying I am the king who bowed down...
to the foreign intruders.
While they praise Jang Chul as a man...
who defied the foreign intruders strongly.
If I turn away from Jang Chul's wishes,
he will surely say that a great man cannot spread his wings...
because the world is a filthy place.
I told you, did I not?
You are more reliable than...
a few weak scholars.
Right.
Now look.
Witness how I provide for my people.
By the end of today, we need to forge...
ten daggers and twenty rakes.
I have asked for two barrels of liquor and ten boiled chickens.
After the day's work, we shall feast heartily!
- Okay. - Okay.
Eat a lot.
We have alcohol too.
Thanks to your help, I gained a large profit.
I know.
That you are still...
just a rat.
However,
you have proven to be quite useful, so I will keep you by my side.
Do you want to hear the news you have been dying to hear?
His Majesty will allow the Crown Prince to visit Joseon soon.
Do not forget my hard work.
Do you understand?
Is it true...
that Khan allowed me to visit Joseon?
Can I visit my father...
at his chamber myself?
You sure can, Your Highness.
Your Highness.
Khan allowed the Crown Prince to visit Joseon?
Yes, Your Majesty.
Upon hearing the news that your health has deteriorated,
His Highness earnestly asked him to visit his father,
and the men were impressed by his heart.
I told them numerous times not to ask him to come...
since it is burdensome for the Crown Prince to make a visit.
Darn you all!
If the Crown Prince comes,
his first son will have to replace him in Simyang.
How can a young child make that perilous journey?
His Highness is going to Joseon?
Are we going back too?
Then I will go there first.
Why?
The Usimjeong in Hanyang has been left empty.
I will tidy it up...
and get the food ready.
What for?
No need for that fuss.
Who complains when the food is not good enough?
They are not made from thin air.
While you are there,
please tell Gil Chae that I am coming.
She loves to look prim and fancy.
I should give her some time to doll up.
(Hanyang Brazier)
More beef, please!
My, the beef looks glossy.
This place always has good quality beef.
Please dig in.
Beef grilled over a brazier is delicious.
Please have more.
Do you know what the people are saying about us?
Since we are often together,
they keep wondering about our relationship.
How silly.
Who cares about what they say?
Madam. Please pack some beef for me.
Please help yourself.
And this sleeve.
Here, let me.
Here, Je Nam.
Chew properly, all right?
Did you eat with the officer again?
You embarrass me.
What is her problem?
Be careful of the intruders.
Father.
Are you reminded of back when we lived in Neunggun-ri?
From now on,
I will protect you, Father.
I will take good care of Young Chae and Je Nam.
Our little Je Nam.
I will dress him in fine clothes...
and see that he passes the state exam.
I will marry Young Chae off...
with a trunk full of accessories.
Why are you here?
Gil Chae.
Will you really...
fill my trunk with silk before marrying me off?
Are you sure you want your embarrassing sister's help?
I just do not like people gossiping about you.
Tell them to go ahead.
Words will not kill me.
But an empty stomach will.
- Got it? - Of course.
By the way,
do you not like the officer?
It seems like he likes you.
Hey.
Go to sleep.
Do you still think of that person?
Stop thinking about a dead person.
I shall return with the most beautiful pair of floral shoes.
Liar.
I made this as a sample.
You can put chopsticks or an earpick in this dagger.
Or even a small pair of scissors.
It can cut fruits,
slice up herbs,
or even open chestnuts.
Is it used for eating only?
Well, I am not too familiar with women's tools.
I...
I should have another bowl of rice and soup.
- Madam. - Yes?
- Another bowl of rice and soup. - All right.
- A huge one, please. - Sure.
I need to eat a lot to feel full.
When I am full, I can steel my mind.
When my mind is steeled, I can then say what I want.
Well, my lady.
Please marry me.
I apologize.
Sorry for laughing.
Sorry.
Hearing that again...
really brings back memories.
In the past,
men pestered me to marry them whenever they saw me.
Those young Neunggun-ri men...
died and got injured in the war.
The others left Neunggun-ri.
I wonder where they are and what they are up to.
My lady, I...
I will pretend I never heard that.
Do not feel embarrassed.
That man is dead already, is he not?
Lady Gil Chae.
Lee Jang Hyun has arrived.
Like this?
The other way.
- Like this? - No, it is...
Jeez. Come on.
How frustrating.
Please do not come anymore.
I plan to try all kinds of delicacies,
and travel all around the country...
until I am 100 years old, you see.
Next time...
In the far, far away future...
Let us meet again.
I heard it was somewhere near here.
- Jang Hyun. - Yes?
Do you think she got married?
Perhaps that could be true if it were Young Master Yeon Jun,
but she could not have fallen in love with another man in such a short time.
Not Lady Gil Chae. I am talking about Jong Jong.
Darn it.
Come to think of it,
I feel bad saying this, but this is for the best.
What?
If Lady Gil Chae had to live in poverty,
the rich Lee Jang Hyun would not have left her mind.
If I show up,
she will want to run to me and hug me.
You have to react. Come on.
Buy bridal gifts!
I heard the new bride has a temper.
- Goodness. His voice... - Watch your mouth.
- is not powerful enough. - "New bride?"
I heard she already had marriage talks with someone before.
She is an old bride.
- You are right. - Buy bridal gifts!
Let us go.
Buy bridal gifts!
Is no one going to buy this?
Hurry inside.
What?
She is Madam Bang Doo, is she not?
Gosh, I cannot go inside.
Come on. Let us go inside.
- I cannot. - Why not?
Maybe if I see the face of the bride...
The bride is here.
Why would the bride come out herself?
I am here, so let us go inside.
Jong Jong.
(My Dearest)
Can you not live without a man?
Is there something wrong with that?
If you love men that much, why did you not give me a chance?
I thought you were dead.
Come with me.
Did you ask Lady Gil Chae to leave with you?
He has already left me multiple times.
But how can I trust him?
It is not considered a crime for a husband...
to kill his wife and the man she committed adultery with.
You do not know what she means to me.
What if people point their fingers at me and call me names?
It does not matter anymore.
I do not care what you think either.
I need you to be mine now.
(Subtitles are provided by KOCOWA.)