[This is a work of fiction. All the characters, groups, places, and incidents have no connection to historical facts. The use of animals during filming was done with props or special effects.]
You stupid butthole.
You selfish bastard!
You look like a bird's nest in a full moon.
Geez!
Screw you!
I was just talking to myself.
I did not say it to hurt anyone.
I was just so frustrated,
so I was only talking by myself in front of an empty pond.
The pond must have gotten so hurt.
What pond has ears...
I am sorry for cursing at you!
You were really upset by it, right?
Then, have a nice day.
Was I that harsh?
You bastard...
Yes.
You are harsh.
How would that not be so harsh?
But I also understand how you feel.
You took me in as a eunuch because you believed me,
and as a result, I was able to temporarily escape the life of a runaway
eating kudzu roots.
Not only that, you were sincere with me,
and you shared your secret with me.
You shared the secret that you could not tell anyone
for a long time with me...
So you probably felt a great sense of betrayal.
I understand that.
It would have hurt you.
When you read the suicide note of Shim Young,
you would have thought that everything about me was a lie,
and could not have believed my innocence.
You would have regretted taking in a woman who killed her family
into the Eastern Palace.
But you know what?
No trust, no foundation.
Without trust, one cannot stand.
That is what Confucius said.
In order for a country to exist, it needs food, military, and trust.
If, for some reason, it needs to lose one, the military should be given up first.
The second thing to give up should be food.
But trust...
At least trust...
needs to be retained.
That is the only way to protect your country!
That...
is what Confucius said.
How could protecting one's country and people be different?
How could a person live without trust? Is that not so?
Are you trying to teach me?
You should explain yourself instead.
You said you would not listen to anything I say.
A dead person does not talk, and how can I explain the words of a dead person?
However, if you are willing to listen to me now after kicking me out that night,
I do have one more thing to tell you.
Lose not one's closest friend.
A nobleman who will do great things in the future
does not lose the people closest to him.
Then, have a nice day.
Everything you say is right.
Since I said I would trust you,
I should have trusted you.
Even if the words of the Royal Guard that I sent to Gaeseong
were very different from yours,
I should not have kicked you out that night when you had no place to go.
As you said, my heart is smaller than a soy sauce plate.
I am sorry.
I went to Manyeondang to tell you this.
So...
where are you trying to move that chair?
Then, can I...
return to the Eastern Palace?
Can I return to the Eastern Palace starting tomorrow?
[Approval of Marriage] Unless I burn this letter of approval to marry,
Min Jae Yi is the woman whom I need to protect.
That...
- is not possible. - Pardon?
Have I not heard all of your cursings?
That you would utter such unspeakable curses behind my back...
How could I take such a eunuch into the Eastern Palace?
Then...
- could you at least open the door of the library- - No, I cannot do that, either.
Were you not doing perfectly fine in Manyeondang speaking badly of me?
What do you mean you have no place to go?
Do not dare come anywhere near the Eastern Palace or the library.
Understand?
[Episode 8]
It is finished.
Gosh...
Is it not to your liking?
It is such an old makeup style.
I look at least ten years older...
Get me water to wash my face again.
Yes.
You are quite pretty.
You should redo my makeup.
Me?
Yeah.
I will become my prettiest today, no matter what!
Well...
that is not something that can happen just by making up your mind...
Hurry up. I told you to get me water to wash my face.
Yes.
Hey.
You two. Follow me.
Bring out the equipment and transport it to the polo field.
Yes.
So today is that day, I see.
The day that the Army and Royal Guard Unit compete once a month.
Whom did you bet on?
I bet on the Army. I bet five nyang!
Of course, you should bet on the Army.
The Sergeant will be flying around on his horse.
This is it. It is perfect.
Let us get going now.
To where, Your Highness?
Wait...
Wait!
Before the Crown Prince injured his arm,
the Royal Guard had a much higher chance of winning.
Did His Highness play for the Royal Guard?
He did in the past.
Gosh, it was worth seeing the polo game back then.
The Sergeant and the Crown Prince used to have such fiery battles!
Not anymore. Now, the Army always wins.
It has been over a year already since the Crown Prince stopped playing.
Oh, it is the Sergeant!
Sergeant! Sergeant!
Sergeant!
By chance, was it for the Sergeant
that you dressed up so prettily?
We should win!
We will win today.
Whom did you bet on?
- I bet on the Army. - I bet on the Royal Guard.
The Princess is here!
Today, the Army is blue, and the Royal Guard is red.
Whom did you bet on?
I bet on the Army.
Please maintain your dignity, Your Highness.
It is only for my dignity that I am standing still here like this.
If it were not for it, I would have immediately run to the Sergeant's side.
Do you not see my efforts?
Move the goalpost that way.
His Highness, the Crown Prince, is here.
Your Highness.
Which side will you root for?
- Pardon? - Since you are a eunuch of the Eastern Palace,
will you root for the Royal Guard?
I am no longer a eunuch of the Eastern Palace.
What do you mean you are not a eunuch of the Eastern Palace?
I was kicked out by His Highness.
So, I will root for the Army today.
I even bet three nyang on the Army.
Then, I will help your three nyang grow threefold.
Why would you spend your money so wastefully?
How could your bet three nyang on the Army when your salary as a eunuch is not that much?
The Army will win, so it does not matter.
Are you really thinking of playing?
Will you be all right, Your Highness?
Do not worry about me. Just think about how we can win.
You should know
that I have no plans
to lose today.
[Execute as planned.]
[Royal Investigation Bureau]
Well, there should be a polo game against the Army today.
He probably secretly escaped.
- Let's get a drink later. - Sounds good.
Soon, the door to the new world will open.
Now, complete god's message.
The death needed for a new world...
I will do whatever it takes...
to fulfill the will of the wise god.
Enjoy...
Thank you.
You should eat, Master.
How could you call me Master when I am a wanderer?
That is not appropriate, Young Master.
How could you say that?
You were the one who taught me the most important thing in my life.
If I did not meet you at the cemetery outside of the Burial Gate,* (A gate where corpses are carried out to be buried)
I would be living as a living corpse memorizing books.
- Will you continue to stay in Hanyang? - Aigoo!
Have you come?
Are the children that we sent you a few days ago doing well?
They are well.
I am afraid that we may have caused you trouble.
When you leave, I will send one mal* worth of rice. (Unit of weight, about 8kg)
Are they not at an age where they eat a lot?
It appears you have taken in homeless children again.
Then, I will give you two mal worth of rice.
Thank you.
Master! You were here?
I waited at Manyeondang, not knowing that!
Master, this is the first time you are seeing him, right? He is my student.
Student, this is my master.
- Hurry up and greet him. - Oh, yes...
Oh! You were my master's master?
Wait, how do you know my master?
I mean, I happened to meet him on the streets not too long ago.
I would not have imagined I would meet you again like this.
Fated connections are quite fascinating, are they not?
Yes.
Is the fish inside that doing well?
Fish?
You did not know? There is a fish living inside that gourd bottle.
Well, so how did you two get connected?
Student, tell him how you came to visit me.
I heard stories of him throughout the land as a genius capable of figuring out
the cause of death from just a look at a corpse.
I decided that he was the master I was looking for,
and I will do whatever it takes to find him.
And so, I crossed mountains and rivers to meet him.
Your student, Kim Myung Jin
has grown up this much.
You are proud of me, right?
Yes...
We are supposed to practice writing today, right?
Prepare a brush and paper.
I am sure I have seen him before.
- Who are you talking about? - The master of Master.
I am sure I have seen him much longer ago.
He goes throughout the land of Joseon like it is his home.
It would not be weird for you to have passed by him before.
- Is that it? - Hurry up and take out a brush and paper.
Yes.
Come by whenever if it is not enough.
I am always grateful.
I saw him at our house in Gaeseong!
What is this...
My inkstone...
My mother bought me that!
So, where did that man go?
My master's master.
He just left. Why?
Gosh, where did he go in such a short time?
I guess...
all I saw was Young Master Shim Young donating to the monk.
How much would the monk know about Young Master Shim Young?
Gosh, you scared me...
I told you to prepare to study writing. How could you just leave like that?
- Do you really hate studying that much? - It is not that.
I came out to look for your master, Master.
No matter how much I think about it, I think I did meet him before.
I had something to ask him.
He does not announce when he will come, so I do not know when he will come,
but he will definitely come back.
You can ask him then-
- Get away from me. - Pardon?
Why are you being like that?
Get away from me. Get away from me, quickly!
Gosh, why?
So, why did you suddenly act like that?
I-I guess it was not her.
Did you do that thinking she was the daughter of the Minister of General Affairs?
Did you, by chance, just try your best to look cool?
What do you mean, look cool?
Myung Jin has been cool ever since birth!
Let us go!
Yes.
I do not think this offer of marriage is good.
I have a really bad feeling about it.
Wait, Hyungnim is participating?
What's this... Orabeoni is also participating?
Since Hyungnim is participating, the Royal Guard will probably win.
The Army needs to win. The Army will definitely win!
Gosh, I should have bet on the Royal Guard...
Listen up, Royal Guard!
We will write a new history with today's game!
Listen up, Army!
We will for sure wave the flag of victory today as well!
Go, Army!
Go, Army! Go, Army!
Go, Army!
Go, Army! Go, Army!
Army! Army! Army! Army! Yeah!
Your Highness!
Army! Army! Army!
He saw me! He finally saw me!
Army! Army! Army! Army!
Royal Guard! Royal Guard! Royal Guard!
- Army! Army! Army! - Royal Guard! Royal Guard! Royal Guard!
I only wish to relieve my family's resentment and return to my fiance.
- Army! Army! Army! - Royal Guard! Royal Guard! Royal Guard!
Army! Army! Army!
Go, Army! Fight, Army!
Win, Army! Yeah!
Win, Army!
Gosh, that bastard...
Win, Army!
Army! Army! Army! Army!
Royal Guard! Royal Guard!
[Army 5: 4 Royal Guard]
Is it because it is his first game in a while?
Hyungnim is really competitive.
The Sergeant had never tried so hard in a polo match against the Royal Guard.
What is happening today...
Is it by chance because of me?
Do you think that way, too?
My thoughts are different, Your Highness.
[Army 5: 5 Royal Guard]
To let you know, the score is tied.
Thus, both sides will compete for one final point.
Although you have not come out to the playing field for a year,
your skills have not grown rusty at all.
You were also a tough foe.
I tried my best, and yet it was too difficult to beat you.
However, what would I gain from beating you?
I would like for you to remember
that this is my sincere heart for you.
Hello, Princess.
Sergeant.
You have cheered for me, but I am sorry to have disappointed you-
Oh! No, no. Disappointed? No way!
I did not know that polo games were so cool like this.
How could you be so bold even while riding a horse...
A horse is not a creature that you can maneuver around however you will.
And yet, you flew around on the horse as if you were one body with it, Sergeant...
Even when my orabeoni was on the attack, you were not pushed back
but you boldly rushed toward the goalpost.
Seriously, it was so cool
that my heart almost stopped.
It is too bad.
You lost three nyang because the Army you rooted for lost.
I will clearly remember the cheeky things you did today.
I will not hold back, either.
Thank you, sir.
I am disappointed in you.
You were still His Highness' man even after leaving the Eastern Palace.
What do you mean?
You cheered for the Army with your mouth, but your eyes were on His Highness.
Did I do that?
I am not sure why I did that.
I think I was crazy for a second.
I will keep an eye on you to see whom you cheer for
in the next match.
How kind he is.
The teacher of the Manyeondang's young master?
Yes!
Are you sure you saw him in Gaeseong?
I only saw Young Master Shim Young offering a gourd full of rice.
He might not know Young Master.
Yes.
How would he know why Young did that?
I will still ask him if I meet him next time.
What if your cover gets blown?
We are on the run. There is even a capture-and-return order for you.
Since I wear a uniform these days,
I take a detour, so people in this neighborhood do not suspect me.
We have to be careful.
You are right, My Lady.
Be careful.
Soon Dol, go to the library and...
Your Highness, should I bring a book from the library?
No.
It is okay.
I will root for the Army today.
I even bet three nyang on the Army.
The Army will win, so it does not matter.
You were still His Highness' man even after leaving the Eastern Palace.
You cheered for the Army with your mouth,
but your eyes were on His Highness.
Why does he have to be so cool?
[Prepare to go back to your hometown]
You should have awakened me if you woke up. Why did you come out alone?
I just woke up, too.
- Just fill up the water jar. - Water jar?
Is it already empty?
It is incense made with oil and a mix of ingredients.
Do you know what oil was used?
The scent is already almost gone.
Geez, try smelling carefully!
Oh, this is...
I have heard that they make incense like this in Hebei-
Who did you hear that from?
My father, who used to work at Royal Incense Storage, told me when he taught me.
But he already passed away.
Would you like to try more places?
His family is known as the incense family, who worked at Royal Incense Storage.
No one knows more about incense better than him
in the entire Joseon.
- Stay away from me! - What is this now?
- Stay away, stay away! - What is wrong with him?
She must be the daughter of the Minister of General Affairs in talks of marriage with him.
She apparently wanted to see what kind of person he was.
Are you the third son of the Chief State Minister, by chance?
Yes, that is correct.
I am the third daughter of the Minister of General Affairs.
I know it is impolite, but I came to ask for a favor.
I suspected that.
Maiden, please be impolite as much as you want.
I am generous with impoliteness and rudeness.
That is why I do not like you.
When my mother told me they were discussing my marriage to the Chief State Minister's son,
I thought the sky was falling on me.
Your distinguished eldest and younger brother are already married.
And I already heard the rumors about the last son-
What do the rumors about me say anyway?
Oh, this?
Maiden, these are not human finger bones.
- They are from this animal called a monkey- - Put it away!
I do not care if those are human or animal bones.
Even if they were wooden pieces, not bones.
The fact that you are the
least desired husband material among the Hanyang women does not change.
"Least desired husband material?"
Look, Maiden. How come you are hurting me with those cruel words?
I know you are the son of the Chief State Minister, but your future is obvious.
Of course, you will not pass the State Exam.
You will secure the lowest-ranking officer position thanks to your parents,
but you could never become a state councilor.
I do not even want to become the lowest-ranking officer, not to mention a state councilor.
You cannot be like that.
I am a woman with ambition.
My dream is to become a councilor's wife!
That is why you should end this marriage discussion.
I will count on you, then.
Hey!
So what if she is the daughter of the minister?
She cannot even recognize a good man!
Master, do not worry about her!
She is not the only woman in his world!
To me, you are the No. 1 most desired husband material!
I will be the first one to get in line!
- No! I lined up first! - No, I will go first!
- No, I already lined up! - Pick one of us then!
We are lining up here!
What? Why?
- Do you not like us? - What is wrong with us?
Are you crazy?
Are you really out of your mind?
You are a man! And Eunuch Go, you are...
You are not even a man!
Just put a nail on my chest!
Geez!
His Majesty is here!
Lift your head up, Prisoner.
The ghost's letter...
The ghost's letter.
You are the head shaman of the Shamanist Bureau,
who should be praying for the safety and fortune of this country and the palace.
But you made the country tremble in fear by killing innocent people,
and stirred up the country.
Do you acknowledge your crime?
I know that you did not do this alone!
Whom did you plot something so evil with,
and what was the purpose of doing so?
Is she the head shaman of the Shamanist Bureau?
Be quiet.
Father and Orabeoni will be furious if they find out.
Open your mouth and speak now!
Will you confess after breaking your bones and throwing up blood?
Torture her until she
- comes clean! - Chief State Minister.
You killed people.
Not only did you kill them,
you cruelly harmed the bodies and carved letters on them.
Song. Ga. Myeol.
There must have been a letter you wanted to carve
on the fourth victim you failed to murder.
What is that letter?
I asked you what you tried to achieve by carving the letters!
If you confess why you did something so heinous,
I will let you live.
You think I will ask you to spare my life?
Did you ask what the last letter I failed to carve was?
- Sky lanterns. - Are they not sky lanterns?
Why are those sky lanterns so big?
[Song Ga Myeol Yi]
What does it say?
The last letter I tried to carve
is the letter "Oyat."
"Yi" as in "Oyat."
B-B-By "Oyat," does she mean a plum tree?
What will she do with a plum tree?
Song. Ga. Myeol.
Yi!
The last letter of the serial murders.
The Song family will destroy the plum tree.
It was not "The downfall of the Song family."
It was the downfall of the Yi family.
The ghost is daring to inform the palace.
You must honor its words!
"The ghost is daring to inform Yi Hwan.
You must honor its words."
The first sentence from the ghost's letter.
[There was a curious testimony that said every strand of Shim Young's hair turned white]
I remembered that I saw dried peony leaves burning
in the kitchen when I was serving the soup for my family.
There is definitely a connection between all of these cases.
What is going on?
What is this?
My goodness, my goodness!
What is going on?
What is this, what is this?
I have returned.
The Song family did not forget the unjust deaths and sorrow of the people of
Byeokcheon. And they are back!
I became a ghost, but my soul is already on the throne!
Song family will destroy the Yi family
and take this country's throne!
- Byeokcheon. - Byeokcheon's Song family?
What did you just say?
Did you just say Byeokcheon's Song family?
T-T-That bitch should be ripped to death...
How dare you relay a ghost's message in front of His Majesty?
The Song family has something to say.
Listen up, the Yi family!
I will uproot all of you completely and tear you into tiny little pieces!
You will be left with not even a speck in entire Joseon!
By the Yi family, does she mean us?
It is not just us. Father and Orabeoni...
Everyone in the royal family is of the Yi family.
The curse has already started. I will make sure of it!
The Royal Yi family will be torn apart into little pieces
and even their souls will roam
in purgatory with no place to go!
Damn...
Your Majesty! There is no use in listening to that woman!
Please sentence the criminal and shut her evil mouth!
Your Majesty!
How dare you mock the royal family with your evil curse?
What would be the point of punishing you properly
according to national law?
I will tear you up in pieces with my own hands right now!
I carved Heaven's will on my body while still alive.
So Heaven's will is already complete!
Are you okay?
Oh, my God!
Aigoo!
Hold on, hold on!
Master, I will get going first!
Grand Prince and Princess are coming.
What did I tell you?
I said you could not handle it unless you are brave.
What should we do?
Did you hear that curse?
She said the Song family would destroy the Yi family.
She said the Song family would take the throne!
Your Highness!
That tree is a plum tree, is it not?
It is an oyat tree!
It is a plum tree!
Call the firemen! Hurry!
What is going on? What is wrong?
The Song Family hit the plum tree with lightning!
There was a questioning for the head shaman.
The last character of the serial murders was "Oyat."
"Song. Ga. Myeol. Yi." Song family will destroy the Yi family.
She said the Song family would take the throne!
She said the Song family would destroy us!
We are all from the Yi family!
J-Just like that plum tree!
Master!
Are you okay?
D-Do I look okay?
Blood!
I am okay. Go ahead and chase them.
I am so sorry!
Check her left arm.
The reason why they took the risk by carving letters on the bodies
is the motive for these murders.
The wound looks fresh.
It appears she carved it herself in prison at the Royal Investigation Bureau.
Did she sacrifice herself to complete the curse?
- Does anyone know about this snake? - It's an amur viper.
It is a snake I am familiar with.
The poison that killed the herald I sent to my master and the poisonous arrow aimed at me.
Here I face it once again.
Sergeant, go to the Royal Investigation Bureau prison
and look into people who guarded the head shaman.
Someone must have brought her the knife and the snake.
Yes, Your Highness.
- Move the body. - Yes, sir!
Hair that turned completely white. Peony leaves.
And the amur viper.
Its poison was on the arrows that were aimed at the herald and me.
The same people are behind all of these cases.
Min Jae Yi and I are in the trap set by the same people.
- Are you okay? - Yes.
How come the firemen are here?
What should we do? I think it is the head shaman's curse.
The lightning suddenly hit the plum tree.
The tree is burning!
It will not go out even with water!
- It really must be the Song family's curse! - Shut your mouth!
Bring more water!
Go find Soon Dol.
Pardon?
Bring Go Soon Dol here.
[Our Blooming Youth]
Why are you concerned with the evil murderer's words?
You mocked and disgraced the royal family!
Explain yourself properly!
Is it really this person?
Was he watching me?
Why would they curse the royal family?
It is the King's order?
We cannot miss a single moment.
I will make sure to prove your innocence!
Why did His Highness...
There is no greater sin a servant commits than treason.
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