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What does she mean to you?!
No!
I don't owe you anything anymore.
Where's Lee Gyeom right now?
Wait right here.
Don't go.
As soon as you find them, kill them.
I think there's a cave over there.
Dear!
Lady Shin!
Honey!
Where are you?
It's my husband.
The police officers are with him,
so I think Min Chi-hyung left.
Go ahead without me.
No, you need--
If we both go right now, it will put you in an uncomfortable position.
But...
Hurry up and go.
Come on.
Dear!
Where are you? Say something!
Lady Shin!
Isn't that Lady Shin?
Who is that?!
Dear!
What happened to you?
Are you okay?!
Dear!
Look at you!
Are you all right?
Are you hurt?
I'm okay.
You're freezing. Hold on.
Hold on...
Here.
Let's go.
Let's go home.
Come on.
These officers are buddies of mine.
We fought off a whole crew on our way here.
Lee Gyeom!
Are you okay?!
My lady.
I think the reason I survived when all those people were killed
and lived all these years
was to meet you and...
give you the...
Willow Avalokitesvara.
Please find out the secret
and make the...
Unpyeongsa Goryeo paper...
I pray that you rest in peace.
My lady.
What's that?
It's the secret to making Goryeo paper.
Secret to making Goryeo paper?
I don't know too much about it,
but I'm sure the secret to producing Goryeo paper is on here.
Does that mean we can make Goryeo paper if we solve this?
Wait my dear.
Who is Pal-bong?
And what do you mean a secret to Unpyeongsa Goryeo paper?
I'm sorry my dear.
If you go home and wait for me,
I'll tell you all about it later.
I don't have time right now.
Dear!
My goodness!
You called for me, Your Majesty?
Are you hurt?
Yes.
I almost ended up meeting the king of hell instead of you.
But I was able to come back safe thanks to you.
Your Majesty,
It's clear that Min Chi-hyung has committed a crime.
Why did you let him go?
What's going on with Goryeo paper?
Your Majesty,
please give me an order to arrest Min Chi-hyung again. He must be--
I just asked you about Goryeo paper.
I'm sure you haven't forgotten that there are only 5 days until the contest.
It will be delivered to the Ming envoy on the day of the contest no matter what.
Your Majesty,
I know that Goryeo paper is an urgent issue,
but punishing Min Chi-hyung is a more urgent matter.
He is--
I'll be the one to decide which matter is more urgent.
Lee Gyeom, you just need to carry out your orders without making any mistakes.
Min Chi-hyung will do the same.
Your Majesty, you cannot discipline Joseon without punishing him!
Please arrest Min Chi-hyung and--
My throne can be threatened even before Joseon falls!
Your Majesty...
The reason I released Min Chi-hyung is because he can make paper.
For me right now,
one who can make Goryeo paper is more important.
No matter what big crime Min Chi-hyung committed,
I'll forgive him for everything if he can just make a good Goryeo paper!
Your Majesty, Administrator Min Chi-hyung is here.
Let him in.
You called for me, Your Majesty?
Min Chi-hyung.
Your punishment has only been postponed.
It's not put off for good.
Don't you forget that.
Yes, Your Majesty.
I'm ordering this to Lee Gyeom and Min Chi-hyung.
We'll be able to see who is my royal servant at the contest in 5 days.
The one who makes Goryeo paper is my royal servant.
If you bring disorder because of personal feelings during this crucial time,
I'll take it as a rebellion against me,
and it will not be taken lightly.
Understood?
I won't forget it, Your Majesty.
Lee Gyeom, how come you are not answering me?
I won't forget it, Your Majesty.
How could His Majesty do that?!
He told me to conduct an investigation to stop Min Chi-hyung!
And now he released him and wants to forgive him?!
That's so ridiculous!
Lee Gyeom.
There are a lot of ears listening in the palace.
Please lower your voice.
You didn't know?
His Majesty was always like that during his reign.
What do you mean?
He abandons ideas if he runs into opposition.
His Majesty doesn't think twice about jumping from ideas to ideas.
Jo Gwang-jo and Kim Ahn-ro were all abandoned like that.
But this is different!
Min Chi-hyung is just a gangster who has nothing to do with politics or education!
How could he protect someone like him?!
A King always hears different things in his left and right ear.
When the two sounds are the same, they contradict each other so he hears nothing.
But if one voice grows louder,
then that voice becomes very annoying.
You have a very loud voice.
Lee Gyeom.
Be aware of Noble Lady Nam.
Filling the court with only the faithful ones
will not make the throne steady.
You must make the loyal ones and the disloyal ones compete
to become a more powerful king.
She whispers into his ear with the most quiet voice,
but it will have significant impact.
(Reading Chinese)
My lady!
I think your husband has left already.
He didn't even have breakfast.
- Stop bring such a dirt bag! - You wench!
Is there a ring of gold around your wrist or something?!
Yeah, there is. So what?!
What?!
For a mere barmaid, you are one hell of a stuck-up wench!
You'd rather die than give yourself up to me?
Fine! Go ahead and kill me!
You little!
Stop it.
Talk it out!
Who are you?
What's wrong?
My lord.
"My lord"?
Come here.
I said come here!
How can bunch of guys do this to a weak lady!
Is she your sugar mama or something?!
How can you say such a thing?
It's not like that.
But men shouldn't harass a weak lady like this!
Whatever!
If you're not with her, then go away!
I'm about to lose it right now!
Excuse me!
Come here you little bastard!
(Reading Chinese)
The glow of two fireflies in the night air...
(Reading Chinese)
The water that flows under the bright moon...
What poem have you been muttering under your breath?
It sounds so weird.
The verses don't match up, and there are no rhymes.
And it's not a long poem either.
Is it really even a poem?
Seriously.
It's such a strange song.
(Lee Hyun-ryong, Saimdang's second son)
Guys, hurry up and finish your breakfast and help me at the workshop today.
- What? - Again?
Have some food before you go.
I haven't eaten anything today either
because I was busy serving food to other people.
And I'm supposed to be doing this to make sure I have food to eat...
Here.
It's good.
It's good!
- Right? - Yeah.
You seasoned it perfectly.
You look ridiculous.
Hwieumdang...
What in the world happened to you?
Black Peony...
My lord!
My goodness!
Everyone, leave us alone.
I said, leave us alone!
I'm sorry.
Come inside.
My lord.
How dare you!
What is this?
My lord...
Black Peony who shook the hearts of the men at Biikdang...
So the story behind Black Peony
was this?
Why you little!
What clouded your judgment?!
What in the world has made you lose all your senses?!
Please don't kill me.
You...
are in my possession.
I'll decide...
when you die...
or live.
There are no verses or rhymes.
And it's not a long poem.
If it's not a poem,
what could this be?
Rhymes...
(Reading Chinese)
The character for wood should be in there.
But if this goes in instead...
I find that strange too.
(Reading Chinese)
It should have "wood" in there,
but the middle character is "sparse."
What are you doing here?
Oh, I'm going around checking on how each paper workshop is doing
since the contest is coming up very soon.
Please hang in there.
How is your arm...
It is better now.
Are you alright?
Oh, master!
Hyun-ryong.
Have you been well?
- Yes, have you been well? - Yes, master.
How about we go to Biikdang together?
You said the most urgent matter now is the
He is right, mother.
It would be good to go there, since there are all kinds of books at Biikdang.
I will help, too.
Many hands make light work.
You can get help from other scholars there, too.
Yes, mother. Let's go to Biikdang.
I thought you were the most capable ones!
You're Yongdu Fellowship members, the best scholars of the city!
Why can't you interpret a mere poem?!
On the bridge in Bukpyung Village,
you stood in front of my horse and wouldn't let me pass.
I liked those eyes that were
burning with desire and anger.
Do you...
not like them anymore?
That desire and anger...
must only belong to Hwieumdang, the wife of a high official.
There is no room for a mere peasant girl's vengeance.
I have the painting that you were after.
The one that contains the secret method of making Goryeo paper.
The only way for you to survive...
is to find out that secret method before they can,
and to make Goryeo paper first.
Yes...
I will be your puppet.
Just like I have been.
Get to work!
I must solve this.
Oh, you're here again!
He's a prodigy.
Here, try writing.
Let me see.
Yes.
Good.
This means "tree."
Yes, "tree."
This is not a typical five-stanza poem...
- What a strange poem. - I agree.
I have never seen a poem in this form.
I'm sorry, but could you pass me the collection of poems by Hyegang?
It's possible that the poem doesn't have a form.
Many old poems are free verse poems, so
try looking at poems before the time of Emperor Wu of Qi.
Alright, we will.
An officer from the Ministry of War is here.
He reports directly to the Administrator of the Ministry.
He makes military ciphers, so
I am sure he has the skills to interpret them too.
Form...
Maybe we should think outside of the form of poetry.
Maybe we should.
We're too obsessed with the form?
What if we think of this as something else other than a poem?
What about taking the characters apart?
We should try the easiest things again.
Yes, maybe we were making this too difficult.
That's right, taking the characters apart! Yes.
We didn't think of that!
We were making things too difficult.
Yes, taking the characters apart...
It shouldn't be too difficult.
Is that right?
(Reading Chinese)
There's "sun" and "moon" in here too.
I think all of the five elements of the universe are in here.
All of them but "wood."
Isn't it strange that there's no "wood?"
Mother!
I wrote this!
I see.
Mother, two trees make a forest!
Yes, two trees make a forest...
Two trees...
Trees...
Two trees...
It doesn't mean a forest. It means there are two trees.
I think it is related to the material that paper is made of.
Out of the five elements in this poem,
if you add "person" to "wood," "earth," "sun," and "gold,"
it makes this character,
which means mulberry.
Everyone knows that we make paper out of mulberry trees.
Other than mulberry tree...
There should be another type of tree.
Another type of tree?
If the rest of the elements are put together, what kind of tree is it?
There are no characters like that.
Wait...
If there are two trees, there are two mouths.
(Reading Chinese)
There's "grass" next to "sunset"
There's "two"
Add "two" to "moon," "fire," and "water"
Wisteria! Yes! Wisteria!
Everyone, listen.
We must get wisteria trees as soon as possible.
We must get the highest quality wisteria wood
and add it to this mixture.
- Got it? - Yes, my lord!
My lady! This is the wisteria wood that made us so nervous!
That's right.
We don't have time--
Wisteria wood was the secret?
Wisteria wood?
Wisteria wood...
Are you sure you mixed the best wisteria wood?
Yes, my lady.
Wisteria wood! It's wisteria wood!
Wisteria wood was the secret!
This is wisteria...
Here comes the wisteria mixture!
So we just need to mix mulberry wood and wisteria wood?
It didn't say anything about the ratio...
So we must find the best ratio, and that will be
the real secret method of making Goryeo paper.
Now we have to find that ratio.
The main ingredient is mulberry wood. I think
the wisteria wood should be like salt.
So, we shouldn't put in too much or too little of it.
The contest is right around the corner...
So we have to try over and over.
I don't know how many times we'll have to do this, so please keep making the mixture.
- We don't have time. - Yes, my lady.
Really!
I really ran over here as soon as I heard that wisteria is the secret!
But you already knew...
Please don't kill me...
Lady Shin can never...
submit Goryeo paper.
Pardon?
I mean you must do everything you can to stop her.
Everything you can...
What is this?
It's a report of the corruption within the court
that His Majesty ordered me to write.
According to this classified report,
the court members of this kingdom, for the past 20 years,
have been taking bribes from a corrupt man.
A corrupt man?
Administrator Min Chi-hyung.
Almost all of the court members took bribes from him.
This is especially more tragic because
the ones who took bribes are the core members of the court.
Therefore,
I plan to meet His Majesty and give him this report tomorrow.
Lord Lee Gyeom...
But...
I also thought that punishment might not be the answer.
My lady! Here's the mixture.
(Goryeo paper test, Batch 11)
(Goryeo paper test, Batch 24)
(Goryeo paper test, Batch 31)
I hope we got the right ratio this time.
How many times have we done this?
Well over 80 times, I think.
Oh, be quiet.
It's similar...
Wait...
- We did it. - What?
I think we did it. We have a chance.
The gloss and the shine... This is excellent.
Oh, the things we went through just for this!
Don't touch it, your hands are dirty!
My lady, does this mean we made Goryeo paper?
Yes.
F...fire! Fire!
Contestants, please submit your Goryeo paper!
(The day of the Goryeo paper contest)
Jangwon Paper Store!
There was no Lady Shin among those who submitted their paper.
Good work.
I took care of it.
I hope this paper issue gets resolved soon so that
we can focus on making life better for the people.
I know.
How come you're talking as if this doesn't have anything to do with you?
Nobody knows what kind of massacre will take place in the court
after this contest is over.
Look here!
You despicable rats.
What are you all doing here?
Today's the Goryeo paper contest! Come on!
Oh, today's the day!
After the first round with the paper samples,
we have selected a total of 10 paper store, but
one of them withdrew,
and one of them gave up because they couldn't supply the required amount.
Therefore, the final contestants of today
are these eight paper stores.
Oh, come in! What are you waiting for?
The paper you submit to the Paper Production Office
will be used for the Annals of Joseon Dynasty.
My goodness.
Which means that it has to last for thousands of years.
The paper must be strong and sturdy.
No doubt about it.
Now, we will commence the Goryeo Paper Contest.
Yein Paper has failed.
- Sungshim Paper has failed. - Oh no.
Jeonjo Paper has passed.
The next preliminaries will text paper's durability
and quality to be used with woodblock printing.
The letters are so clear.
That's great.
The contest is taking rather long time. Are you not bored?
Not at all, Your Majesty.
I've always been interested in Joseon's culture.
I came here to see the contest with my own eyes.
Thank you.
We will be sure to have the finest quality of Goryeo Paper today,
so don't worry about anything else but enjoy.
I will be looking forward to it.
With the woodblock printing as the last one, we finished all the preliminaries.
After the panels' discussion, we chose two paper producers for the final contest.
The director of Jangwon Paper Store, please step forward.
Yangyoo Paper Production Office, also step forward.
The director of Yangyoo Paper Production Office, please step forward.
I am coming.
How did she...
We burnt all the paper. What on earth is going on?
I'm the director of Yangyoo Paper Production Office.
Saimdang...
How... How did she...
Keumkangsando...
(Construction site of the second branch of Gallery Seon)
You are all talk, do you know that?
What's keeping you so busy lately?
Why did you come here at this hour?
I am your husband. Do I need a reason to come see my wife?
Are you busy pouring millions of money into that fake Keumkangsando?
Who the hell said it's fake?
My Keumkangsando is a national treasure.
I have ears, you know.
- Even if that's true-- - Shut up!
You better stick to your word till the end, woman!
You've wasted enough money on it. Even if it's fake, keep insisting that it's real.
- It is real! - You stupid--
Don't even think that you got something on me because of this.
I know what I am doing.
The list of your money laundry and slush fund,
And what you've been doing with R-tech company.
You bitch!
Stock investors who lost their fortune because of your stock price manipulation
will come for your neck.
All this will happen once I reveal your real account book.
Are you out of your freaking mind?
All I can say now is that I have an authentic Keumkangsando and
antique book that can prove its authenticity.
Why did you bring this to me?
So Gallery Seon can present the authentic Keumkangsando.
What are you trying to do?
I want you to acknowledge your mistake, even at the cost of losing millions,
and burn the fake Keumkangsando in public's view and present the authentic one.
There will be a commotion for a while.
But eventually you will be praised for your courage to come forth for truth.
With the acquisition of real Ahnkyun's painting, your gallery's status will be eminent.
It's not a losing game.
(Authentic: Appraised by Min Jung-hak)
She's trying to register the fake Keumkangsando as a national treasure.
Once it's known that the Keumkangsando they acquired with illegal loan is fake,
it'll be matter of time Gallery Seon and Seonjin Group's corruption is exposed.
(Loan Application)
Is this the real account book?
All right, I found it!
Yes, ma'am.
Take down the ad for the Keumkangsando Exhibition.
You bastard! You little shit!
How much profit did you make as the middleman in that fake Keumkangsando deal?
I don't follow...
Tell me how much you made?
You cunning asshole!
Gosh, I wish I could just bury him in the mountain.
May I ask why you called for me?
Why I called you?
I am a business man.
WHich means that I don't care for loss.
I will be happy as long as you can give me more money than
what you made with that fake Keumkangsando.
I wrote you a certificate of authenticity.
Besides, you got millions of dollars in loan as the Keumkangsando as a collateral?
It doesn't sound like a bad deal to me.
You little shit!
You know--
there are lots of old masters besides Ahnkyun.
Kim Hong-do, Jeongsun...
Who else?
Jang Seung-up.
I guess it's a kind of Blue Ocean Strategy to get loans with old paintings.
The first time is the most difficult.
It'll get easier afterwards.
Don't you think so?
Damn, this is insane.
When she leaves home, search her bedroom.
What?
She has to have something in her room.
- I don't see anything. - What is he talking about?
What are you doing? Let's go. This is too dangerous.
- Wait. - What is it?
Hey. Keum Kang San Do.
Right?
You're right. It's Keumkangsando.
How long did you work for me, Ms. Seo?
I did T.A for 3 years, did masters and Ph.D for 7 years.
I wasted 10 years of my life under you.
I'll take responsibility for that time.
What are you scheming this time?
Why are you so suspicious?
It's all in my experiences.
I learned awful a lot while working for you.
Fine. I guess I can't blame you.
Who would?
You went through so much, especially recently.
It was an eye-opening experience for me too.
I often wondered if I were too harsh for a talented person like you.
What a despicable man!
I will find you a position at Institutes of Lifelong Education.
What do you say?
Must you record your offer for a position at Institutes of Lifelong Education?
What do you want me to say?
Let's do some recording together.
It's off.
Let's cut the bullshit. Tell me why you asked to see me.
I want to have a heart-to-heart talk with you.
Seo Ji-yoon.
Why did you go meet Gallery Seon's director?
What tricks are you pulling to make my Keumkangsando fake?
Ask her yourself.
Everyone has their cards
in this gambling joint called the world.
Idiots fumble and tumble, not knowing how to play their cards.
They come to their senses only after they have lost everything.
But you know what?
Once you have lost everything, there's no going back.
Well,
we will know who's got the better hand at the end of the game.
I don't know what kind of a card you got up your sleeve, but--
Do you know who are the scariest people of all?
People who have nothing to lose.
That's me.
Let's take this to the end.
You won't regret?
Never.
I heard a rumor that Hunwonjang received Keumkangsando...
You said
Seo Ji-yoon was going about, asking for antique books' translation.
Yes.
Do you think it's related to this?
It seems that way.
Well,
we will know who's got the better hand at the end of the game.
Sir. Your phone.
Ms. Oh.
The director ordered me to cancel the exhibition of Keumkangsando.
And she arranged to send a vibration proof vehicle to DH bank tomorrow morning.
I got it.
Bring the car.
Yes sir.
If my cards are not as good...
I can just kill this game.
What? What the hell are you saying?
Someone found authentic one?
I think your wife is ready to dispose your Keumkangsando.
She's already canceled the exhibition for Keumkangsando.
Why the hell did she do that?
That stupid wench!
I thought I made her understand.
There's 50 million dollars at stake with that goddamn painting!
The bank that loaned the money will ask for the money back.
- It's all your fault! - Sir!
You asked me to write the certificate of authenticity. What are you blaming me for?
We have lots of business to do together.
So let's keep it civil.
Hey! Are you talking back to me?
- I set up that account for you-- - We need to take it from them.
What?
We must take the authentic Keumkangsando from them.
Take?
We can insist that ours is authentic when there is no authentic one around.
At 9 A.M tomorrow,
the director will send a vibration proof vehicle to DH bank.
Please take a good care of it.
I should go with you guys.
You should go back to the lab. I don't want to be blamed for making you get fired.
Thank you for everything.
Not a problem.
Sang-hyun, you got this, right?
Of course. Don't worry about it.
All right, we are ready to go.
In addition to Mongyudowondo, the first Ahnkyun's painting ever discovered.
This will be the last and best chance for Gallery Seon.
I think we are almost there.
Ji-yoon, everything will work out from now on, right?
Come on, don't be nervous.
Or am I being nervous?
We did it.
We can finally get Min Jung-hak!
You should have made a left turn over there.
We have arrived.
I don't this is the right way.
Who are those guys?
It's Min Jung-hak.
What the hell are you doing, you bastards?
Let go!
Hey!
- No! - Hurry!
No!
What the hell is this?
Let go! No!
No!
What's happening?
Stop! Stop you bastards!
Catch them!
(Saimdang - Light's Diary)
Where is my Keumkangsando?
This painting was already burnt halfway. It shouldn't have appeared at all.
There's nothing you can do. I am sorry.
How about we ask the ladies to paint something on their paper?
This ink is strange. It's not getting mixed with water like oil.
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