(The Tale of Lady Ok.)
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(depicted in this drama are entirely fictitious.)
I had someone before our marriage.
He was an artist who comforted many people.
And...
he sneezed from pine pollen.
Pardon?
My goodness.
When did you figure it out? It was when I hummed, right?
It slipped out instinctively, and I knew.
Memory loss?
You treat this like a joke?
I am sorry.
What about your Qing performance?
Do not worry about it. I have postponed it.
You have to play along.
The Director passed away.
What are you talking about?
The royal order for Qing.
He knew there was no way back.
Yet, he sacrificed everything to protect you.
He killed himself for you.
Why did you not stop him?
Why did you just let this happen?
How could I stop it? It was three to one.
Three to one?
What? I thought you said you found out everything.
Do not tell me the Young Master and Dokki planned it together.
What?
It is fine.
Tae Young likely has not noticed.
That is not true.
She said, "Dokki, call for the Elder Master to come."
Goodness.
- Look. He is here. - My goodness.
How did it go?
- I got totally caught. - No.
Your face looks pale, as if you came back from the dead.
It seems you got scolded badly.
It was severe.
I nearly wet myself from how much she scolded me.
What did she say?
It went exactly as we expected.
- She told me to leave. - No.
No, that cannot happen. I will go and speak to her myself.
No, do not.
She does not know we all worked on this together.
I told her I deceived you,
so be careful not to get caught.
What? I now just wish she knows everything.
I keep quiet to avoid slipping up,
and it feels like I have mold in my mouth from holding it in.
My heart races, worrying when she will figure everything out.
This is killing me.
What if Mak Sim finds out she has been deceived?
Finds out what?
You scared me.
What are you hiding that you are acting so suspicious?
If you do not tell me, I will inform the Madam.
Where is she?
Madam!
- Hey! - Mak Sim.
- Stop it. - Lift her.
Please stop, I beg you.
My goodness.
How can someone look so identical, like a mold cast?
When I first saw him,
I thought the world was deceiving me.
I agree.
My apologies.
You are him, right? The man who gave our lady the Gat Ornament.
Artist, Chon Seung Hwi.
Do you know me?
Of course, I do.
My Baekyi liked you so much.
Anyway, Mak Sim, you must keep this a secret.
Absolutely. I did not hear a thing.
Staying here might get us caught, so I will take my leave.
- Yes. - Yes.
My goodness, look at that. Even their walking is the same.
Amazing.
Sir, show me this.
How much is this?
Here, this way.
You are here, Tae Young.
I thought you went back home in anger.
A guest has arrived.
A guest?
What?
You.
Where did everyone go?
I am always running errands,
yet I feel like I am the last to know important matters.
This is strange.
Hey, why did you come down?
Mind your own business.
Who are you?
Me?
I am a member of Director Chon Seung Hwi's household.
I am also the leader of the Yudam troupe, Man Seok.
And my hobby is...
- Stop. - Okay.
Where did you first meet?
Answer at the same time.
One, two, three.
- Ikcheon. - Ikcheon.
Ikcheon.
Did you plan everything after meeting there?
No, it was just a coincidence. We ran into each other there.
Explain everything in detail.
Man Seok said Yun Gyeom was in Qing,
so we headed to Qing.
Once in Qing, I ate something bad...
and got severe diarrhea. I was vomiting with loose bowels.
- Was it that bad? - You have no idea.
I have so much to say to you, and I am barely...
What is it?
- Read the room. - Read what?
Then what?
You failed to meet your brother in Qing, so you did this?
No, I met him.
Then why has the Elder Master not returned?
Can you recognize me?
Yun Gyeom.
Let us go home now.
Yun Gyeom.
Why are you doing this, Yun Gyeom?
Did you also turn away and ignore Tae Young like this?
Keep your voice down.
If we are discovered now,
everything I prepared could go to waste.
What are you preparing?
Do not try to find out more.
Is this why you have not returned for seven years?
Even if the cause is important,
how can the eldest son abandon the family?
Father...
has passed away, Yun Gyeom.
So please, come home.
Tae Young is suffering greatly.
(Seong Yun Gyeom)
I am not Seong Yun Gyeom.
I have no wife, no brother,
and no father.
What did you say?
I can no longer return.
Your brother is dead.
Live on thinking like this.
(Seong Yun Gyeom)
On the way back, I met the Director again.
The Director and I were about to go perform in Qing.
Stopping by the inn for rice soup sounds perfect.
- You. - You.
How did it go?
Well...
It seems he could not meet him.
No, he met him, but he refused to come with us.
What? Why?
Come in, Dokki.
- Let us go, too. - No.
Wait a moment.
Could you please help us?
- Hey! - You are her friend.
Could you just show up for a moment, please?
If everyone sees Yun Gyeom is alive,
Madam Tae Young will avoid widowhood.
Stop saying nonsense and leave. Go! Go inside!
Dokki.
- What is he even saying? - Wait.
Go. Do not look back. Just go.
- Man Seok. - Yes?
Let us postpone the performance.
You know that is impossible.
How can I delay the royal decree?
This is not like last time...
when a few days' delay led to a few lashes and ended there.
If I go and explain, I will face execution.
Do you wish for my death?
Say the word, and I will die.
I must die.
What?
Not you, but me.
If I die, we cannot perform.
They will understand this.
What a horrible thing to say.
No, wait...
Are you serious?
You will fake your death and go with us?
There is no other way.
Can you not postpone the performance for a while?
It is a royal decree. It cannot be delayed, my lord.
Please stop him. I beg you.
That is too much to ask.
If he offers to help, please just let him do so.
You! Stop it already!
Do you think this is some kind of joke?
Do I look like I am joking to you?
I am doing this because I am desperate!
Your words alone are a great comfort to me.
I will return and protect Tae Young as best as I can.
Please leave before it is too late.
Let us go now.
Get up now, please!
If we miss our boat, it is all over for us.
Please, Director!
Please pull yourself together!
This is my choice. Do not let it weigh on you.
To be honest,
I do not understand why you would go this far, even as a friend.
I have loved her...
long before she married your brother.
Hearing about her suffering, I could not bear to stand by.
Are you truly okay with this?
It is settled!
Mak Sim, we are taking the Master home!
What if we are caught?
You do realize we are all dead if that happens, right?
Well, if I say he is my brother,
why would anyone suspect?
Yes, they look identical. How will anyone tell them apart?
Acting as someone else is my profession.
I can do it without being caught.
But you will not fool Madam Tae Young.
If she asks why you were gone for seven years,
what will you say?
Does anyone here know?
Just say it is memory loss.
Be reasonable, will you?
You keep being annoying.
- Let go! - You little...
But there is a problem.
If I recall correctly, Tae Young said...
my brother has a scar on his shoulder.
But I am not sure what it looks like.
There. That will not do.
She will check the shoulder right away. What will you do?
Just make any mark there.
- Do you think that will work? - Why not?
It is not a scar.
It is a brand.
Fortunately, I know what it looks like.
The character meaning "heart."
Here.
You are going too far.
What do you expect me...
to do with this?
Take it to my father.
Tell him the body...
was not found.
Thanks to Goodeoki,
I saw my father's face once more, and that is enough.
Take good care of him.
I entrust this to you.
How can you go this far?
How can you have no regrets about Chon Seung Hwi?
Did a life as an artist mean nothing to you?
Goodeoki must hold a greater meaning in my life.
Please, reconsider. I beg you.
If I hesitate, I might not be able to leave.
Goodness.
What about me, then?
If you live as Seong Yun Gyeom,
you are saying you will never see me again.
I can come to visit you.
Stop crying.
That is enough.
Here it is.
Are you sure about this?
If you go through with this, there is no turning back.
I am doing this not to turn back.
The man who abandoned his family for his own goals is not my brother.
The man who sacrificed his life for you.
He is my true brother.
Thank you so much.
Indeed.
Who in this world could do something like this?
Had you not come, we might have buried the wrong man...
and spent a lifetime in mourning...
not being able to be a legal advocate.
Madam, do not worry too much.
Even after the celebration, we were not discovered.
We will not be caught, Tae Young.
As far as I am concerned, he is my brother.
Your kindness towards me...
leaves me deeply grateful.
However,
I cannot accept this.
Then,
are you saying you will send him away when he has nowhere to go?
How can I?
He gave up his lifelong dream because of me.
So I must give up everything to make it fair.
As soon as things are settled,
I will leave Cheongsu County.
- What? - Madam.
You worked so hard to build this family,
and now you are leaving it?
Exactly.
How hard we worked to build this family.
As the head of the family,
I must prevent the family's downfall.
The entire family cannot live a false life together.
I have lived as a daughter-in-law with no shame before my father-in-law.
I have lived as a wife with no shame before my husband.
In every circumstance,
I have done my duty with pride.
Yet I allowed a man who is not my husband into my room.
Tae Young, that was my...
From now on, I leave the family in the hands of you, Do Gyeom.
Tae Young.
Stop restoring the legal office.
This place...
should remain closed.
- Tae Young. - Madam.
Please, do something.
Tae Young.
I was wrong. Please forgive me.
Forgive you?
You went this far because of me...
when you are even a bad liar.
How hard it must have been to hide this.
You may leave, Tae Young.
I never imagined a life without you,
but if this is what you truly want, I will gladly let you go.
If it is a choice that brings you joy, I will support it.
But if you are leaving out of duty...
or fear of harming the family,
I cannot allow it.
I understand what you mean.
I am deeply sorry for causing you pain.
I am truly sorry for acting without consent.
Mi Ryeong will see.
I understand, so stop.
You are eating with relish.
Is there a beggar in your stomach?
Tell me honestly. You came here to get caught, right?
She had already found out before I arrived.
Right. Madam noticed...
and sent Kkeutdongi to Hanyang.
My goodness, she truly seems intent on leaving.
What if she does? It might actually be better.
Living in constant fear of being caught is far worse than her leaving.
Right.
Rather than staying in Cheongsu County and see the family ruined...
Better to travel the land and find happiness.
- Agreed! - Absolutely!
- Yes, indeed. - Indeed, yes.
- Truly wonderful. - Absolutely wonderful.
- Ongheya - Ongheya
You.
Why are you playing along with Mak Sim when it is your first meeting?
Would you not join me on this journey?
- What? - My goodness.
Where to?
Throughout the whole country.
I am the Director's servant and will serve him for life.
And you?
My goodness, you are right!
I am the Madam's servant, so I must go with her.
Right.
What are you saying, Mak Sim?
I will pack my things.
Are you out of your mind?
Stay where you are.
I will rip out your tongue.
I am eating.
Hand the bowl over.
Wife.
Who are you calling wife?
What should I call you then? Goodeoki?
While we are here, I must use respectful terms.
How could you commit such an undutiful thing?
Have you thought about how your father would feel?
Why do you always put others before yourself?
You are the one who gave up your life for others.
Three times.
I asked you to leave with me three times.
You refused all three times. Why?
Because your precious family is here...
along with your dream.
I thought you were trapped here.
But no. It was that this place was more precious to you than I was.
That is why I came.
To help you protect what is precious to you.
I can give up everything as long as I have you.
I told you I did not want that.
Even if you do not, what can we do? We have crossed the point of no return.
Fine.
You must be happy now, finally leaving together.
Living as a fugitive with Chon Seung Hwi who faked his death...
and Goodeoki, the runaway slave, forever and ever.
What a happy life it will be.
If we do not kill each other first.
Then do not leave.
Everything you care about is here.
Because I care.
That is why I am trying to leave.
Do you think lying and hiding is an easy life?
Even my single lie is a grave sin.
How could I put my family...
in such danger as well?
Fine.
Let us say you visit the family from time to time.
What about your job as a legal advocate?
Can you truly give up being a legal advocate?
After all...
that dream belonged to the real Lady Tae Young.
Why did you give this to my husband?
Were you trying to kill him?
Yes.
He is what Ok Tae Young cares for the most.
A brother-in-law she raised like a son...
who passed first in the state examination.
How could you...
Failing to tear her apart physically,
I wanted to tear her heart...
to show her what living in hell means...
Please, stop!
- Do you have no arms? - Right.
You talk so much. Is this yours?
Have you seen Mi Ryeong?
No, is she not inside?
Is Mi Ryeong not in her room?
No, she is not.
She is nowhere in the house.
It seems she went to her family home.
We were all at the legal advocate office,
so no one knows.
- I will ask the servants. - Right.
No, it is late. I will go myself.
Kkeutdongi, do you know where the Young Madam is?
That is...
What is it? What happened?
The Young Madam has been taken away.
What do you mean? Why?
Well...
The Young Madam is said to have killed her mother.
What are you talking about? Murder?
Well,
It is about the Young Madam.
They said she killed her own mother.
What?
I do not understand it either,
but they said her mother...
returned seeking revenge on the Madam.
And the Young Madam deliberately approached her husband...
and married him.
But the issue is...
the husband knew nothing about it.
She tried to confess everything.
She wanted to confess and leave, but I stopped her.
She approached me on purpose.
She must have had no feelings for me.
She confessed so easily...
and said she would leave just as easily.
Yun Gyeom.
Do you think she really committed murder?
When the sun rises,
I will find out exactly what happened.
I cannot go.
Yun Gyeom.
(Cheongsu County)
Is it Lady Song?
No.
It is the body from the reexamination.
I see.
A slave brand was found on the battered face...
during chemical testing.
Could it be...
Dol Seok?
It was Dol Seok.
It must be Lady Song's doing.
The person who branded him was Lady Song.
I know. I received an anonymous letter yesterday.
The body belonged to Dol Seok, a servant of Lady Song.
Lady Song killed Dol Seok out of hatred.
So we went to arrest her,
but she was already dead.
How is your health?
Now Do Gyeom...
must know everything.
I no longer wish to live.
Why...
did you go to see your mother alone?
Tell me.
Confess everything to me.
My mother...
gave poison to Do Gyeom.
She planned to kill both Do Gyeom and his elder brother.
But that was not all.
Mother.
My child.
How did you find this place?
A wretch who should have died long ago...
is still alive after clinging to Ok Tae Young.
How could...
How could a person do such a thing?
How could you...
This is a handkerchief embroidered with Seong Yun Gyeom's name.
But this man has a brand on his face.
If we destroy the face, it will solve everything.
They killed all the people...
in the mountain village?
So...
is that why you killed your mother?
Yes.
How?
I gave her poison.
No.
Your mother...
was strangled.
Even if you hated her,
how could you go so far?
What...
What drove you to such cruelty?
What has tormented you...
so deeply?
It should have all been mine.
Everything should have been mine.
Mother.
Do Gwang.
If only my son had lived,
I would have been there.
If only my son had lived,
I would have been happy.
I was envious.
Because of her, I lost my son and live in torment,
while she, reunited with her husband...
was so happy, I could not endure it.
Stop it now, mother.
Even brother...
would wish for that.
Please, stop me.
I cannot stop myself anymore.
Come to the authorities with me and confess, Mother.
If you reveal the Magistrate's crimes, they will show leniency.
I will do everything I can as a legal advocate for you.
Whether exiled or imprisoned...
I will serve you forever, Mother.
Very well, I will do that.
But first,
could you fetch some water for me?
That was...
the last time I saw my mother.
When I returned with the water,
she had already passed.
Perhaps it is for the best.
It is all over now.
Mother must now be at peace.
So I will take the punishment...
for her sins.
No.
Your brother already bore the punishment for your parents.
Do you think I will stand by...
and let you take it, too?
So the Magistrate conspired with Inspector Baek's wife to kill a slave...
then falsely claimed him as Lady Ok's husband and made her a widow?
Yes.
They likely did it to earn the virtuous arch
and boost their appraisal scores.
But Inspector Baek's wife insisted it was not revenge.
However, I heard her daughter was not the killer.
- Who was it, then? The Magistrate? - Let me go, you fools!
- We do not know. - Why are you arresting an innocent man?
Once he is taken in, all accomplices will be revealed.
Let go!
Is this a spectacle?
Get lost, all of you!
How dare you shout after committing murder!
Who says I committed murder? Who dares...
Let go!
Let me go, I said!
Madam...
Legal advocate! Please defend me!
I found a legal advocate. Let me go!
Will you help me?
You said we should reconcile. You forgave everything.
I refuse.
You wretched woman...
Madam, please help me.
Madam, please, I beg you!
For the sake of my ties to you,
if I must highlight your crimes,
Penal Code Article 420.
Unlawful detention and interrogation.
Ho Code Article 104, destruction of another's property.
Penal Code Article 407, arson.
And...
Penal Code Article 305, murder.
Execution by dismemberment.
No.
No!
Let us go now.
Let us go together, please.
Why are you walking so fast?
While we are together,
I must act as your husband, must I not?
How could I let my wife go alone...
to such a dangerous crime scene?
I am good at fighting now. I can protect you, too.
Once this matter is resolved, I will leave Cheongsu County.
Your first case was about your sister-in-law's brother...
and your last case is about her.
How meaningful.
While you are here, could you act as the eldest son of the Seong family?
Anything you need, just say the word.
Could you console Yun Gyeom?
So, this is a poison wine, right?
Did I almost die?
Yes.
Living as Ok Tae Young's husband is no easy task, is it?
Where are you going? Why?
Why? What are you looking at? What is it?
What?
Why? What is it?
The soldiers who came to arrest Lady Song after receiving the report...
should have come that way.
But...
why are there footprints here?
And at the time of the murder, the Magistrate was in his office.
But he could have ordered someone else to do it.
Who would follow such an order so easily?
Why not? Many people would do it if money is involved.
The overseer.
Would the overseer not do it?
What is that?
Wait a moment.
Whose item is this?
It does not seem to belong to the overseer.
I noticed this ring during the banquet.
The chief lady was wearing it, but it is mine.
What? Did you steal it?
No, I received it from that woman.
What exactly did she give it to you for?
- Well, that is... - Why did you go to Lady Song's house?
Did you go there?
This ring was found at her house.
I heard you were isolating yourself.
I decided to clear my mind by reading some books.
Books.
Top scholars are different. I prefer a drink for a headache.
Here.
Did you hear?
Thanks to your wife, we are alive.
I told Tae Young not to leave if she does not wish to.
Well done.
I think the same.
If I am gone, there will be no risk.
She is no longer a widow.
If I leave, the problem is solved.
She may choose to leave with you.
Let us discuss that once your wife returns safely.
Are we back to this topic again?
Should you not at least check...
on your wife?
She deliberately approached me.
I was deceived into marrying her.
Had I not been fooled, none of this would have happened.
I apologize. It reminded me of my own experience...
hearing that she deliberately deceived and approached you.
Right.
If she only acted to approach you...
and never felt anything in her heart,
Tae Young would never have approved...
your marriage.
Regardless, your wife sincerely tried to fulfill her mother's wishes.
She gave her whole heart...
to marry you earnestly.
That sincerity reached both you and your sister-in-law.
The murder of Song Mi Ok...
is linked to the virtuous arch case.
The Royal Inspector dispatched...
will personally oversee it.
Cha Mi Ryeong confessed to killing her mother.
She testified to hating her mother enough to commit the murder,
so the motive for murder is sufficient.
The legal advocate will defend.
While Cha Mi Ryeong confessed to poisoning her mother,
the autopsy revealed...
that Song Mi Ok's cause of death was strangulation with a rope.
Cha Mi Ryeong was unaware of her mother's true cause of death.
Additionally, there are no defensive wounds commonly found on perpetrators.
Why, then, did she confess to killing her mother?
Because my mother, who killed others, took her own life,
I decided to bear the punishment...
for her sins.
Before her death,
Song Mi Ok and Oh Dal Seong killed the slave Dol Seok...
and used his body to falsely claim I was a widow.
Summon Oh Dal Seong,
arrested for Dol Seok's murder.
I do not understand what she means.
Do you think you can lie here, in court?
I am telling the truth!
One day, there was a body at the office gate...
and a handkerchief with the name on it.
How many times must I say it?
That handkerchief, too, was forged by Song Mi Ok.
I do not know.
Investigator, Oh Dal Seong,
when he found Dol Seok's body was being examined,
killed Song Mi Ok fearing exposure as an accomplice...
once her arrest revealed everything.
He then sent an anonymous letter blaming her for the murder.
This is slander and speculation.
Did you write this?
Yes.
This document is an official record of Cheongsu County that he confirms.
Compare the handwriting with the letter sent to the provincial office.
No, that is not my writing. I did not write it.
You scoundrel!
How could a government official, paid by the nation, kill its people?
Can handwriting not be forged easily?
Then...
to whom did you make the agreement?
(Agreement - written promise)
Agreement?
How do you know about that?
At the banquet at my house,
I overheard the conversation between you and Song Mi Ok.
So...
you pretended to forgive me...
and invited me to the banquet?
You cunning...
Mind your words!
Investigator.
This man, Oh Dal Seong,
was lured by Song Mi Ok's plan...
and committed ruthless murders...
for personal gain.
He claimed the body as my husband...
and forced me into widowhood.
He directed me to be humiliated mercilessly.
That is not true!
I did not hire the kidnappers...
I was told if I signed the document,
they would supply the kidnappers and create the virtuous arch in exchange.
Who is it...
who promised you that and took your signature?
It was...
The true killer of Song Mi Ok who was arrested.
I request a confrontation with him, Ji Dong Choon.
He has been arrested?
This is absolutely ridiculous.
How could someone like me arrange the virtuous arch?
What is this about agreements and kidnappers?
What nonsense is all this?
Of course, I sent the laborers.
That is my job.
But how could I know...
everything they do?
Both of you deny knowing?
- Yes. - Yes.
- Yes, we deny it. - We deny it.
Even though there are witnesses...
who saw you meeting several times?
Fine, let us say we knew each other.
How does that prove...
I killed Song Mi Ok?
Investigator.
I request Hong Soo Hee of Cheongsu County as a witness.
I simply went to return the ring I had received.
Of course.
Why accuse an innocent person?
Then why do you look so uneasy, as if you are guilty?
I think...
I have seen the murderer.
- What? - Then why did you not say so earlier?
Please, I beg you.
If you draw a composite sketch and testify,
I will have Do Gyeom help Woongyi pass the exam.
Also, let me be the chief of the Mother's Association.
Do not be like that.
It will be done.
It is him.
He is the criminal.
Are you certain?
Yes, I saw him clearly with my own two eyes.
Honestly, could you forget a face like his after seeing it?
It is not true.
I truly know nothing about it.
If you cannot remember,
I will help you recall that day.
Why did I foolishly receive this?
Lady Hong visited to return the ring she had received from Song Mi Ok.
When Cha Mi Ryeong left to fetch water,
Lady Hong tried to enter to meet Song Mi Ok.
But upon seeing Ji Dong Choon enter,
Lady Hong fled in fear.
Ji Dong Choon entered the room...
and brutally strangled Song Mi Ok to death.
Mother!
When the soldiers arrived,
are you saying he was still there?
If the soldiers had been delayed,
Cha Mi Ryeong here would have also lost her life to him.
That is an absurd speculation.
This is a drawing of the footprints behind the door.
Compare them to his shoes...
and compare the scratches on his hands...
to the flesh under Song Mi Ok's nails.
I...
Also, seven years ago,
he kidnapped and abused children...
using them for illegal mining, and earned severe punishment.
Yet he committed grave sins again.
His punishment must be harsher.
No.
I truly did not do it, not me.
Say...
The Magistrate ordered me to do it.
- Are you insane? - Guards!
Take Oh Dal Seong and Ji Dong Choon to prison immediately.
Do not give them a drop of water until they confess all their crimes.
Investigator, it is not true.
- Father. - Father.
No, it cannot be.
You wretch...
That wretch...
It cannot be.
Cha Mi Ryeong is not the person who killed Song Mi Ok.
Instead, she testified...
against Oh Dal Seong and Song Mi Ok for killing Dol Seok.
She also revealed their collusion with the kidnappers...
to help you apprehend them.
Therefore, I sincerely request...
the release of Cha Mi Ryeong.
Cha Mi Ryeong...
is declared innocent. She may return home.
Young Madam.
Everyone has worked so hard.
You were amazing.
I never imagined footprints would be the key.
Nonsense.
Let us go.
Mi Ryeong.
Sorry for being late.
- Let us go, let us all leave. - Thank you for your efforts.
- Hey, Kkeutdongi. - I am so exhausted.
You were so incredible today.
Oh Dal Seong was already at risk...
of dismissal for embezzlement.
Someone approached the Magistrates...
through the overseer, targeting those at risk of dismissal...
and secured agreements for bribes.
They then sent the kidnappers.
Perhaps the overseer is...
merely a loyal pawn for someone else.
But will the overseer reveal who is behind him?
Seven years ago,
he refused to speak during the mining case.
Perhaps it would be better to release him and track him.
Can you...
convince Oh Dal Seong to talk?
You know what will happen if you speak.
At the court, I saw your family.
It was truly a heartwarming sight.
The use of virtuous arches for revenge killings...
will be fully reported to the King.
This way, no more innocent widows will be wrongfully murdered.
We will enforce stricter evaluations and greater caution.
However, if you reveal this before the mastermind is caught,
they might disappear and hide.
Punishing the guilty and condemning the wicked is good,
but ensuring they cannot repeat their crimes...
must be more meaningful.
It is all thanks to you for creating this rightful cause.
I am grateful that you listened to the words of a mere woman.
Thank you.
Investigator, Oh Dal Seong killed himself.
What?
My goodness, our Legal Advocate Lady.
I will be watching closely.
How dare you point your finger?
Who are you?
I am just excited to see you.
It has been a while.
What is wrong with this guy?
How handsome.
The matriarch Ok Tae Young of the family of Seong Gyu Jin,
who was once the magistrate of Cheongsu County,
has worked tirelessly to uncover the false virtuous arch case...
which caused the death of innocent lives.
Her efforts and contributions are significant...
and merit recognition.
- Indeed! - Of course!
As a reward,
a monument shall be erected in Cheongsu County...
and each household among the people shall receive a roll of cotton cloth.
Excellent.
And to Ok Tae Young,
ten rolls of colorful silk shall be bestowed.
- Ten rolls! Wonderful! - What an honor!
A monument in Cheongsu County?
That is impressive.
They say it will be harder to receive a virtuous arch in the future.
- So this is a huge gain. - Absolutely.
She saved her sister-in-law, caught the murderer,
and elevated Cheongsu County's honor.
Our legal advocate has solved the last case magnificently.
Now, make some noise!
I say legal advocate! You say lady!
- Legal advocate! - Lady!
Make some noise!
Even louder!
I had a hard time evading the spies trailing me.
Because of her, the virtuous arch plan failed...
and the Chief Minister is deeply disappointed.
Indeed, it is frustrating.
Seven years ago, when you were the Minister of War,
she cost you the gold mine as well.
But it is fortunate the Chief Minister and you were not exposed.
And I was released as well.
Oh Dal Seong took his own life, which was convenient.
I repeatedly warned him...
that if he interfered with your plans...
he would be...
You know very well.
Failing to handle a single woman...
Dispose of it.
I am sorry to keep you waiting.
Do not be. Please take a seat.
Of course.
Why are you sitting there? Stand up and greet him at once.
My apologies. My daughter has no manners at all.
I do not believe I am superior because I have more.
I believe having more means I have more responsibility.
I want to be a legal advocate.
Many people suffer injustices...
but cannot file a lawsuit...
because they cannot read and understand the law.
I want to help those people.
Being a legal advocate...
is no longer just your dream.
It seems to have become my dream, too.
As I feel so sad to leave.
Where exactly are we headed now?
Even if you are leaving, you should say goodbye properly.
Did I not tell you to stop the repairs?
This?
It was not me.
Thank you so much, Legal Advocate Lady.
Thanks to you, my daughter, a victim of the virtuous arch...
can now rest peacefully.
Other bereaved families have also come to visit.
Madam.
- Madam, you are here. - Thank you, Madam.
- We are so grateful, Madam.
Thank you so much, Madam.
You are truly the pride of Cheongsu County.
Thank you, Madam.
Thanks to you, we also received blessings.
Because of you, life feels worth living again.
We respect you, Madam.
Congratulations.
You asked why I came after killing Chon Seung Hwi.
I wanted to see you this happy for myself.
It seems you have something to say.
Speak when you are ready. I will wait.
Just once...
Just this one time...
Can I be selfish?
Selfish about what?
To make you...
my true husband and live here together...
doing what I want to do.
You...
claim everyone is equal...
yet why are you so harsh only on yourself?
Stop only helping others.
Stop sacrificing and forgiving.
For once, live as you wish.
You know it yourself.
I am slave Goodeoki.
I respected you even when you were a slave.
A slave who learned to read...
earned money by selling peanuts, and planned your escape.
You did not stay in your given life.
You splashed filth on your master and escaped oppression.
This life you carved out for yourself is precious.
You deserve it, fully.
This now is your life.
Then...
what about your dream?
You gave it all up for me.
How can I...
live happily on my own?
No, I feel like I am stepping onto the greatest stage of my life.
I am living as the protagonist of my story with you as my wife.
This, too, is like achieving my dream.
One day, when people find out,
death will be inevitable.
But even if I can live just one day as your husband,
death does not scare me.
In fact, even now, if I were to die,
the days spent with you...
were the happiest moments of my life.
So let us make sure we are not discovered.
Just as you live as Tae Young, not Geodeoki,
I will no longer be Chon Seung Hwi...
but Seong Yun Gyeom.
Now then, call me.
Who am I?
My husband.
(The Tale of Lady Ok)
What do you mean the ceiling in Yun Gyeom's room collapsed?
Exactly.
But where will I sleep tonight, then?
You two are married. Why not share a room?
My goodness.
I have wished for you to sleep peacefully just once...
yet how can life be so hard for you?
I am your...
husband.
I will ensure that we are not discovered.
Flawlessly, without the slightest error.
Now, repeat after me.
I am the best.
I am amazing.
Will you give me a wedding gift?
What if they are slave hunters?
What if Lady So Hye is searching for me?
What if she sees me and my husband together?
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