01x12 - Episode 12

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(This drama is a work of fiction

created based on historical facts.)

(Most of the details and depictions

of the characters are fictional.)

(Episode 12)

Hurry up!

I know it is a common occurrence

to abduct women,

insist they are captives,

and drag them away.

But I am still a noblewoman.

The men in your family have been

military officers for generations, right?

But have you heard?

If we do not catch

all the runaway captives,

they will drag the King of Joseon

to the Qing Empire.

So, the Joseon Court has been

catching all captives,

no matter their family backgrounds

and their class.

I think I heard them say that anyone

who resists can be k*lled on the spot.

In the midst of all that,

who cares about an officer's wife?

What do you think you are trying to pull?

You better let my lady go this instant

Keep going!

Madam.

Kid.

Have you lost your way?

They dragged Madam away.

Is there still no news?

Gil Chae.

Madam.

Have you perhaps

heard anything on your own?

What do you mean by that?

It is not the first time

Lady Gil Chae has disappeared.

Has that man, Lee Jang Hyun, perhaps

Oh, my goodness.

What are you trying to say?

In the past,

she even saw him off in person.

Let us talk in private.

Slow down.

Some guys dragged Madam away?

Did they seem like they were strangers?

And did Madam and those men

seem like they did not know each other?

Hey, what happened?

We could not find her.

Go on and tell him for now.

Why do I care?

You do not know what she means to me.

What do you mean I tricked you?

I have been looking around for her

all night.

Do I seem to be lying to you?

I do not suspect you.

However,

I do wonder if your wife has deceived me

again this time

and helped my wife leave.

That is why I say so.

Is that

how you have been feeling until now?

You know

Gil Chae.

She does not change her mind

once she decides something.

You are the man Gil Chae has chosen.

So, how could you doubt Gil Chae

You.

Some strange men dragged her away?

Yes.

They dragged away

Madam and Jong Jong.

Where to?

Where did they drag them off to?

They were speaking in the language

of foreign intruders.

I have heard that many women

have been getting abducted recently.

This must be

You are

Lee Jang Hyun's man, are you not?

Now, everything has become clear.

Officer Gu.

Officer Gu.

Why are you acting like this?

I am certain that man, Lee Jang Hyun,

has taken my wife.

And he must have made Ryang Eum

take care of the aftermath.

- Officer Gu.

- Then why else

would that man be the one

to bring news of my wife?

Did you not hear Ryang Eum?

He was walking past this place

by chance when he met Da Jim

By chance?

Do you believe that?

Ryang Eum.

I believe you.

And

I believe this child too.

Gil Chae

You must bring Gil Chae back.

Take that man and hit him

until he tells you where my wife is.

- Yes, sir.

- My lord.

There is no time for this.

I am certain she has been taken away

by the Qing.

Do not delay any longer

and send people to find Madam

before it is too late.

Then,

please send me.

I will find out where she is

Do you think I would believe your word?

I will

go with Ryang Eum.

You do not doubt me as well, do you?

Hurry up!

Get up.

Get up now!

Jong Jong.

Come to your senses.

Madam.

I am thirsty.

My throat

I have packed some dried meat

and ground grains.

Do not skip your meals.

I have also packed you plenty of socks.

Well,

the roads must be harsh.

Please take care of yourself, and

Thank you.

Why do you thank me?

It is my duty.

If I think of what Lady Yoo did for me

when I was locked up in prison,

I could do even more for her.

Officer Gu.

We are leaving now.

Jong Jong.

Jong Jong, come to your senses.

Okay? Come to your senses.

I cannot

walk anymore.

They said

it would take over a month to get there.

I cannot do this, Madam.

If you collapse here, I will abandon you.

Then you will be eaten by crows.

Will you like that?

No, however

I cannot go on anymore.

Jong Jong.

Excuse me, sir.

Hey.

I have an ornament in here.

If you could untie me

I cannot do that.

Then put your hand in there

and take it out.

My goodness.

I cannot dare to touch a noblewoman.

It is fine. Hurry up and take it out.

Now.

Take it, and let us ride the wagon.

Only one of you can ride it

if this is all you have.

I am fine.

Please let her ride the wagon.

You want your servant to ride the wagon?

How absurd.

Get on the wagon.

Madam.

Hang in there. You can hold out.

Let us go.

It suits you.

Well

I thought I should wear it today

for you got me this as a gift.

The thing is

I gave it to Lady Eun Ae as a gift.

I will go and get changed at once.

You got this for me, did you not?

It truly suits you.

You look beautiful.

Well,

a pretty lady is wearing a pretty dress.

Of course, I look beautiful.

My lady.

You see, you're not bad-looking.

However, I have seen prettier women.

There are many of them, in fact.

Do not say what you do not even mean.

Then why did you not give it

to the prettier woman you have seen?

Why did you gift me this expensive dress?

I have never seen or heard of a man

who would do such a thing.

Oh, why did I gift you this silk dress?

You see, you are

From the moment I first saw you

Never mind.

What? What were you going to say?

To me, you are

Never mind.

Just say it. What were you going to say?

Everyone must be waiting.

We should go inside.

Wait.

Finish your sentence.

What were you going to say?

The day we first met Yes.

We met by the swing. What about it?

Come on. What were you going to say?

Hey!

I am sorry.

Do you live here?

There is something very peculiar

about the moonlight today, right?

And here is a man

admiring the moon all alone

with a bottle of wine in his hand.

Are you a playboy?

You do not seem like a dunderhead.

Are you a troublemaker son

from a wealthy family?

You.

What are you?

There is something peculiar

about the moon tonight.

My dear, you must be

under the same moonlight too.

I hope you are having a good night.

I know which route

the Qing people take to go to Simyang.

If we are lucky,

we will be able to trace her steps.

By the way,

why did you not go with Lee Jang Hyun?

More importantly, what is the reason

you are helping Officer Gu find his wife,

knowing that he is suspicious of you?

Once, I asked a similar question

to Young Master Jang Hyun.

"Why are you risking your life

to help that person?"

"That person?"

Who are you talking about?

Young Master Jang Hyun said

that someone would shed bloody tears

if that person died or got hurt

and that he did not want to see that.

My reason is the same.

Start a farm? All of a sudden?

Due to the drought,

we do not even have enough food

to send to Jinzhou.

Hence, those of you from Joseon

should start a farm

and grow your own food.

It is His Imperial Majesty's order.

What do you mean?

You will not feed your hostages?

That is unheard of.

The soil and climate here are

very different from those of Joseon.

How could we grow our food here?

His Majesty has already given his order,

and it must be obeyed.

It does not look like

they will send us back to Joseon.

Start a farm?

They wish to keep me here

until the day I die.

Who wishes to handle this?

I am afraid

I know nothing about farming.

We should ask those in Joseon

to send us some farmers.

They exhausted their resources

to send the food and the soldiers.

How could I ask for farmers this time?

I know

a little bit about farming.

My father worked for the government

when I was a child,

and I saw my mother

managing the family farm

with the help of our servants.

It is important that we acquire good land.

To start,

they are giving us a plot of land

that could be plowed in a month.

Find someone who knows a lot about soil

and get a fertile plot of land.

We must hurry

so we can cultivate the land.

Also,

we need some farmers

who can work efficiently.

We can certainly find them.

We can find them? Where?

Somewhere very close.

The Joseon men at the sl*ve market

were all farmers back in Joseon.

Your Highness.

Would you like to meet them yourself?

Would you like to turn around and go back?

No.

We will keep going.

Spare me!

Please do not k*ll me!

Please stop.

- Please spare me.

- Stop!

Please spare me.

Do not k*ll me!

- Let go!

- Please do not k*ll me.

- Help!

- Please help us!

- Please get us out of here.

- My lord!

- Help!

- Please!

- My lord!

- Help us!

My lord!

Please help us!

Look.

The bail amount was 30 nyang,

so I brought it,

but it was suddenly raised to 70 nyang,

so I went back to Joseon to get 70 nyang.

It took me half a year

to go back and forth.

And now you are asking me

to pay 100 nyang?

He says 100 nyang is too much.

She has been eating

and sleeping during that time!

If this continues,

you will have to pay 150 nyang!

He says he will take 150 nyang

if you continue to act like this.

I sold all of my land. I no longer

have any means of acquiring more money.

Please.

Then she will not be released!

Please.

Set my daughter free.

Please set my daughter free.

Please.

Why are you keeping her locked up?

Please.

No.

Father,

take back that money.

The kids will starve to death.

No, my daughter.

No!

My daughter!

My daughter.

Those who were lucky returned to Joseon,

but those who have not been able

to acquire bail money

and those whose families

have not come yet

are still waiting for their families here.

If we purchase them,

we will be able to use them as farmers.

How are you still thinking

of exploiting them

after seeing what just happened?

They have constantly been here for years.

How could I suddenly feel sympathetic

toward them?

They are here.

They are in good condition.

Three Joseon men

and three Joseon women.

All her teeth are intact!

Show us.

- Show us!

- Show us!

You want to see?

Show us something else too.

Strip her.

Yes, strip her.

The best quality.

- Show us.

- Show us!

- Let us see!

- Let us see!

- Let us see!

- Let us see!

- Let us see!

- Let us see!

- Let us see!

- Let us see!

Your Highness.

Why did those women

have to stay alive

and suffer such humiliation?

How could Joseon become a laughingstock?

Then how is the King of Joseon

still alive after the humiliation

of bowing to the intruders nine times?

You must be insane!

Why does someone's humiliation

deserve sympathy

while another's humiliation

deserves death?

I am going to k*ll you today.

Your Highness!

Your Highness,

do you really believe

that those people should have

avoided humiliation by dying?

If that is what you really think,

you may strike me this instant.

Hyun!

Hyun!

My sister!

Interpreter Lee.

Follow me.

I am going to k*ll you.

But before that,

I must know

why you followed me to Simyang

when you decided

to be disloyal to His Majesty.

What is up your sleeve?

Long ago,

a person I know

was so afraid of suffering humiliation

that they chose death.

I could not understand their decision.

I was enraged.

You asked me why I came to Simyang.

I

was curious about your fate.

I thought you would end up surrendering.

How impudent of you.

But you were very strong.

You did great, Your Highness.

What is this nonsense?

I

was not able

to protect the King of Joseon

There is no law that says

a child must protect his father.

It is the father

who must protect.

Your Highness,

do not forget this.

Even if the whole world points its fingers

at you for bowing down to the intruders,

and even if the King of Joseon

doubts your loyalty,

hold out until the end.

Once I see that,

it will somewhat comfort my heart

which is full of resentment

toward the person who gave up on life.

I told you to buy farmers,

not old people on the verge of death.

We have no silver. How are we supposed

to buy young and lively captives?

But still, they are too old.

Excuse me,

if we are not good workers,

will you hit us?

We have only farmed our whole life.

The only thing we know how to do

is farming.

Is that so?

That is wonderful news.

Let us go.

How are we supposed to farm

with these old people?

Even before I was born,

these men have been farming.

They must have solutions

to any kind of soil condition.

All right.

Get the farmers into a group of six.

Then, select the most experienced farmer

as the leader.

And

how much fabric is left in this office?

We have 220 rolls of cotton and muslin.

Their unlined clothes are unpleasant.

Make a pair of pants and a jacket

for these farmers with those fabrics.

And

give them rice for breakfast and dinner.

We will serve lunch for them here.

Your Highness.

I have something to inform

How impertinent!

If we successfully raise crops,

will you send us back to our hometowns?

When I die,

I wish to die in my hometown.

I neither know

when I can return to Joseon.

But

I shall promise you this.

If I can return to Joseon,

I promise

to surely take you all with me.

Did you hear that?

Hurry up.

My lady.

This is purely my thought.

We are going to Simyang.

Young Master Jang Hyun could be there.

Do not bring him up.

We must not meet him.

Nor must we ask for his help.

We must not.

My lady.

(Soong)

(Soongin)

(Soongin Valley, Officer Gu Won Moo)

(Gil Chae, Simyang)

Little boy.

Your Majesty.

The report from the subject in Simyang

has arrived.

Yong Gol Dae had scolded them severely

for twelve matters.

Read them to me.

Yong Gol Dae paid a visit

and spoke of the twelve following matters.

When requisitioning the army

the other day,

the plan got ruined

as the deadline was not met.

The soldiers

deliberately returned late

on the pretext that

the ship had sunk in the sea this year.

Those who fled were not immediately found

and returned.

Crossing the borders to dig for ginseng

was not banned.

My lord, please give us some food.

We have been starving for days.

My lord.

My son froze to death

while transferring provisions.

We have nothing.

The people

are making rice cakes and porridge

out of soil.

It tastes like buckwheat.

Have you had it before?

I thought the w*r was over.

But it was not.

Because provisions and soldiers

are sent to the Qing every year,

our kingdom is suffering.

Pyeongan Island is about to be destroyed.

I feel the kingdom will go down

at this rate.

You know, I

If the traces of foreign intruders

can be wiped from Joseon,

I am more than willing to sell my soul.

How pretty.

Hey, now.

What are you doing?

What does it say?

You heard, did you not?

The captives will be coming

from Joseon this time.

But there is a court official

who says he cannot bear to watch

the captives being punished.

Yes, I will take his place instead.

Will you do that?

What is so hard about that?

It is not like the captives

will not be punished if I do not watch.

That is

- Get on your knees!

- Get on your knees!

My lady.

You should go down on your knees.

Even the crown princess of Joseon

had to step out of her palanquin here.

I heard of you.

Send me to Joseon too.

All of you

should be beheaded.

However, His Majesty showed mercy.

Only

three will be punished.

Cut their heels.

Let us go.

Get up, you punk!

Do not hit him.

Let go of me.

Hurry up and take him away.

I will

buy this c*ptive.

Since his ankle has been cut off,

you do not need him anymore, do you?

This punk

is good with his hands,

so his legs do not matter.

He will not be able to

run away anymore, so that is good.

Take him away now.

His Majesty might like her.

Bring her along.

Will they notice that we are not captives?

Those two

will serve His Majesty,

so leave them behind.

Take the others back to Joseon

and have them pay 100 nyang

to have each person back.

Yes, of course.

You three, get up.

Hurry up!

Look here.

Does she recognize

that we are not captives?

I no longer

know anything about it.

Come along.

Look here.

I am from Joseon as well.

Do as you are told.

Change into these.

We are not captives.

Things went wrong,

and we were dragged here.

You are also from Joseon,

so please tell them on our behalf.

Whether someone who was brought here

is a c*ptive or not

is up to His Majesty to decide.

And whether you are a c*ptive or not,

as long as you are here,

just do as you are told.

If not, His Majesty's beloved concubine

with a bad temper might send you off

to the c*ptive market.

You do not know what kind of

brutal treatment the captives face

when they get sold there, do you?

Madam.

It might be best to find out

if Interpreter Lee is in Simyang

Rather than ask him for help,

it is better to just die.

Got it?

Please help me.

Come on. Work harder!

- Let us go.

- Gosh.

Push.

Gosh.

Gosh, push.

My goodness.

I said, push.

Did you use all your strength

from breakfast on pooping?

Put some strength into it.

I am pushing!

You are getting on my nerves.

- My goodness.

- Out of my way!

This is so exhausting.

Darn it.

Come on!

There is a rock in the ground.

There is a rock in the ground?

Oh, gosh.

I think we will need a cow.

Cows do all the fieldwork for farming.

Where are we supposed to get

a cow right now?

We can buy Mongolian cows

with cigarettes and ginseng

instead of silver.

I will go.

Interpreter Lee.

You have a lot to do here in Simyang.

But finding a cow is

also an important matter.

Please let me serve His Majesty.

It is my wish.

Please let me serve His Majesty.

Please let me serve His Majesty.

I said it well,

just like how you taught me, right?

Hey.

Madam.

Madam.

You dare

to flirt with His Majesty?

Drag her in.

- Madam!

- What are you doing?

- Madam!

- Let me go!

Madam.

What are you doing?

- Let me go!

- Madam!

- Jong Jong!

- Madam!

Madam!

No!

No.

Do you not like it?

That is too bad, then.

I will have

your fingers cut off.

No.

Madam!

His Majesty has set his sights on her,

so she cannot have any scars.

Punishing runaway captives is up to me.

Was she really captured

while running away?

Four Joseon captives have run away,

and His Majesty is very angry over it.

If you abuse the Joseon captives again,

and they end up running away,

then,

His Majesty said he would find out

who is responsible.

Madam.

Madam.

Madam

Madam

Madam.

Madam.

Goodness.

How foolish.

Of course Deul Bun did not teach you

the correct phrase.

What you said was,

"Please let me serve His Majesty."

That is what it meant.

Give up.

If you do not listen, they will say

they caught you running away

and cut off

your fingers or toes.

A while ago,

a few Joseon sl*ves escaped.

However,

I was too scared to leave with them.

- Excuse me. May I ask you a question?

- Sure.

Have you seen this lady by any chance?

You darned witch.

You deliberately got my madam in trouble.

How dare you

It is already too late.

His Majesty already has

his eyes on your madam.

What do you mean?

You know what I mean.

Maybe we took a different route.

I was told that

the Qing people always took this route.

Excuse me, here.

(Simyang, Gil Chae, Officer Gu Won Moo)

(Simyang, Gil Chae, Officer Gu Won Moo)

(Simyang, Gil Chae, Officer Gu Won Moo)

My dear.

My dear!

(Simyang, Gil Chae, Officer Gu Won Moo)

What should we do?

What

should I do now?

Then

By now,

she must have arrived in Simyang.

They must have dragged her away,

insisting that she was a prisoner.

Officer Gu.

We must prepare money

to get her released

and leave for Simyang right away.

Yes.

We should.

We must.

My dear.

You are going to Mongolia to buy cows?

While at it, you should also have some fun

with a Mongolian girl with chubby cheeks.

"Have some fun?" What do you mean?

If you want to forget a woman,

you must meet someone new.

So how exactly

All right. We should get going.

Goodness. What is with you?

Sleep, my baby

You are fast asleep, my baby

I would not trade you for gold

I would not trade you for jade

Let us go eat something.

This is the perfect chance

to sell the piles of tobacco we have.

Is that why you volunteered to go

to Mongolia without hesitation?

With the money we will earn this time,

we can erect some pillars

for the Namwon branch.

This is top-quality tobacco.

Look. There is a woman.

This is good. Mongolian beef.

Stay as long as you want.

Enjoy your time here.

This is delicious.

The truth is,

I

I had a woman.

I hoped

she would feel the same way as I did.

But she said

she had never once loved or trusted me.

So I do not like her anymore.

Come to think of it,

she is not even that pretty.

Especially those eyes.

Her eyes are too

Her eyes are too

They always sparkled.

She should not have looked at me

with those eyes.

Fine.

I will do exactly what she did to me.

If we meet again

I will not see her again,

but even if we were to meet again,

I will not even look in her direction.

See if I stare at her.

I keep my word.

All right.

Jong Jong, live a good life

for all I care.

Do you think I asked you to come with me

because you were pretty?

You kept following me around,

so I said you could if you wanted to.

Hey,

find me a pretty Mongolian woman too.

You want to know my type?

First of all, I like women

who are not too tall

with small and long eyes

who look like they are expressive

and have plump lips.

If there is a woman like that,

can you introduce her

Gosh. I just described Jong Jong.

What happened?

If you do not, I am going to look for

Young Master Jang Hyun.

Jong Jong.

Do you know

what His Majesty's concubine said?

His Majesty has his eyes on you.

Do you not understand

what that means?

Strip her.

What are you doing? Let go.

You have no scars. You are clean.

If you receive His Majesty's affection,

you must not forget

how well I treated you.

Get her ready.

Can you just tell me what she just said?

I will not ask you

to help me again. Please.

She said your body is clean with no scars,

so you will receive

His Majesty's affection.

Just accept your fate.

If you receive His Majesty's affection,

you can live a better life

than you did in Joseon.

You have to give the soft persimmons

and white paper to us first.

Of course.

Master.

We are not allowed to hold

private conversations

with maids from Joseon.

Do you happen to know Interpreter Lee?

Or Gu Jam?

What?

Please let him know that my madam,

no Lady Yoo,

no

that Lady Gil Chae is here from Joseon.

Who?

I tripped and fell.

How dare you create a scar on your face?

She hurt herself to avoid sleeping

with His Majesty.

Though I would like to

whip her until she dies,

I must at least

demand a price for her body.

Send her

to Boohoochi.

I warned you multiple times.

You should not have helped Da Jim.

Then you would not have been abducted.

No, if you did not

let that old man work out our forge

What did you just say?

Drag them away!

- Yes, sir.

- Yes, sir.

Jong Jong.

Jong Jong!

Where are you taking us?

Once I return to Joseon,

I will not let you live.

Shut your mouth.

Do you think

you are still a noblewoman here?

Even if

I were to k*ll you

and say that I did it

because you tried to run away,

no one would be able to blame me.

If you want to live,

keep your mouth shut and follow me.

How annoying.

Father!

Father.

Father!

Father.

Please spare me!

Why did you have to do that?

Please.

- Father.

- Please stop hitting us.

- Yes.

- Father!

- Boohoochi.

- Father!

Please spare us!

Please spare us!

Father.

You are pretty.

- Lock them up.

- Yes, sir.

What?

Go inside!

Please look after Father and Je Nam.

Do not worry.

I will look after them.

Will you be okay on your own?

You have helped me enough.

I will bring my own wife home.

I will get going.

You are next.

If you allow me

to send a letter to Joseon,

my husband will bring silver.

What?

Your husband will come and get you?

Children have come for their parents,

parents have come for the children,

and even wives have come

for their husbands,

but no husband has ever come here

looking for his wife.

We have goods for you!

They say he was an only son.

Someone from Joseon

might come to buy him at a high price.

Even if we use her to our hearts' content

and sell her off,

it is a profitable business!

Bidding starts at 30 nyang.

An epidemic!

It is smallpox!

- It is an epidemic!

- An epidemic!

It is an epidemic!

- An epidemic!

- An epidemic!

An epidemic!

Catch them!

My lady! Please run!

The cows were sent to the farmers, yes?

Yes. Do not worry.

That aside,

how could you struggle to get along

with the daughter

of the cow owner that much?

Who are you saying struggled badly?

I remember you going on about

remaining single and preying on ladies.

Is it that hard to communicate

with ladies now?

Communicate, my foot.

Is it because things did not go well

with Lady Gil Chae?

Is that so upsetting and heartbreaking

that even your thing has shriveled up?

What has shriveled up?

No matter how much I look,

you have become strange.

Young Rang was right.

He must be a eunuch.

Hey. Do you have a death wish?

Shall we warm up?

Those bunches are busy even today.

How have you been?

It has been a while.

(My Dearest)

Those people have chosen to live.

Your desperation

makes me reluctant to make the deal.

Is there something you need?

Give me your time.

I came to tell you something.

Lady Gil Chae

I mean, Lady Yoo

I keep seeing things.

Your husband came to get you.

- My lady.

- My lord.

There is nothing to worry about.

Let us go.