Gae Ddong
♫ In the warm sunshine ♫
♫ When I close my eyes ♫
♫ You blow towards me ♫
♫ So ardently ♫
♫ My heart wishes ♫
♫ Did you know that? ♫
♫ Blindingly brilliant ♫
Leave! ♫ Those beautiful days ♫
Leave! Leave! Leave! You bad jerk! ♫ I still see them ♫
Why have you come? ♫ Like a dream ♫
Why have you come? Why have you shown up now?
While you were perfectly fine, how could you not once...
Couldn't you have written and sent me a letter once?
Leave! Leave! You bad jerk!
♫ It was you. ♫
♫ Even if time flows, ♫
Hit me harder! More! Hit me if you will feel better. Hit me.
♫ This feeling which spreads rosily ♫
Really?
Did you abandon me and run away?
Then, did something happen?
I suddenly got relatives I didn't know about.
I am...
I am a nobleman.
What a relief.
Gae Ddong.
I knew my Soo wouldn't do that.
So I was sure something big happened.
I was afraid perhaps something went wrong.
Do you know how much I worried?
What a relief.
You're all right.
It's fortunate, really.
I'm sorry. Gae Ddong.
It's okay.
I'm sorry.
I shall find a way to come back to you, no matter what.
When I come back here, as we promised,
let's get married.
Go on in.
Go safely.
Matchmaker.
Why exactly did you return here?
An Order of Selection will be issued soon
and your Majesty's marriage will be decided.
She is a child who has just got it all together.
Please do not make her waver.
I am not trying to make her waver. I'm trying to hold onto her.
What will you do after holding onto her?
I will keep her with me.
-Your Majesty! -I was going to give up.
I didn't want to be the king. But I took on the position.
If I keep her at my side, Gae Ddong would be unhappy.
So I thought that I should let her go now.
But I cannot.
No matter how hard it is,
I want to be with her.
Even if I shouldn't travel on this road, I must try.
My heart
will not change.
Stop coming here, it's getting cold.
My heart will not change.
I will come again tomorrow.
So,
please help me.
Episode 8 A Love That Cannot Be Realized.
Episode 8 Magic Lily.
I finally found Soo, who was waiting for.
But why isn't my heart happy?
You finally found Kim Soo, whom you couldn't forget.
Did my Soo leave?
What did you talk about with my Soo?
Didn't my Soo look so cool in a gentleman's robe?
He was shining so bright.
If he doesn't cut a decent figure wearing such expensive clothes
what is the point of expensive clothing?
Um...
so Soo came.
Then what happens now?
What do you mean? You found Kim Soo,
now if you find your older brother, you must return.
To where, do you mean?
Where else?
Your rightful place.
I will pretend I didn't hear about you becoming a noble lady,
so go in and sleep now.
♫ After saying things I didn't mean, what I really want to say ♫
What a problem.
I keep mistaking
this place as my place.
What? "My Soo?"
I brought her here and fed her, dressed her, and taught her.
And she immediately runs to him and calls him "my Soo?"
They say you shouldn't take in strays (because they won't be grateful).
I am not trying to make her waver.
I'm trying to hold onto her.
What will you do after holding onto her?
I will keep her with me.
Your Majesty,
so you will choose to take that thorny road, after all?
That is not yours, Young Lady.
So please don't be careless.
How dare she... to me?
-Have you looked into it? -Yes.
Lady Yoon Soo Yeon who came to the tea ceremony
is really the daughter of Lord Yoon,
who served in one of the high-ranking government positions.
-But... -But?
But Lord Yoon's daughter had left for the countryside due to ill health.
And no one knows what happened to her after that.
It seems it will be difficult to learn more information.
You can't.
Why not?
Do I owe you anything?
Your words are completely different from one day to another!
Don't you see this?
You said it yourself, Mr. Matchmaker! That you'd give me another opportunity!
I said I'd give you an opportunity,
I didn't say I'd make you into a woman from a noble family.
I don't have any reason to,
I have no reason to do so and you don't have the ability.
To me, that is what the next opportunity is.
Why? Because your Soo that you miss came to look for you?
Your groom, who you thought had run away,
comes back dressed in a pretty robe, so you changed your mind?
-That's not it... -That's not it?
Then, you who said that you'd live your life as Gae Ddong
if you couldn't find your brother,
why did you change your mind?
Th-That's...
Since you found Soo,
if you find your brother, you should return..
How come...
It's not possible for me?
Since I was born like this, is that status something
that someone like me can't even glance at?
There's also a class for one's mind.
Did you not know?
Big Unni! Big Unni?
Do you know what this is?
This is called a "soo-ga-boo" (scarf), all the way from Na-Soon.
'Soo' for excellent, 'Ga' for beautiful, and 'Boo' for silk.
Excellent and beautiful silk.
What do you think? Isn't it fashionable?
Regardless, I won't give up.
Why is she like this these days?
Did you two fight?
They keep throwing tantrums, wanting something they can't dare to have.
Both of them are persisting so stubbornly.
How are they so alike?
If she doesn't listen, you should just fire Three Months!
It just came through the port of Mapo,
it is the one and only white porcelain in Joseon.
This white porcelain, I saw it in that shop over there as well.
Moreover, it was cheaper there.
What are you saying?
I'll sell it to you for 2 nyangs less.
I will take this one.
Give it to me like this, without reducing the price.
Yes, I will wrap it for you then!
Why are you knowingly buying it at a higher price?
The value is decided by the one who puts the price.
Isn't it so very pretty, devoid of any fissure?
Such an honourable entity, from its birth.
To me, you who are prickly and seem on the verge of tears, look more beautiful, Lady.
♫ Why of all things do I see you (all day long) ♫
♫ Why do I keep seeing only you (even when my eyes are closed) ♫
♫ Maybe perhaps I like you ♫
♫ I like you ♫
♫ Maybe like this (us two) ♫
♫ Resemble each other ♫
♫ If I see you in pain ♫
♫ because I keep seeing you ♫
My porcelains! ♫ My heart breaks ♫
Run! ♫ When I look at you ♫
♫ it's like a lie ♫
My porcelains! ♫ Spin smoothly ♫
♫ Spin smoothly, spin smoothly ♫
♫ you can smile honestly, ♫
♫ Just keep looking at only me,
♫ I will protect you ♫
♫ If I look at your two eyes smiling at me, ♫
♫ Gently gently ♫
♫ How can I like you so much?
♫ Even the hardened heart ♫
♫ All disappears. ♫
♫ Thank you ♫
Eunuch Jang, what is wrong?
I got sick from the fish porridge I had for breakfast. My apologies...
I will take care of the meeting of the functionaries, so go.
My apologies!
Jo-Cham: When civil and military officials report to the king, four times a month.
With this piece of paper,
how am I supposed to understand His Majesty's mind?
My apologies, Majesty.
There's only two persons who could be the fox.
Among those two, one was off duty that day,
and the one who was on duty was...
Yoon Seong Ho.
Why are you drawing a circle over those intricate letters?
You don't need to know.
Even if I know nothing else, I know the character for fox.
Yeo-woo: fox.
How is it? I'm also quite good at writing intricate characters.
Just get ready to meet the clients.
Is there anything you need? Unpaid manual lab our, just ask for it.
In return, please reconsider once more this lady's request.
It's all ready, Big Unni.
And look who is calling whom stubborn.
Let's start.
This is Sir Kim Jin Sa, who lives in Namsan valley.
Three years ago, he lost his wife.
It has only been three years since he lost his wife,
but he is already thinking about remarriage.
I do not find that proper in a man.
He is the son of the former Minister of Interior,
recently divorced from his former wife.
Having no title for himself and relying on his father's position,
doesn't that mean he is incompetent?
This is the last one.
Doesn't it look like a scene we've seen before?
Can't we eat something first?
This won't do.
If you let us know of a potential partner that you are interested in,
we will try to look for it.
Just...
an ordinary man would be satisfactory.
Thank you for your work.
Waaah, Madam is considerably difficult to please. Could this run in the family?
To say that she's difficult to please...
She's immoderately looking for a party that is flawless.
Like she's looking for someone who doesn't exist on purpose.
Come on, why would she do that?
Isn't it because she's having difficulties?
Since it's an opportunity that came back to her,
she'd want to do well this time, without making mistakes.
Oooh Three Months! They say "practice makes feng shui,"
but you're quite good!
You mean "practice makes perfect." Then, what should I do now?
Unpaid manual lab our... Just say it.
You can try all you want, there's no use.
Just order me to do anything, I'm telling you!
What's that? Where are you going?
You're leaving me alone again?
There's something going on with these two, for sure.
Your Majesty, requesting the reward of Virtuous Woman to Lady Im,
we're received petitions from various provinces. Everyone is in agreement.
So let us not delay this further and bless Lady Im with the award of three virtues
and encourage her dedication.
Her Highness's words have merit.
Please grant your royal permission, Your Majesty.
-Please grant your royal permission. -Please grant your royal permission.
You're working as a matchmaker?
You, Gae Ddong?
Of course.
That man, he's a bit prickly,
but I'm earning three times more than I did before.
Room and board, fixed salary, and even payment in advance.
What kind of work do you do?
Ah, recently, a woman who was about to be awarded a Virtuous Woman award
came to us, wanting to remarry.
I heard that the king will give her some kind of gate as an award?
The king is so strange.
A woman who's suffered all her life,
she has to stay alone for the rest of her life and get an award for it?
Is that an award? It's torture.
Oh, right within his reach
the king has a whole flower bed full of beautiful women.
So how can he possibly understand that?
He does know.
-How would you know how the king feels? -Huh?
Oh, somehow, I just think I know.
I apologize. I suddenly thought about something fun.
Your Majesty, please respond to the petition.
The wife of my nephew has an upright and deeply filial nature
and deserves the award of Virtuous Woman.
But I am worried that my loyalty may come into question.
So please respond to the petition.
As that is Prime Minister's position, who would dare to oppose him?
You must not say that.
When rewarding effort to those deserving,
how can there be any doubts as to anyone's loyalty?
So it is right to grant permission.
But you know this award of great honour,
I'd like to bestow it directly to this woman.
Your Majesty, my nephew's wife is a noble lady.
How can she dare to visit you over such a small matter, Your Majesty?
How can praising my people be a small matter?
If you are worried, we can meet her together.
Request her attendance at the Royal Court in three days.
I will directly grant my royal permission.
-We are grateful for your honour. -We are grateful for your honour.
You haven't found her yet?
How many places are there for a woman to hide?
I apologize.
She can abandon everything, but I know she won't abandon her child.
I'm sure she will send a letter to Hwa Jeong somehow.
So keep your eye out for that.
Yes, Lord.
-Hurry and take it off. -Wh-what are you doing?
Hurry and take it off, so I can do the laundry. You wore this yesterday too.
It's fine, so get out.
-Hurry, come on. -I told you, you can't!
I can.
I have to be a noble lady. I can do it.
Why do you just keep saying that I can't?
I want to be with her.
Even if I shouldn't travel on this road, I must try.
Even so, no means no.
It's not as if the world can be turned upside-down.
Does the world need to be turned upside-down for me to become a noble lady?
You, do you have any idea where that guy lives?
The king's ear is a donkey's ear...
Fine, I'll do it by myself. I will turn the world upside-down.
Lady?
Can you help me?
Are you alright?
Yes.
I am curious about something. How can I become an elegant noble lady like you?
-If you endure, you can do it. -Endure?
Even if you are pricked many times by the needle,
as you embroider all day long, you endure it.
Even if your back hurts, you endure it.
Even if your mother-in-law abuses you
for somehow having caused the death of your husband, you endure it.
Even if you are attracted to a man,
you poke your thighs and endure that, too.
How can you endure that?
After enduring, if you can't take it any longer, drink that.
It's very strong, so it only takes one sip.
The congestion in your heart will quickly descend.
Lady,
I understand now why you are refusing the award of the Virtuous Woman.
Tea should taste at least this good.
Do you think that will make you a noble lady?
Why not?
Want to see my tea ceremony skills?
Gae Ddong, this is wine.
You got the hiccups?
Please try to shock me.
Hiccups are cured by a shock...
Do you want to stop? Then promise to make me into a noble lady.
-Gae Ddong, you... -Promise me!
You...
Big Unni, are you in there?
What? Why are we hiding?
Matchmaker Yeong Soo keeps making me do things like I'm his servant.
Did you forget that we were doing makeup for the lady from Bakseok Village?
Look at that.
How strange, I thought he was in here for sure.
Is someone in there?
Three Months, if you are joking around, I will punish you.
I must have misheard.
You... now... what...?
You said you would stop hiccupping if you were shocked.
You said that.
I couldn't think of anything else to do.
But still...!
In any case, you stopped hiccupping so it's fine.
So you should have promised to make me a noble lady.
Is she fearless? Or is she thoughtless?
You, why did you do that, at that time?
I shall find a way to come back to you, no matter what.
When I come back here, let's get married as we promised.
Soo,
I have to marry you,
but if my heart is happy now,
that's very strange, isn't it?
Right? I'm really awful, aren't I?
You were here.
You pretended not to be here because you didn't want to run errands, didn't you?
Mr. Matchmaker, what scent is this?
The scent is so wonderful.
Isn't it? This is a special sachet that Big Unni got for me.
But why have you been blushing?
My body temperature always runs hot.
You've worked hard.
Although this is for His Majesty's benefit,
searching through his bedroom...
You can leave now.
But...
Get out.
What is all this? He's even studying the faces of all the vassals?
We put a woman in there so he can spend time with her,
but all we did was give him more time to study.
These are the policemen who were working on that day.
Thank you.
If you need anything more from me, just ask.
Never mind anything else, I acknowledge your expertise in bewitching women.
Well, it doesn't always work.
Who is Yoon Seong Ho?
Yes, that is me.
-Please pull up your sleeves. -Yes.
You two, please.
You can go now.
Hungry Bird had blood underneath his fingernails.
I'm sure it was from him fighting back.
I'm sure the criminal has those wounds.
The problem is that
this criminal is able to come and go to the police station, as if it's his home.
And he can cover up this incident so easily, who has such ability?
You have to know who was killed
to know who did the killing.
Someone who holds at least a middle third level of public office
and also look into whether any one recently died in the royal family.
If it's someone who motivated Vice Premier to make a move,
he must be someone very important.
I understand.
But what's with you, volunteering to do things without being asked?
This case is full of questions, so it's very interesting.
So leave this to me, I'll satisfy your curiosity.
Then I must get going, in order to work on Sister-in-law's marriage.
Why don't you ask me again to help you?
You will need me for many things.
I thought your answer will be the same, if I asked again. Is that not the case?
The lady who abandoned her household,
even refusing the title of Virtuous Woman, what does she look like?
Does she seem cold-hearted enough to abandon her child?
Why not confirm it yourself?
Please find a good partner for her.
After all, it's a flower path
on which she's walking all over the bright future of her child.
Don't come to hasty conclusions. Everyone has their own story.
A mother who abandons her child, what story could she possibly have?
-Young Master. -Young Master.
To live with some man, she abandoned her children.
She is the cause of our family's ruin.
Let go of me! Let go of me! Why are you doing this?
I told you, I wanted to take the state exam.
Although a man's bad behaviour is forgiven,
a woman's bad behaviour cannot be forgiven, even for her future generations.
It is recorded in the Ja-Nyeo-An.
So how can you take the state exam?
Father.
You cannot do anything.
You cannot be appointed to a government position, and you cannot get married.
This is all because of your mother.
If you want to resent someone, resent your mother.
-Burn it all. -Yes, sir.
This is about one woman's marriage, that is, her life depends on it.
Please confirm whether this man comes and goes to this courtesan house.
I told you, I don't know.
That man comes to this courtesan house every three days
and only asks for a courtesan named Mae Hwa.
Last night, he even put her hair up and told her
he would take her as a concubine once he got married.
Is that enough?
Where did you get that information?
I just picked it up here and there. It's useless, after all, isn't it?
But it is useful to me. Will you sell your information to me?
It would be even better if you worked with me.
Are you worried about something?
Among our customers, there is someone who is waiting for her fiancé who is far away.
But there is another man who may be prickly but who takes care of her,
and she keeps thinking about him.
She keeps forgetting about her fiancé who is far away.
Noble lady, isn't that awful of her?
Yes, she is awful.
Isn't she?
Her heart is telling her the answer, but she is not listening to her heart.
So of course, she is quite foolish.
So please let this customer know
that if she continues, she will become sick like I did.
Really?
What is this?
It is a gift for you, Young Lady.
It was a gift from my in-laws when I wed,
but I can't wear it now because it is too small.
Can you really give this to me?
In return, please do just one small favour for me.
I've received word that Lord Yoon Dong Seok is in Hanyang.
He was always in the mountains near the clean waters, but now he is in Hanyang?
My daughter will be worried.
Can you please deliver this letter to her?
Isn't it cheating to steal from someone who is sleeping?
Ahjussi, please wake up now.
"A needle thief becomes a cow thief,"
and it's the fault of people like you who let their guard down.
I was sleeping so well, what is all this noise?
Know that you survived because of me.
Huh? You again?
I don't need such things.
Ahjussi,
if you keep losing your things like this,
you will lose something really precious later.
Once you lose it, it will be hard to find later.
So make sure to keep it well.
On top of the wall behind the annex...
I've sometimes exchanged letters with her there before, for fun.
You can leave it there.
Street section Main House.
Flower Crew.
That thing called "accident..."
Won't you pay attention?
These are all burdens you've brought in.
Burdens?
Three Months, who you said would only be here for three months.
And that prickly lady who picks on all the candidate's personal history.
We have to find her mate and send her away soon.
Yes, I should find her mate and send her away.
Then do you intend to keep her for the rest of your life?
Yeong Soo, if I keep thinking about an accident, why would that be?
Did you suffer an accident?
If you keep thinking about an accident, isn't that a warning?
A warning?
That this is an accident-prone area, so you should avoid it.
Accident-prone area...
Not the Vice Premier and not a widow's village, but she went to see Hoon?
Yes, her face was hidden by a lady's hood, so I couldn't confirm her face.
But it was embroidered with a peony, the emblem of the Ma household.
It would appear that she discussed remarriage with Young Master.
She really intended to remarry?
When she knows well that it means ruining our household?
What shall I do?
It doesn't matter where she was.
Make sure to bring Hwa Jeong's mother (Lady Im) to me tonight.
Yes, Lord.
The "three virtues gate of honour" is just a pretext.
We know his dark soul which is using that
to try to participate in the selection of the queen
and we must simply endure it?
Things have turned out like this because the crown prince passed away.
He was attacked by mountain bandits on his way to the palace?
Does that even make sense?
Please be quiet.
There has never been an official announcement to the people about this.
Lord, allow me to get some more wine.
Yes, do that.
The late crown prince?
The only royals who have recently passed away are the king and the crown prince.
The king died in the palace,
but the crown prince died outside the palace. So which is more likely?
And he was allegedly attacked by mountain bandits.
Doesn't it fit your theory perfectly?
The late crown prince...
Who would dare harm the foundation of the state?
That is why this is so interesting. What do you want me to find out next?
That is enough for today.
Then you should get going. I have a lot of work to do, starting now.
Did he go to the courtesan house?
Why is he so late?
Where have you been?
Rock-Head, I can't live because of you.
Gae Ddong!
I may not know anything else, but I know how to write "fox."
"Yeo-woo" (fox)
"Noh."
You...
"Where did she go?"
I really worried so much about you, my nephew's wife.
I got scared, worried someone had a grudge against me.
This is why your nephew's wife ran away.
Who did you bring here?
Catch her properly right now.
Go ahead and look for her, see if you can find her.
But this girl...
Do not touch her!
Do not touch even a single fingertip on this young lady.
It's not enough that you can't help your family, must you also interfere so much?
Are you really my child?
You are the one interfering in my work, Father.
If you ever touch one of my people again, I will no longer stand for it.
Let's go.
My people?
Why are you sulking now?
Was this bothersome?
You got me out earlier so nicely...
How dare you show yourself there? You could have been hurt!
Why are you getting angry?
Someone would think you're the one who got hurt.
If you keep thinking about an accident, isn't that a warning?
A warning?
That this is an accident-prone area, so you should avoid it.
Soo came for me. What happens now?
What do you mean?
You found Kim Soo, now if you find your older brother, you must return.
To where, do you mean?
Don't get hurt.
What?
If you get hurt, who will do the work that you've neglected?
We need more help, after all.
Who would say you are not prickly?
Don't worry, I won't get hurt.
After all, I got paid in advance.
Come on, wait for me.
Do not touch her!
Do not touch even a single fingertip of this young lady.
I've never seen that girl before...
-Hyeon? -Yes.
-Find out who that girl is. -Yes.
And make sure to find Hwa Jeong's mother, we only have three days left.
-Got that? -Yes, Lord.
Poison? Where did you get this?
The criminal is probably Hungry Bird, who hasn't been seen for a few days.
Hungry Bird?
The only royals who have recently passed away are the king and the crown prince.
And he was allegedly attacked by mountain bandits.
Doesn't it fit your theory perfectly?
Assassinating the crown prince, and the power to cover that up...
Fox... policeman...
It's not "fox."
It's the character for "no" for "no-bi." (slave)
He is Hyeon, one of Father's men.
You must know who was killed
in order to find out who did the killing.
After the crown prince passed away, the person who benefited the most...
my father. My father is involved in every one of these matters.
Father was not looking for some random girl
he was trying to kill Gae Ddong, the fiancée of the king.
What brings you here at such a late hour, Mr. Matchmaker?
Your Majesty, is your intention to wed still valid?
Yes.
This will be deceit which shows contempt for everyone in Joseon.
If something goes wrong, everyone will not emerge safely.
But must you still proceed?
Yes.
Very well.
I will take care of this marriage.
♫ I couldn't hide my heart ♫
Flower Crew: Joseon Marriage Agency Preview
I will bring you to Kim Soo.
So you will send Gae Ddong to the palace, too?
They are teachers who will make you into a noble lady in 15 days.
The Vice Premier's daughter is here.
What is the big deal about becoming a queen?
All you do is collect information at a courtesan house.
What would you know about it?
Only two days remain before she must make her appearance at the palace.
Please do nothing.
That way, at the very least, you can save that girl named Gae Ddong.
If you're going to do it like this, just quit.
Mr. Matchmaker, you're a mule, too. A stubborn mule.
You must not have personal feelings about the client's marriage.