[This drama is created with the background of the historical facts from the founding of Goryeo by Taejo Wang Geon until the rise of 4th King Gwangjong.]
[Episode 5]
Why here?
The prince's living quarters are luxurious and clean.
Why do you insist on staying here?
This is where I spend my time. It belongs to me!
This is the king's palace.
You're saying something here belongs to you?
Well, that's not what I meant.
That's good, then.
Breaking into someone's home is wrong.
Can a prince do this?
I can't see the sky from my room.
I can't see the stars that rise only in Goryeo either.
Stars only in Goryeo?
Is there such a thing?
Mung beans, mulberry, bletilla tuber, buttercups.
Trichosanthis root, spikenard, galanga, sweet grass, incense.
Wow! Look at all of this.
The 8th Prince sent for all of it.
The prince?
You were looking for a hobby.
He said you enjoy working with these medicinal herbs.
But... what is it that you plan on making with all of this?
A washing soap. I will make you a soap to wash with.
Do you think the queen will like these soaps like Lady Hae said?
Of course.
There isn't a person in Goryeo who wouldn't like it.
Round, like this.
It looks funny.
Let's make it again.
I have never seen her so happy.
She is even more excited to give it to the queen.
She may not have said so...
however, she must've been frustrated to lose her memories.
She still remembers how to do this.
It is a relief.
Soo has become much more mature since her injury.
She often says things that sound wiser than anything I would say.
At other times, she acts her age and is very cute.
Many times, I pondered sending her back home.
Now I'm very glad that I did not.
I want to find a good mate for her here.
I want her by our side for a long time.
I want to see that laughing face of hers.
Yes.
I feel the same way.
A bit more of that...
I need to write a letter. Can you get me a new ink pen?
Come to the library once you've finished eating.
Myung Hee, I'm here.
She had asked me for a new ink pen.
Lady Hae was coughing badly, so she went to bed.
She asked me to write this on her behalf.
Ah, I see.
The ink...
is over here.
Oh, okay.
This is a poem written by Tao Yuanming entitled "Come Away Home."
- You've read it before, right? - Yes... yes.
When Lady Hae sends a letter, she always sends a poem, as well.
Oh...
What about you?
What?
Do you like poems or songs?
Poems or songs...
I prefer songs, of course.
Oh, really?
How unexpected.
A noble lady like yourself is drawn to the songs of commoners.
What? It's not that kind of music?
Ah, you fool. He's referring to Goryeo music.
No, no. I, too, like poems more than songs.
Then... I will give you this poem.
I feel that I want to give it to you.
Read it carefully.
Thank you.
- Chae Ryung. - Yes, Lady.
Come here.
I was given this thing here.
Well...
I forgot how to read after I hurt my head.
What?
I'll learn it again, but can you read this for me?
How would I know how to read?
I only know my name.
I'm sorry.
Yang, Ryu, Chung, Chung, Kang, Su, Pyung!
I can recognize each character individually
but it's like an alien language when I read it altogether!
Gosh, I'm illiterate here. How can I live here?
His handwriting is just as handsome as he is.
It would be even nicer if I knew what it meant.
I wish I could read it.
I want to read it. I want to read it. I want to read it. I want to read it!
Why didn't you take a class in Chinese characters?
What are you doing?
- Oh my. - Are you illiterate?
No.
I know how to read, but...
I forgot everything when I hurt my head.
- Give it to me. - Oh, no.
I said I'll read it for you.
Let me see.
"Green. O green is the willow"
"Placid, peaceful the flow,"
"Hark and I hear on the river...."
Hey, you.
"To the east, the sun is up. To the west, drizzles persist."
"Though they say the sun is naught"
"to me, the sun is aglow."
It is a lovely poem.
It is a poem written by Liu Yuxi entitled "Song of Bamboo Twigs".
Do you know what the poem means?
"Green, O green is the willow."
So, it must be about the beautiful landscape, right?
This wouldn't have been written by an illiterate person.
Who gave it to you?
The 8th Prince gave it to me to study.
Is it true that you really can't read?
You're not just pretending?
No. Why would I pretend to be stupid?
The prince gave you a good poem, so make sure to return the favor.
Also, you will be greeting the queen tomorrow in the palace, so be prepared.
The palace? I'm going to the palace?
Yes, you'll be giving her the soaps that you made.
Okay! Then I'll get ready.
Is my brother in his right mind?
It is merely a common poem about the landscape.
That poem is about love.
In the last section, a word is changed to "love"
and is used to make a confession.
Are you really telling me that you did not know?
When you got married, I...
Is it possible?
Did you know everything beforehand?
You already knew how Wook felt.
I'm right, aren't I?
Baek Ah.
You need to finish your drawing for me by the end of today.
Myung Hee.
So, the willow is green, and the water placid and peaceful.
The young man sings a song of love.
He didn't think the sun was naught...
But it was?
Gosh.
No, no, no.
What other meaning could there be?
No, there isn't!
Stop thinking that way.
The prince is just... yes, a landlord.
Just consider him a landlord.
You need to control your own heart.
My heart is my own.
Landlord... landlord.
You never come by Damiwon Palace.
What brings you by today?
Wook wanted to drop by with his wife and his wife's cousin.
My daughter-in-law isn't feeling well.
I wanted to get her some medicine from Royal Concubine Oh.
I don't know why people put so much trust in Royal Concubine Oh.
She's not a doctor. She's just a court lady.
By the way, Prince Jung has grown quite a bit.
I heard that you have a private teacher for him in your home.
The teacher is already 70 years old.
He should have a teacher who can teach him
about more than just his own experience.
Who is Wook learning from?
Wook likes to read and read again.
If he has anything he does not know, he discusses it with a teacher.
He refused a teacher early on.
You're keeping his teacher a secret?
Are you concerned about his much younger brother?
The 8th Prince is here.
Hello to both of you, Your Highnesses.
Come on in.
You must be Hae Soo.
This is my first time seeing you this close up.
You sure are very pretty.
It is nice to meet you, Queen Hwangbo.
This is my daughter-in-law's sixth cousin, Soo.
Yes.
Oh... you must be the girl Jung told me about.
The girl who hit the 10th Prince severely?
I have heard about your actions.
I have heard you get along well with my sons.
It is nice to meet you, Queen Yoo.
Soo has made a gift for you, Your Highness.
Oh my word! How beautiful.
I have never seen anything like it.
If you use it every time you bathe
your skin will become... quite... soft.
Thank you. I will use it well.
We have one for you as well, Queen Yoo.
Me too?
I know you like fragrant things.
Please accept it.
You have a very good daughter-in-law, Queen Hwangbo.
Too bad you do not have children.
There would be no flaws, otherwise.
They say big blessings do not come so easily.
Thank you for your concern.
The king will enter.
It's Taejo Wang Geon.
Taejo Wang Geon who founded Goryeo!
I've only seem him in TV dramas. Now I'm seeing him for real.
Awesome.
Have you arrived, Your Majesty?
This looks like a pleasant chat.
I have heard that you were not feeling well.
Now that I know you are worried for me, I feel like I am fully recovered.
Is this the girl who got into a fight with Eun, by any chance?
They were only playing around.
A prince ended up with wounds on his face.
The playing went too far.
How could this cute and pretty girl have gotten into such a fight with Eun?
I have committed a deadly crime!
Are you afraid of the king?
Get your act together.
A tyrant lives off of fear
while a good and wise king lives off of virtue.
You are a good and wise king, so I am not afraid.
A good and wise king?
Why do you think that I am a good and wise king?
Were you planning on getting away with it by using some flattery?
Please, please, please, please!
Think of something. You have to think.
Well...
You united the three lands and founded a new nation.
You didn't discriminate against people from the fallen lands.
You appointed them to high positions.
Also, also... what else?
Balhae, Balhae.
Balhae disappeared but you stayed loyal.
That is why you are a good and wise king.
She is very clever.
My junior high history teacher...
I'm sorry for cursing you when you made us memorize this.
Thank you! You'll be blessed.
I see fighting is not all that you're good at.
You may reward her with a Persian rug.
Yes, Your Majesty.
A precious rug like that.
What an honor for her!
Soo... you should thank him.
You are very benevolent, Your Majesty!
Gosh, where's the bathroom?
I was so nervous in there. My stomach is killing me.
Where is the bathroom? Where?
Where is it? Where is it?
Oh wow.
Wow!
What are you doing here? This is no place for you.
You've become a completely different person.
Now anyone would know that you're a prince.
I was born to be. I was already a prince.
What about you?
Are you here to spy on people bathing again?
I had a gift for the queen
and the 8th Prince let me come along to see the palace.
Are you doing well in this place?
Of course.
Like you said, it's my home with my mother and siblings.
Ah, I see.
It's too big for a home.
Do you even get to see your parents every day?
You got to stay here like you wanted. Do you think you'll get what you want?
I sent you to get adopted as a gesture of goodwill to that family.
You couldn't even stay.
You're useless.
You were born in the same year, but you are nowhere near Wook.
Your only talent is in killing people.
You don't know anything, so how will you last in the palace?
Thank you for your concern.
I will not be a burden to you.
I will use every ounce of my strength to make sure that I'm not.
Is she really his mother?
That was a terrible thing to witness.
Should I have told him I was leaving?
What could be so important that you wouldn't take care of your health first?
Is anyone out there?
Call the doctor now.
I have something I need to say to you.
My child.
You told me on my wedding day.
You said I was a great source of strength to the prince.
You said you would grant a request of mine later on.
No matter how difficult it was, you promised you would.
My child, what can I do for you?
Hae Soo...
please accept her as the prince's wife.
You know.
I no longer have many days left.
Are you here, Your Highness?
Ji Mong, I came to visit my mother.
Mister! You know me, don't you?
What?
You've met me before.
We... even had a drink together.
What is this outrageous story?
Soo, you've met the astronomer Choi Ji Mong before?
Of course!
Mister, you really don't know me?
I was looking all over for you.
But I do not know you, my lady.
I just found out that you were the cousin of the 8th Prince's wife.
I didn't look like this back then.
It wasn't in Goryeo.
So, it's in about a thousand years!
A thousand years from now by a lake in a park.
Be careful.
Excuse me?
Inside the palace...
you must always watch what you say.
It is a place where speaking freely can be dangerous.
Especially regarding the throne or the royal family.
If you ended up living here, you should abide by the norms here.
Your life can't change just because you want it to.
So, do you and Choi Ji Mong already know each other?
I thought I knew him, but I was wrong.
I see.
Wait.
I made this for you when I made soap for the queens.
I have a lot to thank you for.
You even taught me about poems.
Thank you.
Yes, so do you know the meaning of that poem?
Of course.
There's a green willow tree by the water.
A man is happy and he sings.
It was a beautiful poem.
Yes, then you should give me a poem to respond.
What?
It is the proper etiquette to reply to a poem with another poem.
Will you write me something you like?
Oh...
Yes.
I got it wrong again!
The white part is the paper. The black is the letter.
I have to know something in order to copy it.
I am going to go crazy and lose my mind.
How am I supposed to write a reply?
Oh, what do I do now?
I shouldn't have pretended I could.
I don't know anymore!
Stop it! I'm serious!
Soo!
What brings you here? Are you here to see me?
No, that's not it. I had to drop off something.
Is it food?
Is it this?
Yes, it's this.
I... taught her a poem and told her to reply with another poem.
- You can go now. - Yes.
Wook.
Let's take a look at what Soo wrote.
Wait...
What is this thing? Did she write something or draw?
You idiots. Give it to me.
Wook, you know what this is?
Well, this is...
No, how does this thing...
Are these written characters or is it a drawing?
Can you tell?
What about you, So?
Raise your arms.
To the sky.
Open your mouth.
Make it rounder.
There. That's it right there.
So, that's ridiculous!
He's right. It is.
- It's completely right. - Let me see.
You should all come look at this!
It's a face laughing with excitement.
Oh, a laughing face!
She must have liked Wook's poem a lot.
Let me try too.
You try too. You try.
Stop right there!
Stop!
What are you doing?
What?
How could you do that to Myung Hee?
You know what kind of person she is.
You know her feelings for Wook. Who are you to behave this way?
What did I do that you're doing this?
What did you do?
You steal glances at each other.
When you happen to brush hands
you will ponder on it repeatedly for days.
"What kind of food does he like?"
"What will make him smile?"
This probably never leaves your mind.
Everything you look at makes you think of him.
Those feelings of longing between you two!
Did you think no one would know?
I know... and Myung Hee knows.
Myung Hee knows everything.
Myung Hee does?
Listen carefully.
All she has is Wook.
She has only ever had eyes for Wook.
But if you... if you hurt her...
I won't stand by and let that happen.
I'm sorry you had to hear that.
It's my fault.
I said I wouldn't be a burden.
But I became your heaviest burden.
It isn't your fault, Soo.
I gave you the poem.
And I received yours.
I made an effort to make you laugh. It was all me.
It's all my fault.
Don't blame yourself. Please don't do that.
I knew that a person's feelings could be dangerous.
I pretended not to notice and assumed it would resolve itself.
I took your hand.
And I came out of my room that night.
That was my fault.
Please...
don't say things like that.
When I'm with you...
I am always crying.
I'm sorry for that.
I thought it was time for a new pillow, so I made that for you.
I must be the King of Heaven to sleep on such finery.
My skills are still lacking.
They say fathers with daughters can easily become fools.
I am like that.
You are such a beautiful young lady. Who can I marry you off to?
I'm sure you will choose well for me, Your Majesty.
I want you to live happily like my elder daughter.
Though it is unfortunate that I don't see her often.
Is it not true that Princess Naklang married and is happy where she is now?
Does that mean you wish for me to live far away from the palace?
Why? Do you not want to?
If it is a place you choose for me, I will be happy wherever I go.
I will wait for you to find a good match for me, Your Majesty.
Yeon Hwa, how is it that you only say things that bring me joy?
You are my greatest joy in my old age.
Thank you.
So!
Yes.
I'm still not used to seeing you in the palace.
I don't feel like these are my clothes yet.
You must be here to see the king.
Yes.
The king must be planning to marry me off.
Oh, really? Has he chosen someone?
The thing is...
Why? You don't think it's you, do you?
Don't bother having useless expectations.
It may have been a surprise that the king allowed you to stay in the palace.
But he will never let you have someone so precious like Yeon Hwa.
Do you want to see and make a bet on it?
Are there fools who make bets on such obvious things?
Then, let's ask Yeon Hwa.
Does she have the confidence to live looking upon that ugly face forever?
I'm not looking for a great man.
I'm waiting for a man who will cherish me.
Someone who will treasure me.
He must know your value in order to treasure you.
Yeon Hwa, I would treat you like this nation's queen.
You have always been kind to me.
What about you, So?
You're not asking me to put a value on you, are you?
Rather than a woman of high value, I want one who will treasure me.
Someone who would not be concerned about this ugly face of mine.
He's just saying that.
He always shows off like that.
Yet, he is only a struggling animal.
How much fun would it be to turn an animal into a human?
Sometimes I am curious about that.
Myung Hee!
Myung Hee, are you okay?
Chae Ryung. Chae Ryung, Chae Ryung!
Is anyone there? Chae Ryung!
Soo!
You...
What are your feelings for the prince?
You're so foolish.
You are both so foolish.
Can you...
do my makeup for me?
What?
It's for him.
I want him to remember me looking beautiful.
Myung Hee.
Soo.
You have a feverish body and catch colds very easily.
You must always remember to have ginger in honey.
You live in close quarters to the royal family.
Be careful with your words and actions, always.
I am always worried about your uncontrollable temper.
And about the prince...
I want you to make a pillow for him.
He has many worries.
I would like it if he could be comfortable in his sleep.
I'm asking you...
to take care of him.
Your Highness! Your Highness!
- Soo. - It's Myung Hee.
She's looking for you. Hurry up.
Lady Hae, I think we should head back in.
I wanted to come out with you.
I wanted to come out to see the snow.
Do you remember?
Do you remember when I first saw you?
I knew you found me to be a burden.
I still stubbornly pushed for marriage.
You had been kicked out of the palace.
You were a prince whose wings had been cut off.
I wanted to help you rise up with my own hands.
Lady Hae.
Why would you think that I didn't know how you felt, Lady Hae?
Now...
I want you, Your Highness...
to watch over Soo.
Think about my feelings for you.
Please, Soo...
That child...
Lady Hae? Lady, Lady.
Lady Hae.
What you said to me before...
I cannot forget it.
You said...
that I do not love you.
Lady Hae, I...
You...
do not have to say anything.
But...
I was able to...
love you more.
That was enough.
Myung Hee.
Do not wake Lady Hae from her sleep.
[Scarlet Heart: Ryeo]