The Great Jang-Geum (2003–2004): Season 2, Episode 21 - THE CLIFF, REWARDS and PUNISHMENTS - full transcript
The supposedly dead Head Doctor returns to clear the conflicting testimonies of Lady Choi and Lady Oh. Lady Choi attempts to run away and succumbs into self-reflection.
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(Episode 48)
I don't know why he's trying to
implicate me in this...
but he shouldn't do such thing
And I heard that he told you...
that I had forged the written will?
What loser could forge
a dead person's document?!
I couldn't even have thought of it!
I don't know what the will says...
but could the dying person
have written down lies?
He probably wrote with
the conscience of a dying person
How could he...?!
What's going on?
His life was in jeopardy
so we hid him for a while
His life in jeopardy?
He is the only person who knows
everything about the sulfur duck case
When I had visited his house
to ask him to disclose the truth
I found an assassin there
so I followed him, but I lost him
An assassin? Who could've
sent an assassin to him?
Probably people who are
afraid of the truth
Then why did you hide him rather than
reporting it to the police?
I'm sorry to say this
but it's because of me
I needed some time to prepare
myself to pay for the crime
So I asked him for more time
You see! Didn't I tell you
that it was a forged document?
What's this about?!
I'm asking you a question!
Actually...
the head lady instigated...
You see! What did I tell you?!
That girl is crazy! Never!
I've never done such thing!
How dare you lie in this place?!
Lady Choi, be quiet!
This is a setup!
So "the thief turns on
the master with a club"
As you know now
from observing everything...
it's clear Lady Choi made this up and
the sulfur duck case was caused...
by the grudges of the kitchen ladies
just as I had told you
Repent and tell the truth!
Sir! You shouldn't be
saying such words!
What?!
It is something both of you have done
What?!
What are you talking about?
Choi Pan-Sul, the brother of
the head lady plotted it first
so the Royal Physician and
I blamed the kitchen...
for our misdiagnosis,
when it was being investigated...
Sir Oh who was the head of
investigations at the time...
kept silent even though
he knew about it and...
charged Sir Jo
with treason in the process
You rascal! What are you babbling
about as a misdiagnosing physician?!
Do you expect to keep your life?
Sir Min is scheming to implicate
me into Lady Choi's crime...
that's why he hid him
to plot against me
Everything was Lady Choi's doing
and I only followed...
the order of the King to administer
with justice with fairness
That's not so, sir! This happened
because the physician lady...
Jang-Geum still hates me
from that last event
That's why she's trying to
implicate me into Sir Oh's crime
What?! Didn't I tell you that...
I wasn't even in the palace
when that happened
Everyone knows that!
Isn't that right, sir?
Isn't that right, Lady Min?
You heard what Lady Han said!
Isn't that right? Why can't you speak?
Though you weren't in
the palace when it happened
you were here when
we were checking the ducks
Why you...?! You're still lying!
Lying to the end!
You only have to tell what happened
Who is she?
The labor girl in the kitchen
at the time
She's the one who
sampled the duck dish
Tell us. Was Lady Choi
in the palace at the time?
Yes... she was in the palace
When they called for me
I saw the head lady and Lady Yoon
And Lady Yoon quietly
called for me later...
and gave me a King's dish that
I've never tasted before
And she gave me a letter to deliver
to the head lady who was testing...
the duck dishes, so I only...
You rascal! Do you know where
you're right now?! Tell the truth!
Just because Lady Yoon has died
it doesn't mean the truth is hidden!
The heaven and earth know this!
This is a setup to get rid of me!
How could I be in the palace?!
Who could've freed me that Lady Han
had tied me in the Guesthouse?
Didn't I free you?
Did Lady Park make a decision?
Yes
Why didn't she come herself?
She has said, as a criminal already
I will now enter the Song-Duk Temple
And she has given me all of them
What did she give you?
It was delivered
secretly to Lady Choi...
who was at the place where
they tested the duck on Hong
She told her to give it to Hong and...
you'll find who wrote it by
reading the name on the last line
And the person who was in charge
of the investigation is Sir Oh
The head lady, and Sir Oh
please tell the truth now
I don't know! I know nothing of this!
I was only doing my work
I didn't know anything!
Everything was done by Lady Choi!
Oh, no! It's a setup! It's a setup!
Jang-Geum has fabricated
this against me!
It's all her fabrication!
Sir, listening and seeing all the
evidence, the head physician is right
We can't prove any more than this
We're going to tell this to the King
and wait for his order
Detain Lady Choi under
the supervision of eunuchs...
and put Sir Oh under house arrest
Hey!
Detain me?! I've done nothing wrong!
I am innocent!
Why you...?! I will not forgive you!!
I won't forgive you!
I'm not going to end up like this!
They don't know my family
I won't go away like this!
Your Majesty, please appoint a judge
and punish them for treason
And you should disclose everything
so such thing won't happen again
Your Majesty, it hasn't been long
since the court has known peace
Many people will get hurt
if you do that
I believe it's best for the police
to take care of the situation
Your Majesty, please understand...
Your Majesty, please understand...
Listen. I'm appointing the
Left Prime Minister as the judge...
so let the truth be known and
severely punish the criminals
Your grace is immeasurable
Your Majesty
Take Sir Oh into custody
Seize all of merchant Choi's assets
Arrest the head lady and
all other criminals!
Tie-up the criminal!
Sir... please allow me to
walk out of the kitchen at least
Release her
Sir! My Lord... Father...
Return to the house
Sir! My Lord... Father...
Open the door
You, this way. You, that way
Let's go this way!
What are you doing?
Why aren't you leaving?!
What are you doing?!
Start rowing! Hurry! Hurry!!
You're so noisy! You aren't going to
say you don't know me, are you?
Where do you think you're going?
Stay right there!
Let go!
You should at least pay me
the overdue balance!
Let go! Let go!
Let's go
What did I tell you? I told you
he'd try to run away like this
Thank you for your help
I'll send you the report
of expenses later
Sure, make sure you get enough
Enough...
I only followed the order of King
so I have nothing to do with this
Unless ignorance is a crime
how can I be charged with anything?
Sir!
Listen, how could you do this just
because we have different opinions?
Other criminals are here with you
As a person who held a high office
stop lying for your name's sake
What?!
We found that you've diverted
the funds through the fields of...
Sung-Gyun College as
a paid high official of the court
And you gave merchant Choi Pan-Sul
the monopoly over important products
that come into the court
and you've been paid with land
It was under your son's
and grandson's name
But that has nothing to do with this!
Sir!
Just the fact that you've secretly
traded with the enemy state...
is more than enough
to charge you with crime
Secret trade with an enemy...?!
Are you going to deny this too?
Please keep your decency!
Sir...
What is it?
The head lady has disappeared
What are you saying? We locked
her up so how could she disappear?
We didn't think she would run away
so we sent her to the restroom...
Find her immediately
She couldn't have gone far
Yes, sir
She's not far away
You get to Mapo port
You, Mu-Ak-Jae and you, Kwang port
Move quickly!
There's still time... There is...
Madam!
You're here, please let me
meet the King's Mother
Even if I have to go away, I'd like
to see her before I go. Please...
Here, keep this
Please help me see the King's Mother
and I'll take care of the rest
Hurry... Hurry
What? I'm feeling guilty
giving them...
responsibility of protecting
the Crown Prince...
so what more does she want
to say by meeting me?
Tell the police and get her arrested!
Right now!
Yes, Your Majesty
Go to the police immediately
What?!
King's Mother is very angry
She told me to report to the police
but I came to you because
of our past friendship
Please go to the police yourself
I'm headed to the eunuchs right now
Lady Kim! Lady Kim!
Ma... madam!
Be quiet!
Ho... how did you get...?
You go out quietly from here and
tell the attendant lady of the King
Excuse me?
I must be presented to the King
Just tell her that
But right now...
Hurry! What are you doing?
Go tell her right now!
How rude... When I get my power back,
you'll be the first one to go
Our family can't end like this and
I'm won't be the one ending it!
No way! No way!
I must think... think...
what must I do... think what must I do
Lady Choi is in the storage room
Are you sure?
Yes, Madam
Madam, what is it? What is it?
OK! I'll meet the King myself!
I'll die before him if I have to...
I gave you more than enough chances
What chance? Chance to die?
No, a chance to keep your honor
A chance to go away with honor
Honor? What?
Just what has made you like this?
Why did you do such things...
that put you in this kind
of danger and wretchedness?
Just what has made you like this?
It's wealth, power, and my household!
Are they more important than yourself?
Are they more important
than your life and honor?
Have you ever thought about how
your name would stay in this palace?
If you win, I will be dishonored;
if I win, my name will be honored
That's wealth. That's power
Those without power don't know!
That's why I'm not letting go
of my hand of power
That's why I'm helping you
to release your clenched hand
For once, open up that clenched fist
which you think is wealth and power
In it you'll only find the blood
and tears of innocent people...
instead of wealth and power
That's your hand
The King has already made the decision
so all of Choi Pan-Sul's assets
have been seized and Choi Pan-Sul
Sir Oh Kyum-Ho and Keum-Young
have been arrested
If you don't go to the police...
Keum-Young will be
charged with everything
Lady Han falsely accused herself
of a crime in order to save me
I believe you'll be like her
at least in that way
I believe there is at least one thing
that's similar between us
Please turn yourself in
Keum... Keum-Young... is innocent
You should've just reported it,
why did you come here?
I know... Madam, should I go tell them?
Please don't
Why?
She'll turn herself in
I wish she'd turn herself in
It's you! It's you!
No
It is you! Myeong, myself...
and Jang-Geum...
you drove us to death!
No. You brought to yourselves to it
Lady Choi!
I told you many times already!
You had to do such detestable thing?!
I cannot forgive you
You should've kept it to yourself
but you had to tell the taster lady,
didn't you?
I don't know why it was you
who had to witness it that day
And that wasn't enough...
you had to send your
own daughter to the palace...
how stubborn of you
I resented it a hundred
no, a thousand times
I wished you'd never seen it...
How I wished you and I wouldn't
run into another over that
How I wished...
If I was born as Park Myeong and
you as Choi Sung-Geum...
would we have been different?
If you or Baek-Yeong
were born in my family...
would you still have been that free?
I'm really curious
So I had no choice...
So I came back to you,
since my evil ways started with you
Though I made Baek-Yeong leave,
she had become the highest lady...
and she had a chance to irritate me
she even found joy with your daughter
so she probably left without regrets
But you never had the chance
to say a thing
you died because of trusting me
someone you never expected
If I have to kneel before someone,
it's you
I ask you for forgiveness
Forgive me for coming from such family
Forgive me for not being able to
free myself from my family
Forgive my aunt for making me
do such things...
and the aunt before that... and...
the aunt before that...
and the aunt before...
and the rest of my family
who used them
Would you?
You can't?
No?
That's why I'm headed to the police
not to ask for forgiveness
but to try to save the
last hope of my family...
to try to save Keum-Young
Just as you had saved one
to send her to me
I'm going to do the same
I'm not going to give up on this fight
It's OK. Come down
It's not scary. Hurry!
I'm tired! My arms are hurting
Just jump down!
What are you doing? Come down quickly!
Let go of the tie first and come down!
I'm scared... I can't...
Then we'll catch you. How about it?
It won't hurt a bit. If you keep
hanging there you'll get hurt
It won't hurt!
Then I'm going to let go...
OK. One, two, three
We're not sure if she was running
away or if it was a suicide...
but we found her body at Mt. Dong-In
What is it?
That's the place where
my mother's tomb is
After hearing what happened to her
I feel somewhat sad for her...
Me, too, if she committed suicide...
What are you saying right now?
You know who made Lady Jung
and Lady Han to suffer...
Did you forget already?
She's the one who made our madams
and Jang-Geum suffer
She even did the same to
her subordinate Young-Ro
It's right for her to die this way...
paying for what she has done
Madam... madam...
This is the order of the King!
Criminal Oh Kyum-Ho is let go from
office and exiled to Huksan Island
Criminal Park Bu-Kyum is discharged
from office and exiled to Jeju
Criminal Choi Pan-Sul
will receive 20 floggings...
and sent to a mine
in Hamkyung as a laborer
Criminal Choi Keum-Young
have her position taken away
Criminal Jung Yoon-Su will be
discharged from office...
and forbidden to
practice medicine anymore
Criminal Park Yeul-Yee will be
discharged from office...
and forbidden to
practice medicine anymore
Sir?
Check him!
Sa-Ryun, go to the pharmacy
and get Jang-Geum
I have something to give you
The letter your mother left you...
Aunt asked me to burn it but I didn't
That's me...
I can't be fully devoted to my family
and yet I don't have my own ways
I have no perfect confidence and
I have no sense of self-accusation
I have no perfect talent
and I have no perfect diligence
I've never received perfect love
and I've never given perfect love
I'm sorry
That's all I can say to you
If we meet in our next lives
speak anything but those words
Honey... honey...
Everyone, may I get your attention!
What is today? It's when the
swallow starts to build its nest...
and shortly after
the flowers blossomed
Then what is today?
What is today? It's the day Jang-Geum
can start relax and sleep well!
Jang-Geum wasn't able to go to sleep
because my wife bothered her so much
And Lady Choi made her very anxious!
And she was sick of Sir Oh
and her nerves were wrecked
What are you saying?
What is good for wrecked nerves?
It is ginseng!
What are you saying?
I filled the stomach of chicken with
ginseng along with dates and rice...
What?
This soup warms the cold person,
and cools the hot person
and ladies and gentlemen
can have stronger bladders!
You were opposed to her at first
but you're rejoicing more than I do
Right, I did oppose her because
it's a very difficult thing to do...
and I was afraid she might turn out
to become like one of them
But Jang-Geum didn't follow their ways
I know... She's remarkable indeed
Yes... though I told her to
accomplish the two, I expect this
Sir, we've made some pancakes for you
Is there anything else you need?
No, we're fine
It's not so exciting here
with Jang-Geum
When will she come back?
It's not time for her to be back yet
I don't know why I miss her
so much today
Since finding out my chronic disease
is no small achievement...
and you also uncovered
many shameful things
I should give you a reward
Your Majesty...
Don't be hesitant to receive it
since you deserve it
Grant Jang-Geum with
77 bushels of rice
77 bushels of beans and
3 lbs of ginseng
Yes, Your Majesty
Your grace is immeasurable
Your Majesty
You said you had a wish, didn't you?
Yes, Your Majesty
Tell me your wish
You said you came into
the palace for that. It's alright
Go ahead and tell us
I'm sorry to tell you this but I have
three wishes. May I tell them all?
Three?
Yes, Your Majesty
Sure, go ahead
Please restore the status of
Lady Han who died an unfair death
Of course, we should do that
Isn't that right, Queen?
Yes, Your Majesty
And please restore
my mother's status as well
Your mother?
Yes. Actually, my mother was
a court lady in the Royal Kitchen
But how?
She was punished by rules...
after she was falsely charged
for being intimate with a man
when she witnessed someone
put something harmful...
in a dish of In-Su King's Mother
when she was a kitchen lady
What?!
What?! To whom?
The Highest Kitchen Lady...
but my mother managed to survive
and lived long enough to have me
and when they found out
that she was still alive...
So that's why Lady Choi threatened you
Yes. Though she did violate the rule
of staying virgin as a court lady...
she has suffered undeserved death
OK. How could I blame her
for that in such a situation?
We shouldn't have court ladies
settling such matters...
their own that way anymore
Yes, Your Majesty. I'll put more work
in managing the court ladies
OK. You have one more wish
to tell me. What is it?
Your Majesty, it is...
So who became the
Highest Kitchen Lady?
I'm not sure either, who would it be?
That's Jang-Geum, right?
Isn't she a physician lady?
Yes... she used to massage us
What happened?
What happened?
Greet her. She's the new
Highest Lady of the Kitchen
We're going to prepare
the King's table
Go back to your stations
and start the preparation
Chang-Yee, come and help me
Yes, ma'am
Then are you saying that Jang-Geum
became the Highest Lady of Kitchen?
For only next few days until
we choose the next highest lady
Why?
The King has ordered for it
for some reason
So head physician lady, please
rearrange the physician ladies...
including Jang-Geum
The assistant lady can recruit
more people if needed
Selecting the head physician
is more urgent...
than arranging the Pharmacy
Yes, I've talked to my superior and...
he told me that the pharmacy
should decide & report back
So Physician Shin can be in charge
of the treatment of the King
And Physician Jung can
take charge of Sir Shin's post...
at the King's Mother's
and the Queen's palace
Then how should we refer to
Jang-Geum from now on?
What do you mean?
Her court lady status
has been restored
She's also the Highest Kitchen Lady
Even so, at the pharmacy
she's subordinate to me
But, I don't think I could
call her as a superior
Don't worry, she wouldn't mind at all
I did enjoy your food during
the competition some time ago
You probably haven't been
able to cook for a while
but your cooking skills
haven't diminished at all
I'm grateful, Your Majesty
You must've gone through a lot of
hardships and difficulties as a child
but you've grown up as a smart
and honorable person
Your Majesty, I don't deserve
such praise & I'm ashamed to hear it
No, I had realized something because
of you during the competition...
and I've realized something great
through this as well
What's going on?
I don't know
What happened?
How could you just appear like this?
You should've given us an
earlier notice or something
Just speak casually
How could we when you appeared
like this all of sudden?
It's all right...
So you're the Highest Kitchen Lady
from now on?
How about being the physician lady?
So what's your identity?
She's the Highest Kitchen Lady
until they choose a new lady
Why?
I heard there's a story to it
What story?
This fits you well too
What story?
I have something to do
What is it?
Jang-Geum, become the Highest Kitchen
Lady and write down my grievances...
in the book that is passed down
to the Highest Kitchen Lady
Mother... I miss you... I miss you
Why are you doing
all these by yourself?
I kept asking many questions
and they said I annoyed them...
so they told me to do all of these
I have to see how they
make shapes with dried meat
Don't rush,
you shouldn't do a hasty job
But I must get there quickly
You can learn how to make
shapes later, but if you...
don't clean these right, the person
who eats from it would feel bad
And bad things can get in
the food as well
That's what sisters tell me
every day, too
How can you cook with
such a quick temper?
Hey! This is the kitchen
where we make food
If you run around like that
we'll have dust on the food
Have you forgotten how you were
when you were young?
Madam!
When did I do that?
You can't deny that
You would've been expelled
if you weren't so obedient to my words
Everyday, you ran around
dug up fireplace
and broke off pine twigs
from the trees
Myeong says she doesn't know how
she managed to have a child like you
My mother did?
Yes... she says thank you
And I thank you as well
Thank you, Jang-Geum
Madam...
I've felt guilty ever since
I did that to my father
I started to miss my mother
since she left that way
And I felt guilty
I've felt that it was
all because of me
When the guilt and the longing to
see her again would sink in my mind...
I wanted to quit even more
You told me you even wanted
to kidnap me once, right?
I probably wanted it more
I remember, even though
my parents were lowly class...
even though they were fugitives
I was happiest at the time
The bean paste soup my mother
made me was so tasty
The trinket my father made me
was so pretty
I smiled in the blanket hearing
my parents talk about me...
whenever they shared their worries
for me during the night
So did you complete your work
as the Highest Kitchen Lady?
Yes, by your great grace
I was able to complete it
OK, that's good
By the way... by the way...
Go ahead and inquire, Your Majesty
It was before I was enthroned...
when I was at my parent's home
a little girl came to me with drinks
She didn't recognize me and
she bowed to the court lady there...
and asked to become a court lady
Wasn't it you?
You're correct, Your Majesty
So it was you! It was you!
Yes, Your Majesty
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(Episode 48)
I don't know why he's trying to
implicate me in this...
but he shouldn't do such thing
And I heard that he told you...
that I had forged the written will?
What loser could forge
a dead person's document?!
I couldn't even have thought of it!
I don't know what the will says...
but could the dying person
have written down lies?
He probably wrote with
the conscience of a dying person
How could he...?!
What's going on?
His life was in jeopardy
so we hid him for a while
His life in jeopardy?
He is the only person who knows
everything about the sulfur duck case
When I had visited his house
to ask him to disclose the truth
I found an assassin there
so I followed him, but I lost him
An assassin? Who could've
sent an assassin to him?
Probably people who are
afraid of the truth
Then why did you hide him rather than
reporting it to the police?
I'm sorry to say this
but it's because of me
I needed some time to prepare
myself to pay for the crime
So I asked him for more time
You see! Didn't I tell you
that it was a forged document?
What's this about?!
I'm asking you a question!
Actually...
the head lady instigated...
You see! What did I tell you?!
That girl is crazy! Never!
I've never done such thing!
How dare you lie in this place?!
Lady Choi, be quiet!
This is a setup!
So "the thief turns on
the master with a club"
As you know now
from observing everything...
it's clear Lady Choi made this up and
the sulfur duck case was caused...
by the grudges of the kitchen ladies
just as I had told you
Repent and tell the truth!
Sir! You shouldn't be
saying such words!
What?!
It is something both of you have done
What?!
What are you talking about?
Choi Pan-Sul, the brother of
the head lady plotted it first
so the Royal Physician and
I blamed the kitchen...
for our misdiagnosis,
when it was being investigated...
Sir Oh who was the head of
investigations at the time...
kept silent even though
he knew about it and...
charged Sir Jo
with treason in the process
You rascal! What are you babbling
about as a misdiagnosing physician?!
Do you expect to keep your life?
Sir Min is scheming to implicate
me into Lady Choi's crime...
that's why he hid him
to plot against me
Everything was Lady Choi's doing
and I only followed...
the order of the King to administer
with justice with fairness
That's not so, sir! This happened
because the physician lady...
Jang-Geum still hates me
from that last event
That's why she's trying to
implicate me into Sir Oh's crime
What?! Didn't I tell you that...
I wasn't even in the palace
when that happened
Everyone knows that!
Isn't that right, sir?
Isn't that right, Lady Min?
You heard what Lady Han said!
Isn't that right? Why can't you speak?
Though you weren't in
the palace when it happened
you were here when
we were checking the ducks
Why you...?! You're still lying!
Lying to the end!
You only have to tell what happened
Who is she?
The labor girl in the kitchen
at the time
She's the one who
sampled the duck dish
Tell us. Was Lady Choi
in the palace at the time?
Yes... she was in the palace
When they called for me
I saw the head lady and Lady Yoon
And Lady Yoon quietly
called for me later...
and gave me a King's dish that
I've never tasted before
And she gave me a letter to deliver
to the head lady who was testing...
the duck dishes, so I only...
You rascal! Do you know where
you're right now?! Tell the truth!
Just because Lady Yoon has died
it doesn't mean the truth is hidden!
The heaven and earth know this!
This is a setup to get rid of me!
How could I be in the palace?!
Who could've freed me that Lady Han
had tied me in the Guesthouse?
Didn't I free you?
Did Lady Park make a decision?
Yes
Why didn't she come herself?
She has said, as a criminal already
I will now enter the Song-Duk Temple
And she has given me all of them
What did she give you?
It was delivered
secretly to Lady Choi...
who was at the place where
they tested the duck on Hong
She told her to give it to Hong and...
you'll find who wrote it by
reading the name on the last line
And the person who was in charge
of the investigation is Sir Oh
The head lady, and Sir Oh
please tell the truth now
I don't know! I know nothing of this!
I was only doing my work
I didn't know anything!
Everything was done by Lady Choi!
Oh, no! It's a setup! It's a setup!
Jang-Geum has fabricated
this against me!
It's all her fabrication!
Sir, listening and seeing all the
evidence, the head physician is right
We can't prove any more than this
We're going to tell this to the King
and wait for his order
Detain Lady Choi under
the supervision of eunuchs...
and put Sir Oh under house arrest
Hey!
Detain me?! I've done nothing wrong!
I am innocent!
Why you...?! I will not forgive you!!
I won't forgive you!
I'm not going to end up like this!
They don't know my family
I won't go away like this!
Your Majesty, please appoint a judge
and punish them for treason
And you should disclose everything
so such thing won't happen again
Your Majesty, it hasn't been long
since the court has known peace
Many people will get hurt
if you do that
I believe it's best for the police
to take care of the situation
Your Majesty, please understand...
Your Majesty, please understand...
Listen. I'm appointing the
Left Prime Minister as the judge...
so let the truth be known and
severely punish the criminals
Your grace is immeasurable
Your Majesty
Take Sir Oh into custody
Seize all of merchant Choi's assets
Arrest the head lady and
all other criminals!
Tie-up the criminal!
Sir... please allow me to
walk out of the kitchen at least
Release her
Sir! My Lord... Father...
Return to the house
Sir! My Lord... Father...
Open the door
You, this way. You, that way
Let's go this way!
What are you doing?
Why aren't you leaving?!
What are you doing?!
Start rowing! Hurry! Hurry!!
You're so noisy! You aren't going to
say you don't know me, are you?
Where do you think you're going?
Stay right there!
Let go!
You should at least pay me
the overdue balance!
Let go! Let go!
Let's go
What did I tell you? I told you
he'd try to run away like this
Thank you for your help
I'll send you the report
of expenses later
Sure, make sure you get enough
Enough...
I only followed the order of King
so I have nothing to do with this
Unless ignorance is a crime
how can I be charged with anything?
Sir!
Listen, how could you do this just
because we have different opinions?
Other criminals are here with you
As a person who held a high office
stop lying for your name's sake
What?!
We found that you've diverted
the funds through the fields of...
Sung-Gyun College as
a paid high official of the court
And you gave merchant Choi Pan-Sul
the monopoly over important products
that come into the court
and you've been paid with land
It was under your son's
and grandson's name
But that has nothing to do with this!
Sir!
Just the fact that you've secretly
traded with the enemy state...
is more than enough
to charge you with crime
Secret trade with an enemy...?!
Are you going to deny this too?
Please keep your decency!
Sir...
What is it?
The head lady has disappeared
What are you saying? We locked
her up so how could she disappear?
We didn't think she would run away
so we sent her to the restroom...
Find her immediately
She couldn't have gone far
Yes, sir
She's not far away
You get to Mapo port
You, Mu-Ak-Jae and you, Kwang port
Move quickly!
There's still time... There is...
Madam!
You're here, please let me
meet the King's Mother
Even if I have to go away, I'd like
to see her before I go. Please...
Here, keep this
Please help me see the King's Mother
and I'll take care of the rest
Hurry... Hurry
What? I'm feeling guilty
giving them...
responsibility of protecting
the Crown Prince...
so what more does she want
to say by meeting me?
Tell the police and get her arrested!
Right now!
Yes, Your Majesty
Go to the police immediately
What?!
King's Mother is very angry
She told me to report to the police
but I came to you because
of our past friendship
Please go to the police yourself
I'm headed to the eunuchs right now
Lady Kim! Lady Kim!
Ma... madam!
Be quiet!
Ho... how did you get...?
You go out quietly from here and
tell the attendant lady of the King
Excuse me?
I must be presented to the King
Just tell her that
But right now...
Hurry! What are you doing?
Go tell her right now!
How rude... When I get my power back,
you'll be the first one to go
Our family can't end like this and
I'm won't be the one ending it!
No way! No way!
I must think... think...
what must I do... think what must I do
Lady Choi is in the storage room
Are you sure?
Yes, Madam
Madam, what is it? What is it?
OK! I'll meet the King myself!
I'll die before him if I have to...
I gave you more than enough chances
What chance? Chance to die?
No, a chance to keep your honor
A chance to go away with honor
Honor? What?
Just what has made you like this?
Why did you do such things...
that put you in this kind
of danger and wretchedness?
Just what has made you like this?
It's wealth, power, and my household!
Are they more important than yourself?
Are they more important
than your life and honor?
Have you ever thought about how
your name would stay in this palace?
If you win, I will be dishonored;
if I win, my name will be honored
That's wealth. That's power
Those without power don't know!
That's why I'm not letting go
of my hand of power
That's why I'm helping you
to release your clenched hand
For once, open up that clenched fist
which you think is wealth and power
In it you'll only find the blood
and tears of innocent people...
instead of wealth and power
That's your hand
The King has already made the decision
so all of Choi Pan-Sul's assets
have been seized and Choi Pan-Sul
Sir Oh Kyum-Ho and Keum-Young
have been arrested
If you don't go to the police...
Keum-Young will be
charged with everything
Lady Han falsely accused herself
of a crime in order to save me
I believe you'll be like her
at least in that way
I believe there is at least one thing
that's similar between us
Please turn yourself in
Keum... Keum-Young... is innocent
You should've just reported it,
why did you come here?
I know... Madam, should I go tell them?
Please don't
Why?
She'll turn herself in
I wish she'd turn herself in
It's you! It's you!
No
It is you! Myeong, myself...
and Jang-Geum...
you drove us to death!
No. You brought to yourselves to it
Lady Choi!
I told you many times already!
You had to do such detestable thing?!
I cannot forgive you
You should've kept it to yourself
but you had to tell the taster lady,
didn't you?
I don't know why it was you
who had to witness it that day
And that wasn't enough...
you had to send your
own daughter to the palace...
how stubborn of you
I resented it a hundred
no, a thousand times
I wished you'd never seen it...
How I wished you and I wouldn't
run into another over that
How I wished...
If I was born as Park Myeong and
you as Choi Sung-Geum...
would we have been different?
If you or Baek-Yeong
were born in my family...
would you still have been that free?
I'm really curious
So I had no choice...
So I came back to you,
since my evil ways started with you
Though I made Baek-Yeong leave,
she had become the highest lady...
and she had a chance to irritate me
she even found joy with your daughter
so she probably left without regrets
But you never had the chance
to say a thing
you died because of trusting me
someone you never expected
If I have to kneel before someone,
it's you
I ask you for forgiveness
Forgive me for coming from such family
Forgive me for not being able to
free myself from my family
Forgive my aunt for making me
do such things...
and the aunt before that... and...
the aunt before that...
and the aunt before...
and the rest of my family
who used them
Would you?
You can't?
No?
That's why I'm headed to the police
not to ask for forgiveness
but to try to save the
last hope of my family...
to try to save Keum-Young
Just as you had saved one
to send her to me
I'm going to do the same
I'm not going to give up on this fight
It's OK. Come down
It's not scary. Hurry!
I'm tired! My arms are hurting
Just jump down!
What are you doing? Come down quickly!
Let go of the tie first and come down!
I'm scared... I can't...
Then we'll catch you. How about it?
It won't hurt a bit. If you keep
hanging there you'll get hurt
It won't hurt!
Then I'm going to let go...
OK. One, two, three
We're not sure if she was running
away or if it was a suicide...
but we found her body at Mt. Dong-In
What is it?
That's the place where
my mother's tomb is
After hearing what happened to her
I feel somewhat sad for her...
Me, too, if she committed suicide...
What are you saying right now?
You know who made Lady Jung
and Lady Han to suffer...
Did you forget already?
She's the one who made our madams
and Jang-Geum suffer
She even did the same to
her subordinate Young-Ro
It's right for her to die this way...
paying for what she has done
Madam... madam...
This is the order of the King!
Criminal Oh Kyum-Ho is let go from
office and exiled to Huksan Island
Criminal Park Bu-Kyum is discharged
from office and exiled to Jeju
Criminal Choi Pan-Sul
will receive 20 floggings...
and sent to a mine
in Hamkyung as a laborer
Criminal Choi Keum-Young
have her position taken away
Criminal Jung Yoon-Su will be
discharged from office...
and forbidden to
practice medicine anymore
Criminal Park Yeul-Yee will be
discharged from office...
and forbidden to
practice medicine anymore
Sir?
Check him!
Sa-Ryun, go to the pharmacy
and get Jang-Geum
I have something to give you
The letter your mother left you...
Aunt asked me to burn it but I didn't
That's me...
I can't be fully devoted to my family
and yet I don't have my own ways
I have no perfect confidence and
I have no sense of self-accusation
I have no perfect talent
and I have no perfect diligence
I've never received perfect love
and I've never given perfect love
I'm sorry
That's all I can say to you
If we meet in our next lives
speak anything but those words
Honey... honey...
Everyone, may I get your attention!
What is today? It's when the
swallow starts to build its nest...
and shortly after
the flowers blossomed
Then what is today?
What is today? It's the day Jang-Geum
can start relax and sleep well!
Jang-Geum wasn't able to go to sleep
because my wife bothered her so much
And Lady Choi made her very anxious!
And she was sick of Sir Oh
and her nerves were wrecked
What are you saying?
What is good for wrecked nerves?
It is ginseng!
What are you saying?
I filled the stomach of chicken with
ginseng along with dates and rice...
What?
This soup warms the cold person,
and cools the hot person
and ladies and gentlemen
can have stronger bladders!
You were opposed to her at first
but you're rejoicing more than I do
Right, I did oppose her because
it's a very difficult thing to do...
and I was afraid she might turn out
to become like one of them
But Jang-Geum didn't follow their ways
I know... She's remarkable indeed
Yes... though I told her to
accomplish the two, I expect this
Sir, we've made some pancakes for you
Is there anything else you need?
No, we're fine
It's not so exciting here
with Jang-Geum
When will she come back?
It's not time for her to be back yet
I don't know why I miss her
so much today
Since finding out my chronic disease
is no small achievement...
and you also uncovered
many shameful things
I should give you a reward
Your Majesty...
Don't be hesitant to receive it
since you deserve it
Grant Jang-Geum with
77 bushels of rice
77 bushels of beans and
3 lbs of ginseng
Yes, Your Majesty
Your grace is immeasurable
Your Majesty
You said you had a wish, didn't you?
Yes, Your Majesty
Tell me your wish
You said you came into
the palace for that. It's alright
Go ahead and tell us
I'm sorry to tell you this but I have
three wishes. May I tell them all?
Three?
Yes, Your Majesty
Sure, go ahead
Please restore the status of
Lady Han who died an unfair death
Of course, we should do that
Isn't that right, Queen?
Yes, Your Majesty
And please restore
my mother's status as well
Your mother?
Yes. Actually, my mother was
a court lady in the Royal Kitchen
But how?
She was punished by rules...
after she was falsely charged
for being intimate with a man
when she witnessed someone
put something harmful...
in a dish of In-Su King's Mother
when she was a kitchen lady
What?!
What?! To whom?
The Highest Kitchen Lady...
but my mother managed to survive
and lived long enough to have me
and when they found out
that she was still alive...
So that's why Lady Choi threatened you
Yes. Though she did violate the rule
of staying virgin as a court lady...
she has suffered undeserved death
OK. How could I blame her
for that in such a situation?
We shouldn't have court ladies
settling such matters...
their own that way anymore
Yes, Your Majesty. I'll put more work
in managing the court ladies
OK. You have one more wish
to tell me. What is it?
Your Majesty, it is...
So who became the
Highest Kitchen Lady?
I'm not sure either, who would it be?
That's Jang-Geum, right?
Isn't she a physician lady?
Yes... she used to massage us
What happened?
What happened?
Greet her. She's the new
Highest Lady of the Kitchen
We're going to prepare
the King's table
Go back to your stations
and start the preparation
Chang-Yee, come and help me
Yes, ma'am
Then are you saying that Jang-Geum
became the Highest Lady of Kitchen?
For only next few days until
we choose the next highest lady
Why?
The King has ordered for it
for some reason
So head physician lady, please
rearrange the physician ladies...
including Jang-Geum
The assistant lady can recruit
more people if needed
Selecting the head physician
is more urgent...
than arranging the Pharmacy
Yes, I've talked to my superior and...
he told me that the pharmacy
should decide & report back
So Physician Shin can be in charge
of the treatment of the King
And Physician Jung can
take charge of Sir Shin's post...
at the King's Mother's
and the Queen's palace
Then how should we refer to
Jang-Geum from now on?
What do you mean?
Her court lady status
has been restored
She's also the Highest Kitchen Lady
Even so, at the pharmacy
she's subordinate to me
But, I don't think I could
call her as a superior
Don't worry, she wouldn't mind at all
I did enjoy your food during
the competition some time ago
You probably haven't been
able to cook for a while
but your cooking skills
haven't diminished at all
I'm grateful, Your Majesty
You must've gone through a lot of
hardships and difficulties as a child
but you've grown up as a smart
and honorable person
Your Majesty, I don't deserve
such praise & I'm ashamed to hear it
No, I had realized something because
of you during the competition...
and I've realized something great
through this as well
What's going on?
I don't know
What happened?
How could you just appear like this?
You should've given us an
earlier notice or something
Just speak casually
How could we when you appeared
like this all of sudden?
It's all right...
So you're the Highest Kitchen Lady
from now on?
How about being the physician lady?
So what's your identity?
She's the Highest Kitchen Lady
until they choose a new lady
Why?
I heard there's a story to it
What story?
This fits you well too
What story?
I have something to do
What is it?
Jang-Geum, become the Highest Kitchen
Lady and write down my grievances...
in the book that is passed down
to the Highest Kitchen Lady
Mother... I miss you... I miss you
Why are you doing
all these by yourself?
I kept asking many questions
and they said I annoyed them...
so they told me to do all of these
I have to see how they
make shapes with dried meat
Don't rush,
you shouldn't do a hasty job
But I must get there quickly
You can learn how to make
shapes later, but if you...
don't clean these right, the person
who eats from it would feel bad
And bad things can get in
the food as well
That's what sisters tell me
every day, too
How can you cook with
such a quick temper?
Hey! This is the kitchen
where we make food
If you run around like that
we'll have dust on the food
Have you forgotten how you were
when you were young?
Madam!
When did I do that?
You can't deny that
You would've been expelled
if you weren't so obedient to my words
Everyday, you ran around
dug up fireplace
and broke off pine twigs
from the trees
Myeong says she doesn't know how
she managed to have a child like you
My mother did?
Yes... she says thank you
And I thank you as well
Thank you, Jang-Geum
Madam...
I've felt guilty ever since
I did that to my father
I started to miss my mother
since she left that way
And I felt guilty
I've felt that it was
all because of me
When the guilt and the longing to
see her again would sink in my mind...
I wanted to quit even more
You told me you even wanted
to kidnap me once, right?
I probably wanted it more
I remember, even though
my parents were lowly class...
even though they were fugitives
I was happiest at the time
The bean paste soup my mother
made me was so tasty
The trinket my father made me
was so pretty
I smiled in the blanket hearing
my parents talk about me...
whenever they shared their worries
for me during the night
So did you complete your work
as the Highest Kitchen Lady?
Yes, by your great grace
I was able to complete it
OK, that's good
By the way... by the way...
Go ahead and inquire, Your Majesty
It was before I was enthroned...
when I was at my parent's home
a little girl came to me with drinks
She didn't recognize me and
she bowed to the court lady there...
and asked to become a court lady
Wasn't it you?
You're correct, Your Majesty
So it was you! It was you!
Yes, Your Majesty