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His level is absolutely sub-par.
- Then what about trying this?- What?
We will hold a competition.
What do you mean by competition?
Whoever pulls the handle first will pass.
It should be a proper test in order to declare a winner.
Are you aware that the exam test got leaked and I came up with a new test question?
Very well. Please pass both children.
I've heard a strange rumor.
How on earth did she get Prince Eui Seong's sponsorship?
Prince Eui Seong's sponsorship?
SBS Drama SpecialSaimdangLight's Diary
Episode 9
What bring you here?
What is it that you wanted to talk abou--
I need to make this clear.
- Go head and speak.- I cannot accept your help.
I don't have the faintest idea what you are talking about.
I don't know with what intention you are trying to help,
but I don't want to engage in any activities that will cause people to misunderstand.
Well, I helped only because the Headmaster said there is someone who is too good to be wasted.
Is that the truth? Did you really do it without knowing that he is my son?
Exactly what is the problem? I've decided to sponsor all Four District Schools.
Should he miss that opportunity, simply because he is your son?
Let me ask you the opposite.
Have you thought of it from the child's perspective? From what I hear, he is an extremely intelligent child.
With his eagerness to learn, he studied by eavesdropping at the Central Village School like a thief.
Even doing so, he is an amazing child, whose level is higher than anyone else at the school.
Does it make sense to block such a child's future, only because of our ill fated relationship?
He has met undeserving parents.
So I will make it up to him throughout my life.
I will do that for my own children. I'll be leaving.
Prince Eui Seong, don't concern yourself with anything else, but be very observant of those around you.
Good for you.
Good for you, Saimdang.
You didn't change a single bit.
You didn't change at all.
I've decided to sponsor all Four District Schools. Should he miss that opportunity, simply because he is your son?
- Have you thought of it from the child's perspective? - Dak, Da, Dak, Dak (onomatopoeia for crackling of the fire)
What can be done?
There's a sounding tree (Paper mulberry - Broussonetia papyrifera) in the hearth.
It makes a dak, dak, dak sound.
It's the tree we saw when we went to our picnic.
- A sounding tree? - This is definitely a sounding tree.
- A sounding tree. The paper mulberry? - Dak, dak, dak, dak.
If you're talking about paper mulberry, is it the tree that we use to make paper?
- Hyang - Yes! What is it, madam?
Where did you find these branches to feed the fire?
When we went to the desolate land the last time...
Paper Workshop at Woonpyeong Temple
Is this the Goryeo silken paper that I have heard only heard about?- Yes.
Priest, please!
How much is this?
The answer sheet papers are 1 nyang per sheet.
I can make paper and sell it.
We are good now.
The clay wall are sturdy
I think we only need to put in a little work on the pillars and the roof beams.
What do you mean little? We need to completely over turn this place.Ma Deuk (Bureau of Printing ex-worker, master craftsman)
We can put the stirring pot here. The wooden planks can be lain here
We can eliminate the water from the stirring process.
Didn't I tell you that's not an easy thing?
Come here, please.
Since the hearth, and the cast iron pot are still here, we can boil the paper mulberry branches over here.
What about the other paper
Do you thinking making paper is like playing house!
- Hyang! - Yes, madam!
I don't know with what intention you are trying to help,
I don't want to engage in acts that can bring misunderstanding. He has met undeserving parents.
So I will make it up to him as I live on.
I will do that for my children.
The Korean pine is indeed alive! Don't you feel its vibrancy?
As expected, our uncle has done it once again!
My Lord! Prince Eui Seong! Prince Eui Seong!
I saw 1 million butterflies on the pine tree.(Lee Mong Ryong - An artist that loves Prince Eui Seong
The rebirth of So Geo!
Oh, My Lord! My name is Lee Mong Ryong.
Can I please just once touch those valuable hands of yours?
Only once.
Uncle, you were so cool! We need to drink to it!
You drink a lot. I've already become worn down.
Why's he like that again. His spirits are up and down.
Up and dow--
- This happened to someone I know.- Who?
The person I told you about before, who had a woman he had to separate from.
Ah, the one you told me about last time?
That's right. He met that woman recently.
She lives quite a pitiful life, so he helped her out secretly.
- So she found out about it and got really angry!- And?
Isn't that too extreme a reaction?
Why should she get angry towards someone she has no feelings for?
She should just accept if she's in a difficult financial situation.
That friend of yours is so obvious.
He probably made a real big deal of helping her like you, Uncle.
It's not. I certainly never--
Oh, you didn't?
At any rate, I didn't! And do you know how well-mannered she is?
She said she really has absolutely no feelings towards me, but she has all these kids and her extremely difficult financial situation.
Kids? How many does she have?
- Was it two? No, no was it three?- Two? Three?
- No it's four. - Four! What are you saying? Tell her no thanks! Four!
- Right? - Of course!
- That's what I'm saying! - So what I'm saying is... (It sounds like "Those 4 animals")
Four animals? (In Korean, "What I'm saying" and "Four animals" sound alike.)
I didn't mean that but...
Uncle!
We heard it's important to brew lye, we've poked some holes on the bottom of the jar.
What's the point of poking a hole. The remnants will still remain.
Since we heard that you have to leach impurities out,
I made a net out of cotton. Here.
You don't have a single proper equipment.
Here I have a paper mulberry knife and also this.
- I even made a basket.- Wait, wait, wait, wait.
Are you joking!!!!
Are you playing pretend? There's no way with these things!
When it comes to paper, the screen is best after all.
A bamboo screen perfect for the master craftsman!
There is a perfectly fit screen!
It's a screen made of black bamboo. I brought it from North Pyeong Village in Gangneung.
Isn't this fine enough?
You're telling me to make paper from these scrap kitchen tools?
I'm a master craftsman from the Bureau of Printing!
In front of whose presence do you women dare. It lowers the quality of my environment.
That's so brutish to listen to! Is there anywhere in the national law that says women can't make paper?
Quiet. I can't work in this kind of place,
so go find someone else or something.
We're lacking because it's our first time.
If there's something wrong, tell us in detail what's wrong. We'll rectify it right away.
She is indeed pretty.
Rectify immediately, that's where the problem begins.
Does it make sense that you'll rectify all of these immediately?
How easily you must've taken paper making.
I can't work with women who can't tell their left from their right.
I won't!
We will split our profits 50/50.
Madam!
I promise. The profits we surmise, will be split equally.
About the paper mulberries, have you properly secured those?
- Hello.- Hello.
Hey, Hey!
Oh, good to see you!
Really nice to see you! What was your name again?
I'm Hyeon Ryong. Lee Hyeon Ryong!
I am
Tae Ryong! Jang Tae Ryong, right?
How'd you know?
I remembered!
Is this the sound of the wind or of the landscape?
I told you to empty your hearts, not to talk.
I told you to close your books.
Teacher, it is time for our Analects lesson.
We are supposed to study the chapter on Virtue.
What're you going to do with learning things like that?
Pardon?
I am asking for what purpose you are learning?
To be a great person for the benefit of the nation.
A great person...
Okay, what makes someone great?
Teach us, what kind of person is great?
That's right! Aren't you here to teach us?
Why do you think teachers must teach something?
The answer lies in your heart.
To help you to realize that on your own,
that is also the role of a teacher.
I have no thoughts of teaching anything at all until you realize the answer on your own.
The great person is surely Confucius.
Is giving you the answer in my heart all that is truly required?
There is no right answer to this question. Feel free to answer.
It is my mother.
I think my mother is the greatest person in the world.
What makes you think this way?
However hard it may be, you must make the best choice in the situation.
That's what my mother taught me.
Even though we've gone through difficult circumstances since we arrived at the capital,
she made and followed through on her best decisions, one by one.
My mother is not only strong but also warm-hearted.
I also admire my mother the most.
When it comes to food, she is
the most virtuous in the world.
There is no Mother's Association meeting. Why did all you gather up like this?
Being dressed up so fancy and all?
Look who's talking. What is the occasion anyway, Won Hyo's mom?
Your make-up and dress are unusual.
I have an important meeting later in the evening.
By the way Jang Goo's mother?
Yes?
Your lip color is too much. It doesn't go well with your complexion. It puts out.
Omo, omo, what in the world...
Mother!
Aigoo, my baby!
Come here
How was your lesson?
What was Lord Prince Eui Seong's class like?
I have no idea.
No idea? That kid...
Omo! Lord Prince Eui Seong!
Omo!
Oh, hello!
Omo, how have you been, Prince Eui Seong?
You've been working so hard.
I was wondering if you have any trouble in such a humble school.
Everything is fine. There is nothing inconvenient about it.
Only except my teaching method is magnanimous and extensive,
students must be taking it strangely, though it's all out of good intentions.
I feel kind of worried about how you mothers from Mothers Association may feel.
Don't say that. Magnanimous and extensive!
Such a perfectly fitting teaching method!
I am flattered.
Around when can we hold the Mothers' Association meeting at the Bi Ik Dang?
Ah, I'm preparing for it. I'll be in touch with you later.
Then, see you again.
Today all you mothers are
so beautiful.
- Omo! - Omona!
Good bye!
Oh, are you going now?
Yes, good bye!
By the way, are you going alone?
Ah, my mother is busy.
She's just started new work lately.
Ah, new work?
- Yes, good bye! - What ki--
It seems that his family is indeed having a financial difficulties. Even on a first lesson,
he couldn't even bring a piece of paper.
How about being a teacher? Is it worth doing?
You know how it is.
The child just brings an old and ragged book, that's tens of years old.
and she doesn't even show up her fact at the school.
Who?
Hurry up and come!
This is why I can't work with women!
Why do you keep saying, "women," "women"?!
My Lady, I thought we'd live lavishly, but what's become of us?
Is that person really a master craftsman from the Printing Bureau?
The real estate broker introduced him to me, and he doesn't seem like a bad person.
Is there any bad person in your eyes?
Ouch, my back!
I'd have no other wish if I can have a bowl of rice wine!
Uncle!
How was your lesson at Central Village school?
Students are just reciting Four Books and Three Classics day and night,
when they should be out and playing.
That's how it is.
Oh, you see... There is someone you need to do some research on.
Who?
By chance, that woman with four kids--
Be quiet!
At any rate, find out what that lady is doing.
Is there something else?
Who on earth is that Madam Shin for my uncle to be so concerned about?
Aish! Seriously! What could be in this forest?
Ah, it's too hard.
Oh, there really is something!
What could two women do?
Oh, she is good.
You over there, don't use brute force, but do it softly.
That's what I'm doing. Or better yet, you do it yourself.
Geez, how rude!
What are they doing?
Here.
Paddle it, like you paddle the bums of noblemen, paddle hard!
That's right, right! You're doing well.
So, is that workshop close to her house?
What do you mean a "workshop"?
A former slash-and-burn farmer's ramshackle house in a deep mountain, equipped with few tools, was all.
A pretty-looking lady, with only one maid servant, was doing really hard labor.
She seems to have found a master papermaker from somewhere.
But he is infamous as a drunkard on the town streets.
A drunkard?
He goes around bragging that he used to work in a paper factory, but he is closer to being a scammer.
So there is no way that they can produce proper paper.
- Oh! I'm sorry.
Like this.
Bi*ch, you dare to make paper?
Are you saying you'll use that lousy paper to draw on it?
I could not hear from anywhere that the missus draws.
She does not draw...
I see.
National Paper Trade Association
The Head Merchant is entering.
I heard lately that there is a man who's going around secretly spying on our paper industry.
If you dare, even once in a million, to black-marketeer or
to accept paper from unverified local sources and if you are found out, then...
then,
you will not be able to find a place, not only in the capital but also anywhere in the 8 provinces (nation), to open up a shop.
We will heed it!
The current owner of the paper shop is an owner in name only,
and in reality, Min Chi Hyeong's wife called Madam Choi of the Hanyang Clan is running it all.
- Is that so?- Yes.
It's strange that a madam from a noble family puts herself forward as the head merchant.
There are many suspicious things about that madam.
I have an important business trip to go on.
Master!
Good-bye.
Look at this bi*ch.
Bitch! A piece of amber jewelry has disappeared after you cleaned the room.
Even if you fess up, we might not spare your life.
I really know nothing of this, I'm telling you the truth!
That wench has not learned her lesson yet.
Beat her more until she admits her criminal act.
I did it!
I took it, please forgive me this once.
A bi*ch like you dares to seduce him?
Sell her off to somewhere as far as Hamgyeong Province.
Some say she is an orphan with no relatives at all,
and I heard this from someone who used to be a slave in Pyeongchang. His real wife is someone else...(Im Kkeok Jeong)
Then, are you saying that woman is not his lawful wife?
Just by rumors...
Would you like me to look into it further?
Buy the kid underlings a meal with this.
- Next time I see you, I will bring you something a lot more gripping.- You may go.
Hey! Hurry on your way!
This is what you call art.
Wow...
Soo Ryong Temple
Cheo...
Ji Sung brings Gam Cheo...(originally it's Ji Sung brings Gam Cheon, Utter devotion brings heaven's compassion)
Utter devotion will even move the wife.
What else is there?
Cheo Ha Tae Pyeong(originally it's Cheon Ha Tae Pyeong, a great time of peace)
When I'm under my wife's protection, I feel most comfortable.
Go Jin Cheo Rae...(originally it's Go Jin Gam Rae, after great suffering comes sweet happiness)
After a hard time comes my wife.
For real!
Honey, My wife,
My Lady!
Let go of me.
Not to mention my wife, even a son of an ant doesn't loiters here.
I don't know if my youngest one is growing up well.
There are "crackle crackle" sounds coming from it. It's a sounding tree.
Ah, I miss him.
At times like this, don't wives usually ask their husbands for solutions?
Lately, Seon has become very thorny and prickly.
I am so worried about that punk.
We'll let you know, so, Father, all you have to is study hard.
She said she'd write me, but no news from her!
Hyeon Ryong...
This time you must pass the exam so we can live together, Father.
I wonder if Hyeon Ryong is attending Central Village School without any problem?
Wow! That's so amazing...
How refreshing.
From up here, Tae Ryong looks slimmer.
Is that true?
Of course it is the truth.
When you climb up on a tree, the whole world looks different from this angle.
I want to climb, too.
- Me too!- Me too!
Is that so? Then help one another and climb up yourselves.
Yes!
Tae Ryong climb up!
I will not attend the school anymore.
Did something happen?
A teacher who does not teach but tells us to think for ourselves,
and a newbie student who cannot even afford to bring a sheet of paper...
I just cannot bring myself to want to attend.
By a teacher who says he won't teach anything...
I mean Prince Eui Seong, the new teacher.
The school cannot kick him out because he is a member of the royal family, beloved by His Majesty.
That is why I am saying I will quit.
How about the child named Tae Ryong?
Are you talking about the pig-like newbie idiot?
How can you call your friend such names?
What do you mean a friend?
It was you, Mother, who told me not to befriend just any one.
How was today's lesson?
Dealing with children is not as easy as you thought, right?
Aigo, kids will be kids.
Be wary of the mothers. One of these days, they will swarm this place like hornets and give you a piece of their mind.
Please go in.
What brings you here? Please sit down.
Then, I will take my leave.
I heard that you gave a new kind of lesson.
I didn't know I had to get each and every little thing, including my teaching method approved by you.
How can that be?
I heard that your Bi Ik Hall is a representative space for Joseon's liberal arts.
Well, that's what people say.
So, how about turning the upcoming Central Village School's writing contest into a mother-and-son painting and poetry competition?
I am here to make that personal request to you, Prince Eui Seong.
A mother-and-son painting and poetry competition?
What's this?!
You suck!
Hey, hey, hey!
It's the ajumma from the ghost-house.
What's going on?
Your Mother is not here?
She went out.
To make paper.
Please, tell us what's the matter.
When your mother comes, tell her it is a token of appreciation in return for the food that she brought us last time.
Let's have a look.
Woah!
Woah they are dried persimmons!
You can't!
Why?
We have to wait for mother! Put it down.
Oh finally it's done! This darned paper!
That's what I'm saying. You suffered a lot.
You're the one who suffered the most, Madam.
Aigoo, this doesn't look like paper to me, but gold.
I didn't know that making one sheet of paper was so hard. subtitles ripped and synced by riri13
I told you that's enough!
You worked hard.
You are so pretty and even utter kind words... so unlucky!
What's he saying? What did we do now?
Mother!
Why did you come all the way here?
The lady next door told us to bring this to you.
The lady next door?
That it's a token of appreciation for the flower flatcakes.
- A really scary-looking woman brought it.- Right.
Wow!
Here, go over there and help yourselves.
- Really?- Wow!
- I told you! - Thank you so much!
Soon a painting and poetry competition will soon open at the Central Village School
They say we will paint pictures and draw with our mothers.
Since all the other mothers are also coming, you must attend to, okay mother?
You must come, okay?
Okay, okay.
The spring flowers have already fallen, and are no longer here.
In a blink of an eye, they have returned to bloom on top of a plate.
Disposed Queen Shin (Queen Dan Gyeong of the Geochang Shin Clan) Though she was King Jungjong's legal wife, after an ousting of power, she was dethroned.
The fragrance filled the entire room.
The laughter of the children came over and rested on top of the flowers like butterflies.
Taking pity of the withered person kept inside these walls,
it seems like it is a gift from the heavens.
Since the kids seemed to like permissions, I dried some.
The time that I waited for the ripened persimmons to dry in the sun and wind, made my heart flutter.
Even if it was brief, you gave me a happy time.
Thank you.
Say your greetings.
I don't want to! They say she's a ghost!
She's not a ghost. Her hair isn't all crazy, and there's no blood right?
She is Her Highness, the Queen.
What?
The Queen?
Good Morning!
Welcome!
Are you really the Queen?
Why don't you live inside the palace?
She probably just stopped by, like we did when we went to North Pyeong Village.
Can you give us a tour of the palace next time?
Eat up.
You have to say, "Thank you for the food."
Thank you for the food!
Good-bye!
Can I come to visit you again?
Thank you. Go back safely.
Yes! Good-bye!
Good-bye!
Did the children by chance misbehave?
No, rather they were a great comfort to me.
Thank you so much for thinking highly of them.
The kids listen to your highness well, I'll drop by often to send you my greetings.
However, I think just this once is sufficient.
There won't be any good from associating with a court exile like me.
How about every so often you put a dried persimmon into the children's hands?
As for that--
It is a long time virtue for neighbors to be close to one another.
There's nothing for you to worry about.
Bi Ik Dang
The Day of the Painting and Poetry Competition
Here, here, here. Scrub furiously
in every corner so that not even a speck of dirt can be found. Let's make sure clean.
So clean that you'll slip and fall from the cleanliness. Do you understand?
Yes!
Hold on. Why are the flowers so withered?
Change it immediately.
Uncle, why are you going to such obnoxious extremes for a poetry and painting competition?
For a fellow like yourself, who used to say, "Just leave it" even though the whole floor was littered with crinkled papers.
Look, the students are coming, shouldn't I, as their teacher, show exemplary cleanli--
Hey, what are you doing there just sitting on the floor?
Tisk, tisk, you're nodding off.
Anyway, let's work hard ok?
Something's off today.
Look, look, this Bi Ik Dang is the space that's responsible for Joseon's liberal arts.
- It's not everyday an opportunity comes around like this. Let's put on a proper show.- Yes!
Come on, come on! Let's prepare!
Yes!
What?
- Is your mom also coming to the Poetry and Painting Competition? - Yeah.
- Isn't she too busy begging? - What did you say?
I'm right. A beggar mom for a beggar young master.
My mother even read up to the Zhuang Zhi chapter in the Records of the Grand Historian! (One of the book out of the four books and five classics).
As if!
Stop it.
I guess we'll see whose mother will take first place today.
Are you okay?
I'm going to crush you all. My mother will take first place in the painting and poetry competition!
Sorry, I'll be leaving.
Is the child called Hyeon Ryong's mother also coming?
Of course! I had even sent a separate notice to the new mothers, that they must attend.
It must be like that.
Additionally after the painting and poetry competition, refreshments for the mothers and students have also been prepared.
The most important thing that will be used in the competition, paper--
To have the best paper provided by you, Leader.
Anyway the preparations for the poetry and painting competition is being completed notch by notch with no hitch.
You worked hard.
But is this the lotion that's made from that famous tuber fleeceflower?
Polygoni Multiflori Radix is used in traditional Chinese medicine as a tonic and an anti-aging remedy.
This is extremely rare, and hard to find. How did you acquire it?
She catches on that it's good.
For me?
Thank you so much, Leader.
- Take your leave. - Yes.
Thank you.
Hwieumdang, who is Joseon's number one painter of Insects and Flowers.
I am someone who has been bestowed the title of Honorable Lady Purity of the Outer Court.
Outer Court Titles were given to wives of high ranking government officials, Lady Purity is 3rd rank. Everyone sought to be like those ladies
Saimdang, a reasonable wife, who earns money for her meals through hard labor.
Whether you can or cannot lift the brush,
I will confirm with my own eyes.
Aigoo!
- Don't run. Don't run.- Kids are coming!
Hurry up! Kids, come and eat.
Aigoo, you are going to get indigestion.
You should say your greetings to the elders.
Have you come? That's right.
Here, here, here. We have a lot, so eat slowly.
Oh? What is this?
I am trying to make letter papers. So I dyed it with dried peppers.
Wow, so pretty. When did you dry them?
- Mother!- Hyeon Ryong.
What are you doing, Mother?
- What's the matter?- Today is Central Village School's poetry and painting competition.
Poetry and Painting competition?
I told you that it was on the 15th of this month.
All other mothers probably have already come. You would be the only one who hadn't come.
We must go quickly. Hurry.
Please go quickly.
Please come quickly.
- Oh, you've come.- Yes, you've come.
- This is very nice.- Yes, it really is.
- Thanks to you, Leader, that we get to come to Bi Ik Dang like this.- That's right.
We didn't come here to play.
Poetry and Painting competition is an extension of education.
We, mothers, have to compete along with the children.
Of course, of course.
Well, at any rate, I'm sure you and Ji Gyun will win everything,
- but we should try our best, too, shouldn't we?- Yes, of course.
Yes, I will do my best.
- Welcome.- Omo!
Lord Prince Eui Seong. We see you here again.
A new world, a new world.
No one would even know if an axe handle gets rotten here.(Based on the folktale of a tree cutter spending so much time with mysterious grandpas that by the time he came out, his axe handle was rotten and hundreds of years have passed)
No wonder you didn't want to come out since it's like utopia here.
That's what I'm saying.
For our Central Village School,
thank you for providing a place for Poetry and Painting competition.
I hope today's competition will be an inspirational time for the students.
- Oh, yes.- Yes, of course.
Then I'll take my leave.
- Even his backside looks so dashing.- Ah, I wish he'd stay a little longer.
Omo, omo! Who is that?
- Who?- Over there.
- Hurry up, Mother.- Oh my!
- What's with her appearance?- She shouldn't have come!
Omo, omo, look at her clothes.
What's with her looks? She must have come while doing a hard labor.
She must be. How could she come like that?
What are you all doing?
Oh, my, our Leader!
I've never seen such a beautiful colored silk skirt before.
How did you bring this color out?
- That's right.- It's so beautiful.
It's the Yeonji (rouge) color.
It's the same color as Yeonji insect. (cochineal insect)
Yeonji insect?
Are you a new mother?
Yes, I am Lee Hyeon Ryong's mother.
You are very late.
I am sorry.
The Poetry and Painting competition will start soon.
So let's get seated first.
- Yes.- Something interesting will happen today.
Let's all go in.
- Yes.- Yes.
- Son!- Ji Yeon.
- Sang Goo.- Hyo Deok.
- Come here. Let's go.- Oh, where did he go?
Young Bae!
- Mother, let's go, too.- Oh, alright.
- Uncle!- Yeah.- What is he going to tell me to do now?
Oh, yes.
- Did you call for me?- You run over there right now and,
go get some cotton aprons. About 20 of them. Hurry!
- Cotton aprons?- Yes, cotton.
Why?
Why do you talk too much? Just go get them.
B...b...but I'm busy right now.
- Ouch!- You, rascal. Hurry and bring them.
- Hurry!- Okay, cotton!- Yes, cotton!
Twenty of them! Twenty!
We make these with rags at our house.
Are you telling us to wear something like this?
Ah, I'm afraid it might be a bit small for me.
Ahew.
This is small.
Everyone dressed so beautifully.
I was afraid you might ruin such beautiful dresses that I prepared these especially for you.
Please wear those aprons and enjoy yourselves comfortably.
Oh, that's what these were for!
Wow, not only is he good looking, but also so considerate!
Both this looks and his heart...
they are all perfect! So perfect!
How ridiculous!
Our Central Village School's students, who will be leading this nation in the future,
must have been exhausted both physically and mentally for studying so much.
Thus, instead of the annual current event themed poetry,
in Bi Ik Hall, which is the center of Joseon's Liberal Arts,
we are holding a Mother-Son Poetry and Painting Competition.
I want to express my deep gratitude, who has provided this place,
and honor him by asking him to recite the theme poetry for this competition.
Would that be alright?
- That's great.- Yes, let him.
He certainly should.
You don't need to honor me like this.
Please announce the theme.
Soo Pyeong E Moon Ryoo
(If the water is still, it doesn't flow,)
Moo Won Jeuk Chik Gal(and if it doesn't have a proper source it will dry quickly.)
If the water is still, it doesn't flow, and if it doesn't have a proper source it will dry quickly.
Woon Pyeong E...(If the clouds are at peace,)
Woo Bool Shim(it won't rain a lot.)
If the clouds are at peace, it won't rain a lot.
Woon Pyeong?
Moo Wi Woon Woo Jeuk Chik E(Unless if there are dark clouds, even if it rains, the rain will stop soon.)
Woon Pyeong.
Why don't make make Woon Pyeong our theme?
Oh, that's interesting.
Woon Pyeong. The clouds are at peace.
It's good! It's great!
Woon Pyeong, eh? Clouds are at peace, eh?
Great. It sounds wonderful.
The clouds are at peace. Woon Pyeong!
- It sounds wonderful!- I like it.
Woon Pyeong.
It's great.
Woon Pyeong. Woonpyeong Temple?
Mother, aren't you drawing?
Who are you?
Are you miserable? Your state is quite pitiful.
Woonpyeong Temple
You will never be able to draw another picture.
Over 100 people died because of your painting.
Live your entire life as some forgetful woman.
That's the price of your sin.
Mother, is something wrong?
It is finished.
Oh my, oh my, you've finished!
- You've already finished. - Are you done?
It's unbelievable.
I'm envious. Envious.
As expected Ji Gyun has submitted the first entry.
Oh my, it looks like first place has already been decided.
What kind of luck did Leader Hwieum have
Whether it be in painting or in beauty
- while her husband is the deputy minister of general affairs. - Exactly! The hidden center of power his lordship Min Chi Hyeong.
- Min Chi Hyeong. - Deputy Minister of General Affairs, His Lordship Min Chi Hyeong.
Min Chi Hyeong!
If you draw anything at all, I will help.
- Wait.- Mother, where are you going?- Just a moment.
Mother! Mother!
Mother!
Where are you going, Mother?
Hyeon Ryong, I'm feeling ill today.
How can you do this to me. If you just leave now, how will we accomplish the task!
Even though I carry completely tattered books. Even though I don't have a single decent sheet of paper
I didn't care. Even though you only asked me to look after the toddler Woo
I endured it all. When was there ever a time, I requested anything of you this earnestly.
You even forgot today's illustrated poem competition. You're really too much!
If you leave like this, what can I do by myself?
This isn't the way things should be at all!
Hyeon Ryong, I am sorry. I am sorry. Today, I'm really--
I don't know! Even if I have to complete it on my own, I'm going to do it!
Today's illustrated poem's first place entry
is Min Ji Gyun!
Wow, so lucky! Once again Ji Gyun did well!
I'm envious!
It's enough. You can go now.
- I don't want to. - I told you to go.
I still have drawings left to finish.
I told you to stop. This rascal! stop! Stop!
Didn't he say that he wasn't finished? Why did you raise your voice at the kid?
You look like a catfish. Go back to what you've been doing. I said return to your place.
- He has no compassion! - How can someone be like that?
Are you Hyeon Ryong? This kid!
What did you write here?
Since in these troubled times, Maewoldang (pen name of Kim Si Seup; a prodigy from Gangneung who turned into a wandering Buddhist mendicant) is only drifting around like idle clouds,
I will pick up the clouds, and wish to command it to rain on the starved land.
Amazing!
Either way, he's very very intelligent.
Aigoo, this kid, so bright.Lee Hyeon Ryong (Later, Yulgok Lee Yi; Saimdang's second son)
It is all thanks to you mother. If not for your support, how could I have placed first?
Because of your intelligence, my support for you sparkles and shines. Thank you.
Then I will go and preview my lessons.
- Madam. - What is it?
- A guest has come and requests your audience. - A guest?
Yes. It is His Excellency, Prince Eui Seong.
What brings you here to our residence, Prince Eui Seong?
I stopped by here since I was in the area wondering if I would be able to have a small chat with His Lordship the Deputy Minister of General Affairs.
Though you have made an honored presence, unfortunately our Lord is out.
Is that so?
Since you have already arrived, I will treat you to a cup of tea. Please be seated.
By the way, about the theme of the illustrated poem competition, calm clouds.
Was there a particular meaning behind it?
Among the poetry verses, it just came to mind. Would there be any particular meaning behind it?
Long ago there was a Buddhist temple with such a name,
It was called Woonpyeong Temple.
Is that so?
I also got hurt. I am hurting too.
Use this to buy medicine. Move!
Who is it?
It's a cochineal red, because it's the same color as the one produced from the cochineal insect (carmine dye)
cochineal color...
How did you get such a scar on such a beautiful hand?
They say it's a scar I got when I was young. However I have no recollection.
A very long time ago, I saw a child who got wounded on the back of her hand like that.
Though I did put into her hand money for medicine, I do not know what happened to her afterwards.
A wound
if not treated on time, remains as an permanent scar in for a lifetime.
It wasn't a matter of putting medicine money in her hand
you should have looked after her to see how much she was hurting.
Cochineal red. I'm the one who came up with it.
cochineal red?
The innkeeper
She is definitely the girl from the inn.
♬If I can just love ♬
♬If I can just wish♬
♬Even if it is a dream which is shattered over night♬
♬For me it's you♬
Are you saying Hyeon Ryong has not returned home yet?
The pile of corpses from that day were a hell like none other.
There's a rumor that it was the Pyeongchang Village Head that did so
The Pyeongchang Village Head was someone named Min Chi Hyeong.
If it's Min Chi Hyeong isn't that His Lordship Deputy Minister of General Affairs?
Try making colored paper, about 5000 sheets.
I brought paper that had been ordered.
It's not my signature so I don't know.
What can be done with these papers!
I cannot go back like this.
Buy colored paper!
Yi Gyeom who has stepped outside without his clothes.
- Uncle! - Don't call me!
Yi Gyeom walking alone Uncle!
Yi Gyeom meticulously monitoring his own acting, post filming.
An exemplary instance of Saimdang's child actors
Did you practice horseback riding for this show?
Yes for this production, for about two months.
- You're not scared? - No
Sang Hyeon practicing deejaying before filming.
Without using an extra, Sang Hyeon shows impressive deejaying skills.
Saimdang, Light's Diary