PARK HYUNG-SIK
JEON SO-NEE
PYO YE-JIN
YUN JONG-SEOK
LEE TAE-SEON
OUR BLOOMING YOUTH
THIS DRAMA IS A FICTIONAL STORY
AND ALL CHARACTERS, ORGANIZATIONS, LOCATIONS, INCIDENTS, AND RELIGIONS
IN THIS DRAMA ARE FICTITIOUS
SCENES INVOLVING ANIMALS
WERE CREATED WITH PROPS AND VISUAL EFFECTS
EPISODE 6
GET READY TO GO BACK HOME
I can't believe the murderer is a shaman from the Office of Shamanism.
Does no one know
why a shaman killed four people?
Does no one really know?
BEFORE THE CARDINAL POINT CASE
The chosen one.
The one who will make the prophecy come true.
Now hear my voice.
When you answer with the sword of the earth,
complete the prophecy of the ghost
with the lives of four people.
Human affairs are a series of the four phases of life.
The only way to sanctify oneself of those crimes
is death.
Since you can't live without dying.
FAMILY
Only death will bring a new world.
DESTRUCTION
Song, family and destruction.
The last letter is still unknown.
She already killed three people.
So what was she trying to tell us
by killing another person? What is the last letter?
What does she want?
She left behind letters after killing those people!
You must interrogate her
and find out the last letter, Your Majesty.
Your Majesty, I've noticed that there have been
attempts to infatuate the people's minds.
Messing with His Highness's written prayer
was also a wicket scheme
that took advantage of the confused public sentiment.
Section Chief Han arrested the culprit and took her to the Royal Inspector's Office,
but she hasn't said a word.
Once we start the interrogation,
we'll be able to find out the purpose of those killings.
You cannot let Section Chief Han take charge, Your Majesty.
Whatever he gets involved in turns out like this.
He's right, Your Majesty.
I, Cho Won-bo, the new Minister of Justice
pledge to you that I will disclose
every single crime of the shaman if you let me, Your Majesty.
Your Majesty, what happened at the ceremony
must be solved by Section Chief Han.
Plus, he is already headed to the Office of Shamanism to find evidence.
Who else would try so hard
for the peace of this country?
There is no doubt about Section Chief Han's fidelity, but what I'm worried about
is the people who are living in fear.
You should interrogate the culprit yourself
and find out her plans
so that the people can feel easy, Your Majesty.
Yes, Your Majesty.
Interrogate the culprit, Your Majesty.
Break down the door.
Yes, sir!
-Untie them. -Yes, sir.
What were the intruders looking for?
They dragged us out into the yard and tied us up,
so we don't know what they were looking for, My Lord.
But we did see them enter
madam shaman's shrine.
Did anything seem strange about her recently?
She returned from her prayer site in Gaeseong a month ago...
Her prayer site is in Gaeseong?
The other shamans don't know the exact location,
but they did say it's near Songak Mountain.
A month ago...
We just received a letter from Gaeseong. Master Min Ho-seung and his entire family
has been murdered.
It was around Master Min and his family were murdered.
And according to their statement...
Her hair started to turn white
and she started to smell.
It was the smell of incense.
Isn't it normal for a shaman to smell of incense?
It's not the incense they used, Your Highness.
They sent the assassins to steal the evidence.
The shaman wasn't working alone.
This isn't just a simple murder.
It seems like there's someone behind these cases.
What do you think they want, Your Highness?
It probably has something to do with the last letter.
Is there anything you can think of?
Gaeseong, Songak Mountain.
Does it have something to do with Master Min's death?
He's not coming today either?
Gosh, I guess Young Master Kim got locked up again.
No wonder he hasn't shown up in a few days.
It was probably his mother's orders.
Does this happen a lot?
Oh, that woman is no saint.
Young Master Kim came back limping a few months ago
and she apparently threw a mortar at him.
What?
Was he born out of wedlock by any chance?
Of course not.
If he was born out of wedlock,
that lady will probably kill
Prime Minister Kim.
She's that scary?
Does she have
no duty of a woman or anything like that?
Gosh.
We need Young Master Kim to come back to get news about the palace.
Since his father is the Prime Minister,
he must've heard something.
-Like what? -Rumor has it that
it was a eunuch from the East Palace
who arrested the shaman.
What?
He was hit by a crock lid in the head
and was bleeding everywhere.
Who knows if he's dead or alive?
Where's he going?
Anyway, where did your husband go?
in the mountains. He's worried someone might've taken the herbs he saw last year.
Gosh, we're so busy right now.
Gosh.
Are you okay?
-Hold on. -Oh no.
I am so sorry.
But what kind of fish is that?
I've never seen such fish a before.
It has such a profound color.
What would a drifter know?
I heard it's a fish from far away.
I'm just taking care of it for a friend.
I see.
I'm so sorry I broke your bottle.
That's okay.
Goodbye then.
Right.
I think I've seen him before.
Right. Now's not the time for this.
My Lady. Oh dear.
I brought the medicine as per your orders, Your Highness.
He'll wake up before it cools. Wait here.
Do I have to keep brewing his medicine like yours?
-You could call a royal physician... -I'm doing this because I can't.
Your Highness.
You're awake.
What are you doing here?
Can't you see me?
Can't you see these?
Gosh.
Can't you be a little nicer? I'm injured you know.
You could at least say thank you.
Thank you.
I brewed this medicine myself.
Keep that in mind.
Are you feeling a little better?
How long was I out for?
A whole day.
You and Section Chief Han saved a baby.
Do you remember?
Your Highness.
Can you trust me now?
Did I pass your test?
I've trusted you
for a while now.
Why are you crying?
Are you in pain?
Do you have any idea how much your trust means to me?
If you turn your back on me,
I could die today.
You did well.
And you even got hurt.
Thank you.
Since when did you trust me?
I wonder when.
Maybe I trusted you from the start.
I believed Master Min didn't raise his daughter to become a murderer.
How could I have taken you to a royal physician?
Are you hurt anywhere else?
Oh.
Don't touch it. It finally stopped bleeding.
Lift up your head.
When did you learn medical techniques?
I could hear in my sleep
and it seemed like you brewed all those medicines.
My old master...
My father told you to learn medicine?
He said that if I learn the basics
I could save people and that there will be a lot of benefits.
So I just read some books about medicine.
Your Highness.
Could you tell me more about
your master?
Master said
studying isn't just about reading books.
"If you are a true Confucian scholar,
you shouldn't stop after learning academics,
but practice them for the people."
That's what he would say.
He always thought about the people.
He said that formalities and rituals are important
but realizing the way of the world,
comes from breaking
the formalities and rituals.
When I thought he was overly uptight, he was actually flexible.
When I thought he was quiet,
he was actually passionate and strong.
He was like that.
And he was very warm.
People say
when women get married,
they become a ghost to that family.
I do not agree with that.
So...
So whenever things get tough, you can always come back home.
I will not become a father
who kicks out his own daughter.
Yes, Father.
He was not bound by words
or trapped in writing.
Whether he was studying or dealing with people,
he would always see beyond what could be seen.
He was a great man.
Yes.
He was like that.
She wouldn't have been able to get proper treatment because of her true identity.
I hope she's okay.
I haven't seen Young Master Kim for days. What do I do?
Should I just climb the wall?
-Oh my! -You scared me!
-Young Master! -My apprentice!
-Are you locked up? -Yes.
Don't you know how to climb a wall?
I was just about to do that.
Hold on.
What?
Careful.
Are you here because you were worried about me?
Yes.
Jump, Young Master.
You're going to catch me?
Of course.
Jump.
My apprentice!
When I saw you jump,
I didn't think I could catch you.
You should've told me before
you told me to jump.
Oh, my back. Let go of me.
Young Master.
Gosh.
Oh, this is good.
Did they starve you?
My mother has a temper
so she may lock me up from time to time, but she never starves me.
But when I don't have a meal
in a crowded marketplace, it feels like
I haven't eaten at all.
Isn't this nice?
We can watch people
and it's so affectionate.
So why were you locked up?
Why do you think?
Because I've been doing useless stuff.
Then are you going to climb over walls every day?
No.
I'll be able to use the front door soon.
I got a marriage proposal.
-What? -The Minister of Personnel's daughter.
She's the third daughter who's known to be
the prettiest and smartest.
Oh.
You're getting married?
I can't get married right away since
marriage is forbidden due to His Highness' royal marriage.
But she was so shocked
to hear about me.
So she said she wants to see who I am
even from afar.
Since we don't know when that is,
my parents told me to always be careful,
so I'm sure they won't keep me locked up for long.
So she was shocked to hear about you.
She would be even more shocked if she sees you in person.
Right. Did anything else happen at Manyeondang?
Right.
You idiot! I can't believe you forgot that!
Young Master, have you heard anything from the palace?
My Lady...
I mean,
did you hear that a eunuch got hurt?
Eunuch Go?
My brother told me they caught the murderer
of the Cardinal Point Case.
What happened to Eunuch Go? Did he get hurt?
Why are you asking me that?
-I was going to ask you... -Hold on.
Hold on. You came to ask me that, so why did I climb over the wall?
Manyeondang. Right. I was going to Manyeondang.
Your father is the prime minister.
Please look into it. See if My Lady...
I mean, if Eunuch Go is okay.
See if he got hurt badly. Please?
Please?
A bottle of rice wine please!
Coming.
I'm here.
Hey...
Let me see.
Did you get hurt? Are you okay?
I'm fine, of course.
Do you have any idea how scared I was?
I waited for you all night.
I was worried you might be dead or something.
-What? Did you get hurt? -Well...
Let me see. Where did you get hurt?
Come on.
It's nothing.
It happens when people go to gather herbs.
Don't go there again.
Even if it's an order.
I don't have to go back home.
Where was it this time? Was it the Office of Shamanism?
You didn't kill someone, did you?
You don't do that, right?
Why would I kill someone?
Why would you say such a thing?
-Let me see. -I'm fine.
Let me see if you're okay.
I'm fine.
Give me your hand.
Gosh.
We don't care if you're hurt.
No matter how much His Highness cherishes you, don't forget your duties.
That's what we mean, okay?
Yes, sir.
I think that's enough.
Move.
Put your back into it like this.
Don't just rub it.
Yes, sir.
-Your Highness. -Your Highness.
Sun-dol, follow me. There's something you need to do for me.
What do you think it is?
We were going to make him clean the halls.
Have a seat.
What is it that you need me to do?
Have a seat. That's what you need to do.
Oh, gosh.
Oh, my back.
What's the use of having a new eunuch
when we're the ones cleaning up the storage?
We need to get him kicked out as soon as possible.
But how? His Highness only adores him.
-What else can we do? -That's what I'm saying.
Gosh, the cleaning never ends.
-Let's have some water. -After this.
Go Sun-dol.
Your Highness.
Follow me. There's something I need you to do.
Just him?
What are you doing?
Eat.
Are these tangerines?
I've never seen one before.
Yes. That way.
-Okay. -Good.
No, that way.
-No, this way. -Right.
No, that side seems better.
Yes.
Right there.
His Highness is looking for Sun-dol again?
He should go. His Highness is calling him.
Go.
Bye.
I'm going to break crocks.
His Highness wanted me to tell you to take your medicine.
Go take your medicine.
Aren't you Eunuch Go?
Yes, Your Highness.
I heard you arrested the murderer of
the Cardinal Point case with Section Chief Han.
Oh, did you get hurt?
No, Your Highness. I'm fine.
I must serve His Highness,
so this is nothing.
Still, you have to be healthy
to be able to serve His Highness.
I will let the royal physician know and send some medicine.
Take care of yourself first.
Thank you, Your Highness.
I'm sorry if I made you worry.
How commendable.
He seems intelligent.
Your Highness, it's Sun-dol.
Come in.
I'm doing a lot better.
It's all thanks to you, Your Highness.
RECORDS OF THE MIN FAMILY MURDER
I will listen to you about your family
after I test your skills.
And after that,
I will think about how I will use you.
Tell me about your family's death.
What do the records say?
The records say that
you've been learning how to cook
three to four months prior to the murders.
Lady Jae-yi made breakfast today.
We didn't go near the kitchen.
She didn't even make breakfast for herself.
Yun-jae!
Mother!
And records also say that
you asked Master Min to cancel the marriage
so you can run away with your lover,
but Master Min refused.
I've never heard Lord Min raise his voice like that.
She dresses as a man and sneaks out every night because of Yeong.
She's been fooling around with him.
They were wearing matching jade bracelets.
She was planning to run away with Yeong.
And the records say that
you chose to do the worst thing possible.
POISON
You chose to poison your family
and run away with your lover.
You poisoned the soup
and killed your family.
but your lover Yeong
couldn't betray Master Min since he took him in and raised him,
so he decided to confess everything
instead of running away with you.
That's what the records say.
Now, I'll listen to your side of the story.
The reason I was talking to my father behind a locked door
wasn't because of my love affair.
It was because of the secret letter you sent.
I must go.
We have to postpone the wedding.
It's not that easy.
Are you going to tell His Highness everything including how you
dressed up as a man and borrowed your brother's name?
Is it true that
you made breakfast for your family?
Is there a chance someone could've poisoned the soup before you served it?
No, Your Highness.
The only time the culprit could've
laced the soup with poison was
after I tasted the soup
and before I ladled it into the bowls.
The soup was fine when I tasted it.
The soup was poisoned after I served it.
And no one entered the kitchen at that time?
Yes.
It was just me.
How come you didn't eat?
I was troubled about the secret letter, so I couldn't eat.
Is it also true that you bought the poison?
I wasn't planning to use it on people.
I bought it because I was studying it.
Then how come your lover
confessed that you poisoned the soup?
Is Sim Yeong even your lover?
He...
Teach me this
today.
Well?
I'm not going home until I master this.
-One. -Hiyah.
Block.
Hiyah! And turn.
One.
He was like a brother to me.
Him being my lover is just nonsense.
Then why did he say you two were lovers?
I'm not sure.
I don't know why Yeong said that.
We must catch the real culprit.
If I can go back to Gaeseong...
If I can go through everything one more time,
I'm sure we'll be able to find a clue we missed.
There's something we must solve before that.
You mean the ghost's letter.
Where's the letter?
Do you have it, Your Highness?
Do you remember the hand writing of the secret letter?
I don't remember the details,
but it was neat and clear.
What about the Crown Prince's stamp?
The Crown Prince's stamp?
I'm not sure, but it does seem similar.
To be honest, I still don't remember much about that day.
Open it.
This?
This actually opens?
Does this open with a specific combination?
EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE ARMS, YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO USE THEM
YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO WALK EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE LEGS
You must've been afraid.
You must've been lonely.
Yes.
I was afraid and lonely.
You must've felt frustrated because you didn't know who to fight.
I can't fight a ghost, can I?
You can fight a curse.
Don't be fooled by the horror of this paper.
Your Highness, you're the one
who will make your own destiny, not this piece of paper.
I will stay next to you.
Who do you think
sent me that letter,
shot me in the arm,
murdered your family,
tampered with the written prayer and even got the shaman involved.
Pardon?
Did the culprit of the Cardinal Point case do all those things?
Right around when Master Min passed away,
she frequented the prayer site in Gaeseong.
In Gaeseong?
But a lot of people come to Gaeseong to pray
because of Songak Mountain's terrain.
You're right. It might not be related.
Where is the shaman right now?
So it wasn't the cardinal point,
but the four phases of life?
So Section Chief Han was wrong and the Eunuch was right...
My Lord.
Has the shaman confessed yet?
I'm sorry, My Lord. She hasn't said anything yet.
Since we lost the evidence, all that's left is the shaman's confession.
Her hair started to turn white and she started to smell.
We found the letter on the second victim.
What was the last letter you were going to carve?
Staying silent won't make anything better nor will you be able to protect anything.
There will be an interrogation soon.
It will be better to talk right now rather than getting tortured.
No one has the ears to hear the prophet.
I am the chosen one and I'll make the prophecy come true.
My plan hasn't failed yet.
When the time comes and when there's someone who can hear the prophecy,
you'll know what the last letter is.
There must be a connection.
When there's a shadow,
the owner is always at the end of it.
We must find the owner of the shadow of all that's happened
before the curse comes true.
Before I go crazy
and wander around Joseon alone.
Your Highness, how could you say something so heinous?
Their objective is written write here.
Saeng-min-tal-ryeom. Yeo-ji-gwan-po.
"The people will try to get you dethroned."
Your Highness, I will protect you.
That will never happen.
Who do you think has that goal?
Aside from me and my dead brother,
there's still Prince Myeong-ahn.
I'm sure there are people who'd want to
dethrone me so he can become the next crown prince.
Prince Myeong-ahn's great uncle.
Right State Councilor Cho Won-bo and his relatives.
Bottoms up.
Section Chief Han has been barking up the wrong tree.
He has become a laughingstock these days.
His fiancé
killed her parents and brother
to run away
with another man.
And His Highness had a mere eunuch
compete against him.
I just feel bad for Lord Han.
About the bloody written prayer.
It was the doing of a shaman,
so the Office of Shamanism must be behind it.
You are
keener than I thought.
Why didn't I think of that?
Then who got the shaman involved,
tampered with the prayer
and killed all those people?
Oh my.
I never even thought of that.
So you were thinking about who's behind it all.
Then what were you thinking about?
I only thought of one thing.
God is on our side.
Master Min's dead. Left State Councilor Han is losing his power.
The Crown Prince must be scared after the written prayer incident.
What do you think that all means?
It means things are turning around for us.
Don't you think?
Right.
I guess so.
Since God is on our side,
what should we do at times like this?
We should drink.
-We should. -Drink.
God, God, God.
-Bottoms up. -Bottoms up.
He has bitten off more than he can chew.
So according to your research,
Eunuch Go Sun-dol disappeared during the last flood?
I see.
But he reappeared at the East Palace.
So I was right.
Of course Go Sun-dol isn't real.
Yes.
Try to regain your memories as soon as possible.
You are a suspect, a victim and an investigator of this case.
You probably missed something important
and forgot some things because they were trivial.
You must remember what happened that day.
You can do it.
Yes, Your Highness. I can.
I will.
I will remember.
I will go to the shaman's house tomorrow.
Seong-on completed the investigation already.
There could be something he missed.
I'd like to go see for myself as an investigator.
Won't it be dangerous to go alone?
Are you worried about me?
Then can I go with Scholar Park?
It seems like he was to your liking.
He's terrible at shoveling and doesn't know how to eat soup.
So he was useless?
No, of course, not.
He was reliable when we were
trying to avoid the patrol at night.
So if I send Scholar Park with you to
the shaman's house, he'll be reliable.
As far as I know, Scholar Park will be busy
reviewing his lessons tomorrow.
Oh.
Don't worry. I'll be careful.
That Buddhist priest...
Why did he seem familiar?
Have I seen him before?
Gosh.
I can't believe His Highness gave us all this.
His Highness sent this because
the mother and baby must've been quite shocked.
I can't believe he gave us Baek-ban-gwak-tang.
BAEK-BAN-GWAK-TANG: RICE AND SEAWEED SOUP
It's such an extravagance.
Section Chief Han came by
with fabric and cotton for our baby.
Section Chief Han came by?
Thanks to him,
our baby will be able to sleep on a comfy blanket.
Right.
His Highness came up with a name for your baby.
Gosh, it's such an honor.
MYEONG-RAE
"Myeong" as in "Bright" and "Rae" as in "To come."
I came up with this name so a bright future can come to him.
There's a name with such great meaning?
Gosh, he is so generous.
May I hold your baby?
Of course.
His Highness named you "Myeong-rae."
Myeong-rae.
It suits you very well.
Eunuch Go?
-My Lord. -What are you doing here?
-Is it His Highness' orders? -No, My Lord.
I was on my way from Yeokyeong.
His Highness wanted me to deliver some things to the mother and baby.
The reason he sent me here wasn't because he couldn't trust you.
I actually wanted to thank you.
I'm glad I ran into you today.
If you didn't listen to me that night,
the baby would've died.
Aren't you the one who saved that baby
and not me?
No. You saved him, My Lord.
I couldn't have done it alone.
You went to see them too, didn't you?
I think you are a very generous person.
You didn't forget and took care of them.
His Highness also did the same thing.
I was looking around to see if the soldiers missed anything,
but I didn't find any evidence.
I found this on the terrace stones.
MARRIAGE CONSENT
Oh, that's mine.
I must've dropped it while looking around.
Isn't that a marriage consent letter
from the bride's family?
What are you looking at?
A marriage consent letter came from Hanyang
and father is writing his answer right now.
Are you that happy?
Once father sends the letter to my future husband
and they inform it in front of the shrine,
I'm practically married, aren't I?
And you're that happy?
Yes.
Since we have received a letter agreeing to the marriage,
we now conclude the part of getting consent
and would like to announce that my son,
Han Seong-on and Master Min's daughter Min Jae-yi
will be getting married.
Are you still waiting for her?
If she comes back, will you...
She's dead.
She committed a heinous crime
and brought shame to me.
How could I wait for her?
Then why do you carry around that marriage consent form?
What are you going to do? Would you like to take a look around?
Oh.
Yes. I'll be quick.
Is there anything suspicious?
No, My Lord.
It's just... They burn incense on the incense burner,
but there are dried petals here which is strange.
He must be heartbroken.
I can't believe he still has that marriage consent form.
Is he waiting for me?
Does he believe me?
MARRIAGE CONSENT
Are you still waiting for her?
My Lord.
-What is it? -I have a message from Gaeseong.
The piece of cloth we found in the cave
is from the dress Master Min's family bought.
The person who sold the silk to that family checked it.
I knew it. She must be alive.
She must've changed clothes
and sneaked out of there.
But My Lord. There's something strange.
Lady Jae-yi's lover...
-Did you find him? -We did.
And? What happened?
What?
What did you say?
He's...
dead?
He killed himself.
He wrote a suicide note
and hung himself at Master Min's house.
The Crown Prince's guard took the suicide note.
What do you mean they took it?
It was His Highness' orders.
Why would His Highness take his suicide note?
According to the guard who went to Gaeseong,
Sim Yeong is definitely Lady Jae-yi's lover.
It wasn't a false rumor.
There is no way.
Lover?
Did she really betray me
to be with someone else?
To Jae-yi, my love.
He was like a brother to me.
Him being my lover is just nonsense.
I'm not testing you just with the rumors that have been going around.
If you didn't send that secret letter,
how could I have known about the ghost's letter?
Was everything she said to me a lie?
Bring me Go Sun-dol.
Pardon? Why do you want me to bring him?
Bring him.
Bring him to me right now.
Why would His Highness take his suicide note?
Didn't you hear what I said?
Bring Go Sun-dol here right now!
OUR BLOOMING YOUTH
Do not trust anyone.
I will not trust a word you say.
Let go of sympathy and compassion.
You won't be able to protect your position
if you let those personal feelings get in the way.
Get him out of here.
What happened that day that I can't remember?
We still don't know Lady Jae-yi's whereabouts,
but that case...
I depended on you
because I've been waiting for you for a long time.