Post by TheBo on Feb 16, 2012 11:46:16 GMT -5
Ep.68:
San is nonplussed when the wall-jumper says, “Don’t you recognize me your highness? I’m Chancellor Yong Yi-jong!” Later, the young man chuckles over the crazy guy and bemoans that he’ll have to review his studies on reading faces.
DS+2 are relieved when San shows up. He tells them he set the explosion and “Yong Yi-jong helped!” At the palace, San learns the Qing slavers will disguise themselves as merchants and arrive in about a month. San wants everyone arrested (including the Qing) so they can trace their missing citizens.
San and Hong moon about each other and their relationship. Hong even dreams San will visit and forgive him. [Weirdos.]
San secretly sends D-S to escort Hong to the capitol so San can tell him he forgave him, but before D-S arrives Hong falls gravely ill. San insists on going to him and arrives in time for Hong’s last words. DS+2 of course are heartbroken, as are Uncle and Mat-soon. Naturally Hyeoui takes this opportunity to blame herself for not liking or trusting Hong. Even Tebi Mamah notes the sadness of Hong’s ending. There is a big funeral that DS+2 attend, while San (elsewhere) swears he’ll always remember Hong.
At Dowahseo, Mr Lee learns there’ll be artists brought into the palace as a reform—a sort of promotion. Lee doesn’t tell Mr Tak why it’d be politic to come to the palace when Tak refuses to go there with him.
Queen Hyeoui brings Lady Song to a silk ceremony tea for the court ladies, but Dowager Hye wants her to send Song back because she’s too stupid to take part in the discussion they’ll be having and might embarrass them. Third Girl suggests they let the stupid one attend, but T-G’ll answer all questions on her behalf. D-Hye is delighted.
At the ceremony, the first question is for Song, about the colors in the silk ceremony. D-Hye punts it to Third Girl, who recites the various colors that have been used. Another lady wants to know, why so many? T-G doesn’t know, so Song asks if she can answer. D-Hye grudgingly agrees. Song knows the complete answer and the court ladies are very impressed. After Q-H and Song leave, T-G tells D-Hye she was totally mistaken about Song and thinks she’s elegant. D-Hye appears to soften toward Song.
San and D-S discuss the surprising fact that the wall-jumper—Jung Ya-gyong—is a fine scholar, but he fails his exams and skips out a lot. San again catches him jumping the wall at the academy and over D-S’s outrage, laughs at Jung's smartass-ness and shows him a secret gate used by palace guards. San plays one of his false identity tricks, to D-S’s disgust. They learn Jung runs an informal advocacy for the poor and illiterate, writing legal petitions and appeals for them. D-S reports to San that he’s never lost a case yet. San gets a look at one of his appeals and realizes it’s the handwriting of his anonymous slavery informant and the brilliant academy scholar.
It turns out Jung has taken several state scholar exams in the past, but San figures he failed because he’s too radical for the judges. San is a judge this year, and when he notices that Jung’s exam didn’t even make it as a passing grade (Jung took very little time to answer and left), he demands to see every single examination paper.
D-S visits Jung and goads him into looking for his name on the exam results, even though he doesn’t care to look (because he always fails). Jung looks faint when he sees he got highest honors. When he reports to court and meets the king, San asks why a man in such a high position in government would take the exam. Jung looks up and gets a really big surprise. “Chancellor,” asks San. “Why’d you take the exam?” San and his attendants have a good giggle at Jung’s expense.
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When San and the wall-jumper talk about Chancellor Yong Yi-jong, are they talking about Lord Jang, the grumpy old Noron? When San told DS+2 that the Chancellor helped him, they looked like they thought he might be a little crazy, too.
Apparently the editors cut whatever happened as a result of San not visiting Third Girl as ordered by his mother. Too bad.
San is nonplussed when the wall-jumper says, “Don’t you recognize me your highness? I’m Chancellor Yong Yi-jong!” Later, the young man chuckles over the crazy guy and bemoans that he’ll have to review his studies on reading faces.
DS+2 are relieved when San shows up. He tells them he set the explosion and “Yong Yi-jong helped!” At the palace, San learns the Qing slavers will disguise themselves as merchants and arrive in about a month. San wants everyone arrested (including the Qing) so they can trace their missing citizens.
San and Hong moon about each other and their relationship. Hong even dreams San will visit and forgive him. [Weirdos.]
San secretly sends D-S to escort Hong to the capitol so San can tell him he forgave him, but before D-S arrives Hong falls gravely ill. San insists on going to him and arrives in time for Hong’s last words. DS+2 of course are heartbroken, as are Uncle and Mat-soon. Naturally Hyeoui takes this opportunity to blame herself for not liking or trusting Hong. Even Tebi Mamah notes the sadness of Hong’s ending. There is a big funeral that DS+2 attend, while San (elsewhere) swears he’ll always remember Hong.
At Dowahseo, Mr Lee learns there’ll be artists brought into the palace as a reform—a sort of promotion. Lee doesn’t tell Mr Tak why it’d be politic to come to the palace when Tak refuses to go there with him.
Queen Hyeoui brings Lady Song to a silk ceremony tea for the court ladies, but Dowager Hye wants her to send Song back because she’s too stupid to take part in the discussion they’ll be having and might embarrass them. Third Girl suggests they let the stupid one attend, but T-G’ll answer all questions on her behalf. D-Hye is delighted.
At the ceremony, the first question is for Song, about the colors in the silk ceremony. D-Hye punts it to Third Girl, who recites the various colors that have been used. Another lady wants to know, why so many? T-G doesn’t know, so Song asks if she can answer. D-Hye grudgingly agrees. Song knows the complete answer and the court ladies are very impressed. After Q-H and Song leave, T-G tells D-Hye she was totally mistaken about Song and thinks she’s elegant. D-Hye appears to soften toward Song.
San and D-S discuss the surprising fact that the wall-jumper—Jung Ya-gyong—is a fine scholar, but he fails his exams and skips out a lot. San again catches him jumping the wall at the academy and over D-S’s outrage, laughs at Jung's smartass-ness and shows him a secret gate used by palace guards. San plays one of his false identity tricks, to D-S’s disgust. They learn Jung runs an informal advocacy for the poor and illiterate, writing legal petitions and appeals for them. D-S reports to San that he’s never lost a case yet. San gets a look at one of his appeals and realizes it’s the handwriting of his anonymous slavery informant and the brilliant academy scholar.
It turns out Jung has taken several state scholar exams in the past, but San figures he failed because he’s too radical for the judges. San is a judge this year, and when he notices that Jung’s exam didn’t even make it as a passing grade (Jung took very little time to answer and left), he demands to see every single examination paper.
D-S visits Jung and goads him into looking for his name on the exam results, even though he doesn’t care to look (because he always fails). Jung looks faint when he sees he got highest honors. When he reports to court and meets the king, San asks why a man in such a high position in government would take the exam. Jung looks up and gets a really big surprise. “Chancellor,” asks San. “Why’d you take the exam?” San and his attendants have a good giggle at Jung’s expense.
*******
When San and the wall-jumper talk about Chancellor Yong Yi-jong, are they talking about Lord Jang, the grumpy old Noron? When San told DS+2 that the Chancellor helped him, they looked like they thought he might be a little crazy, too.
Apparently the editors cut whatever happened as a result of San not visiting Third Girl as ordered by his mother. Too bad.