Post by TheBo on Jun 25, 2011 10:03:48 GMT -5
Ep.10:
At Dowahseo, San and Song reminisce. It’s late, however, and the painters are coming in to work, so San has to leave. In the yard, he takes his leave of Song and Dae-su (who brought him there) and says he doesn’t know when he’ll see them again. Eun. Nam says he’ll see them soon, as Song is in Dowahseo and Dae-su, according to Uncle, wants to take the military exam and enter the palace. Dae-su avows his lack of talent, but San tells him, “Nobody ever laid a finger on me before you, and you’ve beaten me (up) twice. That’s talent.” Dae-su is apologetic and embarrassed, but San puts him at ease and says they’re his only friends, with whom he can relax and laugh. As Nam and San ride off, Dae-su swears to Song that he’ll do whatever it takes to pass the military exam and get into the palace to protect San.
At Lady Hye’s chambers, her father and Minister Hong (her uncle) talk about San being guilty of the crimes he’s accused of. She strongly defends San’s honor, knowing he would never do such things. At the court, San arrives and is ushered inside, where Yeong-jo tells him even his grand-uncle Hong thinks it’s probably San’s handwriting. So it’s “probably” true. (No “without a doubt” I guess.) Noron faction demands a punishment befitting the crime. Yeong-jo agrees they are right, but then proceeds to chew them out for “not giving a damn” about San. What’s up? he asks. He’s San’s grandfather, so he has the right, but since San is crown prince, aren’t they afraid he’ll be king one day? Why aren’t they? Since Yeong-jo thought San’s relative would go easy on San, Yeong-jo investigated himself and found out that someone could forge the imprint of a seal with a boiled potato. He has his attendant show how this is done. A seal forged like this looks identical, but in about a month, it changes color. So in a month, Yeong-jo will know if the seal was actually forged. (tee hee) Until then, they’d better not offend San. The ministers proclaim the king's proclamation absurd.
In his office chambers, Yeong-jo discusses this with his trusted friend, Sir Chae (the one who helped clear San when he was a child). Chae thinks Yeong-jo wasn’t discreet enough. Yeong-jo tells him to watch it, “You know you were banished because you nagged me too much. Don’t you want to know why you were called back?”
Princess is fuming over Yeong-jo taking San’s side; Off Jeong points out the real danger is if the forgery is revealed. She tells Off Jeong and Sir Choi to call an immediate (daylight) meeting of the conspirators. (Even “She” approves of the meeting.) They flood into their secret compound, where Princess tells the nervous group that once San is proven innocent, it’s all over for them--they have to get the charter away from Yeong-jo. Choi and Jeong say that’s impossible. Jeong suggests they make Yeong-jo “forget about” the charter by making Yeong-jo doubt San’s loyalty, using the death of Sado (rice chest incident) as a lever between them. Later, he tells his flunky to get the artist who forged the charter out of town.
San is told his new head of his personal guard wants to meet him. It’s Sir Chae. They are happy to meet; however, this position is a demotion for him. Chae says, Yeong-jo asked him to do it, and he’s happy to. Sir Chae tells San to “dignify” his guards, but San points out they’re the dregs because serving him is a death sentence once he’s kicked out, and he doubts they’re even able to shoot arrows correctly.
At Dowahseo, Cho-bi, confronted by a yard full of finished laundry, tells Song it’s not good enough, all the brushes and bowls are dirty. Song has washed them, also, they are drying in the sun. “I’m not fired, right?” says Song. And she’s not. Sir Lee (sponsor) comes to tell her he’ll need her help later, because painter Cho (forger) quit. When he whispers in her ear, the other damo cluck. Song’s friend tells her, “don’t make it so obvious—I’m on your side!” Song is mystified.
The military exam is around the corner, and instead of studying, Dae-su attends a cram school. There, a yangban assures him everything they say about what you have to learn/do to get into the palace is B.S.—rather, Dae-su should find a way to cheat or lie his way in. He assures Dae-su he knows this because as a yangban, he knows the yangban are the greatest tricksters in the nation.
Sir Chae oversees a practice demonstration of military moves. He shakes his head over the obvious ineptitude of San’s guards. At the demo, everyone does a great job but the archers (San’s guards) are pathetic (except one guy who hits bullseyes). Yeong-jo scolds San for being unworthy of respect. Off Jeong and the other Noron can hardly contain their glee as they bow to San. Later, San's guards learn they will have night duty. The guard who did well was demoted from the palace guards, we learn.
A scribe is summoned by San to the courtyard where the guardsmen wait. San arrives with a handful of arrows and commands them to take up their bows. San tells them they all have to practice for 20 rounds; when their apparent leader speaks up that they only use 10 rounds for practice, he’s told he has to do 30. San gives a demo with 5 bullseyes of 5 shots. He tells them, if they get 50 out of a hundred, he’ll let them go home. (The scribe is there to keep the record.) San bullies them and corrects their form. They fail pretty miserably. At 2 a.m., they learn he wants them back at 4 a.m. They think he’s mad. (Not angry—mad.)
At a tavern, Dae-su overhears the leader and the deposed guard discussing San and whether he’s insane. He’s offended, he tells them, and tries to beat them. But they kick his butt—literally. He limps home, realizing he must become a guard by any means. He goes to the yangban running the cram school and begs to know how to cheat. Then he goes to sponsor Lee, to get some of his obscene art. He is to go to the home of the son-in-law of the Minister of War, who will receive the test question in secret (“That’s how the Haves get along”), and steal it by befriending that guy’s steward. He physically runs into the steward, pretends to drop the obscene painting accidentally and thanks the steward for returning it. The guy wants to know where to get one.
San drills his men for 60 rounds. He gives the latecomers a 3-month pay cut. The men are upset.
At Dowahseo, targets are being painted in quantity (they are animal heads). The painters are upset at San’s “craziness,” but the chief painter tells them this is their job. A dozing Sponsor Lee wakes up, makes a fuss and is scolded. He goes into the yard, where his old dealer shows up and apologizes, begging for more paintings to sell (he bribed his way out of jail). Mr. Lee tries to run away.
At the palace, Ladies Hye and Hyeoui, and Princess, have been summoned by the Queen for tea because “it’s quiet for once.” Princess gleefully relates the guard uproar caused by San, obviously because of what’s “in his blood.” When she is scolded by the Queen, Lady Hye says no, she obviously means he’s a descendant of Yeong-jo and will make a sage king. Princess is happy to be properly understood. Queen glowers.
Hyeoui watches as San continues his demonstration for his exhausted men, who have not managed to make half their bullseyes yet. He tells them it’s 80 rounds tomorrow and they are very upset. In his study, San rubs his aching arm. Suddenly, there are cries of fire. Someone started the guards’ night duty room on fire. Later, Sir Chae learns from the head guard that it was arson. In the yard, San tells the men there’ll be no practice. He points out that even if they don’t want to serve him, they should have more pride as military officers. They can be transferred or quit if they wish. The leader rages that his bones are decaying from all the work and he’d have set the fire himself in one day more of this. The scribe shows up and says, well, the prince did 200 rounds and you all only did 120. Also, you guys hid a lot of your arrows instead of shooting them. I doubt your bones will decay. The men have the grace to look abashed. The demoted guard is amazed that San did 200 rounds. Later, In his quarters, San is in pain. In the yard, the guard leader meets the demoted guard, who says he’ll practice some more. Cursing, the leader follows him to the practice area.
At Dowahseo, Song sorts the paintings and thinks about the nasty gossip re: San. Mr. Lee sneaks by to meet his dealer, in secret. Mr. Lee goes back to get art supplies, but someone is rifling the supplies. It’s Mr. Cho (forger), who runs away after dropping a page of writing. Since Lee is illiterate (!) he can’t read it. At the house of the minister of war (a conspirator), a letter is given for delivery. Off Jeong thanks the minister.
Dae-su and Uncle go to the Minister’s house and waylay his steward, who they think has the test question. This is the same man who got the letter in the previous scene. Dae-su takes him to Uncle, who puts on a show as “the painter,” then offers to take the guy in to see his work. He says to drop the delivery bag, as he doesn’t want his paintings stolen. The guy finally gives it up to Dae-su to hold for him. D has some qualms about stealing mail, but quashes them for San’s sake.
Hwe Go Cheon Sa is what the letter says. Dae-su is confused; this is no question. He tells Uncle after the man leaves that there was no question; Uncle says he’s stupid. At the military exams, Dae-su mutters this phrase under his breath. Everyone takes the written test. As one man drops his at the table, he runs away. This test causes a huge to-do, and Yeong-jo asks to see it. After reading, he angrily hands it to a confused San. He orders a terrified San to read it out loud; it says the king is corrupt and so are the ministers. They murdered the uncorrupted Sado, and Yeong-jo is merely the puppet of the Noron faction. When San can’t read any more, Yeong-jo takes over: Sado was beloved by the people and now that he’s dead, they have no king but his son, Crown Prince Yi San. Then Yeong-jo glares suspiciously at San.
At Dowahseo, San and Song reminisce. It’s late, however, and the painters are coming in to work, so San has to leave. In the yard, he takes his leave of Song and Dae-su (who brought him there) and says he doesn’t know when he’ll see them again. Eun. Nam says he’ll see them soon, as Song is in Dowahseo and Dae-su, according to Uncle, wants to take the military exam and enter the palace. Dae-su avows his lack of talent, but San tells him, “Nobody ever laid a finger on me before you, and you’ve beaten me (up) twice. That’s talent.” Dae-su is apologetic and embarrassed, but San puts him at ease and says they’re his only friends, with whom he can relax and laugh. As Nam and San ride off, Dae-su swears to Song that he’ll do whatever it takes to pass the military exam and get into the palace to protect San.
At Lady Hye’s chambers, her father and Minister Hong (her uncle) talk about San being guilty of the crimes he’s accused of. She strongly defends San’s honor, knowing he would never do such things. At the court, San arrives and is ushered inside, where Yeong-jo tells him even his grand-uncle Hong thinks it’s probably San’s handwriting. So it’s “probably” true. (No “without a doubt” I guess.) Noron faction demands a punishment befitting the crime. Yeong-jo agrees they are right, but then proceeds to chew them out for “not giving a damn” about San. What’s up? he asks. He’s San’s grandfather, so he has the right, but since San is crown prince, aren’t they afraid he’ll be king one day? Why aren’t they? Since Yeong-jo thought San’s relative would go easy on San, Yeong-jo investigated himself and found out that someone could forge the imprint of a seal with a boiled potato. He has his attendant show how this is done. A seal forged like this looks identical, but in about a month, it changes color. So in a month, Yeong-jo will know if the seal was actually forged. (tee hee) Until then, they’d better not offend San. The ministers proclaim the king's proclamation absurd.
In his office chambers, Yeong-jo discusses this with his trusted friend, Sir Chae (the one who helped clear San when he was a child). Chae thinks Yeong-jo wasn’t discreet enough. Yeong-jo tells him to watch it, “You know you were banished because you nagged me too much. Don’t you want to know why you were called back?”
Princess is fuming over Yeong-jo taking San’s side; Off Jeong points out the real danger is if the forgery is revealed. She tells Off Jeong and Sir Choi to call an immediate (daylight) meeting of the conspirators. (Even “She” approves of the meeting.) They flood into their secret compound, where Princess tells the nervous group that once San is proven innocent, it’s all over for them--they have to get the charter away from Yeong-jo. Choi and Jeong say that’s impossible. Jeong suggests they make Yeong-jo “forget about” the charter by making Yeong-jo doubt San’s loyalty, using the death of Sado (rice chest incident) as a lever between them. Later, he tells his flunky to get the artist who forged the charter out of town.
San is told his new head of his personal guard wants to meet him. It’s Sir Chae. They are happy to meet; however, this position is a demotion for him. Chae says, Yeong-jo asked him to do it, and he’s happy to. Sir Chae tells San to “dignify” his guards, but San points out they’re the dregs because serving him is a death sentence once he’s kicked out, and he doubts they’re even able to shoot arrows correctly.
At Dowahseo, Cho-bi, confronted by a yard full of finished laundry, tells Song it’s not good enough, all the brushes and bowls are dirty. Song has washed them, also, they are drying in the sun. “I’m not fired, right?” says Song. And she’s not. Sir Lee (sponsor) comes to tell her he’ll need her help later, because painter Cho (forger) quit. When he whispers in her ear, the other damo cluck. Song’s friend tells her, “don’t make it so obvious—I’m on your side!” Song is mystified.
The military exam is around the corner, and instead of studying, Dae-su attends a cram school. There, a yangban assures him everything they say about what you have to learn/do to get into the palace is B.S.—rather, Dae-su should find a way to cheat or lie his way in. He assures Dae-su he knows this because as a yangban, he knows the yangban are the greatest tricksters in the nation.
Sir Chae oversees a practice demonstration of military moves. He shakes his head over the obvious ineptitude of San’s guards. At the demo, everyone does a great job but the archers (San’s guards) are pathetic (except one guy who hits bullseyes). Yeong-jo scolds San for being unworthy of respect. Off Jeong and the other Noron can hardly contain their glee as they bow to San. Later, San's guards learn they will have night duty. The guard who did well was demoted from the palace guards, we learn.
A scribe is summoned by San to the courtyard where the guardsmen wait. San arrives with a handful of arrows and commands them to take up their bows. San tells them they all have to practice for 20 rounds; when their apparent leader speaks up that they only use 10 rounds for practice, he’s told he has to do 30. San gives a demo with 5 bullseyes of 5 shots. He tells them, if they get 50 out of a hundred, he’ll let them go home. (The scribe is there to keep the record.) San bullies them and corrects their form. They fail pretty miserably. At 2 a.m., they learn he wants them back at 4 a.m. They think he’s mad. (Not angry—mad.)
At a tavern, Dae-su overhears the leader and the deposed guard discussing San and whether he’s insane. He’s offended, he tells them, and tries to beat them. But they kick his butt—literally. He limps home, realizing he must become a guard by any means. He goes to the yangban running the cram school and begs to know how to cheat. Then he goes to sponsor Lee, to get some of his obscene art. He is to go to the home of the son-in-law of the Minister of War, who will receive the test question in secret (“That’s how the Haves get along”), and steal it by befriending that guy’s steward. He physically runs into the steward, pretends to drop the obscene painting accidentally and thanks the steward for returning it. The guy wants to know where to get one.
San drills his men for 60 rounds. He gives the latecomers a 3-month pay cut. The men are upset.
At Dowahseo, targets are being painted in quantity (they are animal heads). The painters are upset at San’s “craziness,” but the chief painter tells them this is their job. A dozing Sponsor Lee wakes up, makes a fuss and is scolded. He goes into the yard, where his old dealer shows up and apologizes, begging for more paintings to sell (he bribed his way out of jail). Mr. Lee tries to run away.
At the palace, Ladies Hye and Hyeoui, and Princess, have been summoned by the Queen for tea because “it’s quiet for once.” Princess gleefully relates the guard uproar caused by San, obviously because of what’s “in his blood.” When she is scolded by the Queen, Lady Hye says no, she obviously means he’s a descendant of Yeong-jo and will make a sage king. Princess is happy to be properly understood. Queen glowers.
Hyeoui watches as San continues his demonstration for his exhausted men, who have not managed to make half their bullseyes yet. He tells them it’s 80 rounds tomorrow and they are very upset. In his study, San rubs his aching arm. Suddenly, there are cries of fire. Someone started the guards’ night duty room on fire. Later, Sir Chae learns from the head guard that it was arson. In the yard, San tells the men there’ll be no practice. He points out that even if they don’t want to serve him, they should have more pride as military officers. They can be transferred or quit if they wish. The leader rages that his bones are decaying from all the work and he’d have set the fire himself in one day more of this. The scribe shows up and says, well, the prince did 200 rounds and you all only did 120. Also, you guys hid a lot of your arrows instead of shooting them. I doubt your bones will decay. The men have the grace to look abashed. The demoted guard is amazed that San did 200 rounds. Later, In his quarters, San is in pain. In the yard, the guard leader meets the demoted guard, who says he’ll practice some more. Cursing, the leader follows him to the practice area.
At Dowahseo, Song sorts the paintings and thinks about the nasty gossip re: San. Mr. Lee sneaks by to meet his dealer, in secret. Mr. Lee goes back to get art supplies, but someone is rifling the supplies. It’s Mr. Cho (forger), who runs away after dropping a page of writing. Since Lee is illiterate (!) he can’t read it. At the house of the minister of war (a conspirator), a letter is given for delivery. Off Jeong thanks the minister.
Dae-su and Uncle go to the Minister’s house and waylay his steward, who they think has the test question. This is the same man who got the letter in the previous scene. Dae-su takes him to Uncle, who puts on a show as “the painter,” then offers to take the guy in to see his work. He says to drop the delivery bag, as he doesn’t want his paintings stolen. The guy finally gives it up to Dae-su to hold for him. D has some qualms about stealing mail, but quashes them for San’s sake.
Hwe Go Cheon Sa is what the letter says. Dae-su is confused; this is no question. He tells Uncle after the man leaves that there was no question; Uncle says he’s stupid. At the military exams, Dae-su mutters this phrase under his breath. Everyone takes the written test. As one man drops his at the table, he runs away. This test causes a huge to-do, and Yeong-jo asks to see it. After reading, he angrily hands it to a confused San. He orders a terrified San to read it out loud; it says the king is corrupt and so are the ministers. They murdered the uncorrupted Sado, and Yeong-jo is merely the puppet of the Noron faction. When San can’t read any more, Yeong-jo takes over: Sado was beloved by the people and now that he’s dead, they have no king but his son, Crown Prince Yi San. Then Yeong-jo glares suspiciously at San.