Post by TheBo on Dec 4, 2011 11:15:45 GMT -5
Ep.52 –
San begs Song to tell him her true feelings; she brutally crushes his hopes. Meanwhile, Concubine Hong (“Hong Bin”), no slouch herself in the machination department, tells her court lady how to trick the palace maids into believing San visited her so she won’t be mocked by them. (This fails.)
Sir Hong, making his royal way through the streets, sees Uncle in the crowd, stops his palanquin and tells Uncle that he’ll have a job in government, as Hong takes care of his friends. After Hong has some run-ins with the Norons, Lord Jang complains to San about Hong’s “corruption.” Mr Nam puts this down to jealous rumors, but San is clearly worried. Lord Jang tells Sir Choi they must get rid of the odious Hong, and then has an interesting meeting with the Old Dowager. {What do I call this woman?}
Dowager Hye has Queen Hyeoui and Hong Bin to tea. Hyeoui clearly intends to make the best of Hong Bin and help her out, but the girl reveals to D-Hye that San never visited her. For this, she gets a good scolding from Queen H for causing trouble.
After losing the royal portrait commission and seeing his erotic paintings burned and described as “just eh,” Artist Lee reaches a crisis in his art. He seeks out the artist who burned the paintings and begs to be made a disciple, finally persuading him. Nobody at Dowahseo knows what happened to Mr Lee and his duties are redistributed.
Hong Bin summons Song for some answers, only to be caught by Queen H (come to give her junior some tonics). Queen, who’s turning out to be quite the tigress, sends Song away, scolds Hong Bin for jealousy and tells her to come the next day to start studying the correct behavior for a wife (an embarrassing humiliation). When Queen H meets Sir Hong outside, she impugns his motives for bringing his sister in against Q-H’s wishes. His sister then cries to him and opines that Q-H is jealous of her. {NB: this actress is not very convincing, which may turn out to serve the character--or not.}
Sir Hong gets humiliated by San in front of the Norons. When he later begs for an explanation, San reveals he is protecting Hong from the other ministers and didn’t tell him because he thought Hong was smart enough to figure it out on his own. “And, as long as we’re talking, because you’re my favorite, I don’t want you to look bad. So be more careful, everyone is watching you jealously.” (Hah, like he really wasn’t trying to scare the s—t out of the guy…) “Oh and I’m gonna abolish slavery...” says King San ;D
On the final day of the royal portrait, San asks Song to treat him as she did before he found out she didn’t love him. Later, D-Hye scolds San for never visiting Hong Bin. She begins to harangue him about Song, but he begs her to quit it and promises to visit Hong Bin. Which he does, in rather a depressed manner.
Certain Norons plot to get rid of the “weeds” (half-nobles) and other upstarts that are ruining “their” government. The half-blood officers are set upon and beaten by thugs, who dump them in a construction site. Before these beaten men can get to him, the house of the ex-fortune teller Councilor, who has set one of the Norons (Lord Jang's lackey) back on his ears recently, is set on fire with him in it. The neighbors try to put out the fire and drag him out, but he’s badly injured. San brings them to the palace for treatment, but the Councilor may not recover.
San begs Song to tell him her true feelings; she brutally crushes his hopes. Meanwhile, Concubine Hong (“Hong Bin”), no slouch herself in the machination department, tells her court lady how to trick the palace maids into believing San visited her so she won’t be mocked by them. (This fails.)
Sir Hong, making his royal way through the streets, sees Uncle in the crowd, stops his palanquin and tells Uncle that he’ll have a job in government, as Hong takes care of his friends. After Hong has some run-ins with the Norons, Lord Jang complains to San about Hong’s “corruption.” Mr Nam puts this down to jealous rumors, but San is clearly worried. Lord Jang tells Sir Choi they must get rid of the odious Hong, and then has an interesting meeting with the Old Dowager. {What do I call this woman?}
Dowager Hye has Queen Hyeoui and Hong Bin to tea. Hyeoui clearly intends to make the best of Hong Bin and help her out, but the girl reveals to D-Hye that San never visited her. For this, she gets a good scolding from Queen H for causing trouble.
After losing the royal portrait commission and seeing his erotic paintings burned and described as “just eh,” Artist Lee reaches a crisis in his art. He seeks out the artist who burned the paintings and begs to be made a disciple, finally persuading him. Nobody at Dowahseo knows what happened to Mr Lee and his duties are redistributed.
Hong Bin summons Song for some answers, only to be caught by Queen H (come to give her junior some tonics). Queen, who’s turning out to be quite the tigress, sends Song away, scolds Hong Bin for jealousy and tells her to come the next day to start studying the correct behavior for a wife (an embarrassing humiliation). When Queen H meets Sir Hong outside, she impugns his motives for bringing his sister in against Q-H’s wishes. His sister then cries to him and opines that Q-H is jealous of her. {NB: this actress is not very convincing, which may turn out to serve the character--or not.}
Sir Hong gets humiliated by San in front of the Norons. When he later begs for an explanation, San reveals he is protecting Hong from the other ministers and didn’t tell him because he thought Hong was smart enough to figure it out on his own. “And, as long as we’re talking, because you’re my favorite, I don’t want you to look bad. So be more careful, everyone is watching you jealously.” (Hah, like he really wasn’t trying to scare the s—t out of the guy…) “Oh and I’m gonna abolish slavery...” says King San ;D
On the final day of the royal portrait, San asks Song to treat him as she did before he found out she didn’t love him. Later, D-Hye scolds San for never visiting Hong Bin. She begins to harangue him about Song, but he begs her to quit it and promises to visit Hong Bin. Which he does, in rather a depressed manner.
Certain Norons plot to get rid of the “weeds” (half-nobles) and other upstarts that are ruining “their” government. The half-blood officers are set upon and beaten by thugs, who dump them in a construction site. Before these beaten men can get to him, the house of the ex-fortune teller Councilor, who has set one of the Norons (Lord Jang's lackey) back on his ears recently, is set on fire with him in it. The neighbors try to put out the fire and drag him out, but he’s badly injured. San brings them to the palace for treatment, but the Councilor may not recover.