The Secret Romantic Guesthouse (The Love Story of Flower Scholars / Kkotseonbi Yeolaesa / 꽃선비 열애사)

[This is a work of fiction. All the characters, locales, groups, and incidents have no connection to historical facts.]

Please allow me to ask you in return.

Why did you join Mok In Hoe?

Please tell me.

Do you wish to get on the throne and rule the land?

How could I desire to rise to the throne?

I have never wished for such a thing.

So do not try to use me for political conflict.

Could I not use you just a bit?

Instead, feel free to use me as well.

A world where the poor and the lowly can also work to make there dreams come true...

That is what Mok In Hoe is trying to achieve, is it not?

I will realize that goal for you.

There is a solution that is the most treacherous but the quickest.

It is taking the throne.

Innkeeper Yoon.

How have you been?

Chief Administrator wishes to see you.

You better surrender and follow us.

I enjoyed...

having you as a company.

Since I began living as a ghost,

I have never talked to anyone but my family.

You must have been very lonely.

Dan Oh was always worried because of me.

She was afraid Chief Administrator might find out that I was alive.

So she made me hide in the annex.

So...

- is that why you'll leave for the temple? - Yes.

I can no longer prevent her from living her life.

How about you?

How about the fact that you have to hide in the temple forever?

Is that not a pity?

Excuse me.

I am here to see Maiden Dan Oh.

I heard she works here.

Do you know My Lady?

Aigoo!

She is in big trouble!

San!

Kang San!

Jung Yoo Ha!

Are you all sleeping?

What is this? Why the fuss in the middle of the night?

Ahjussi, I think they took Dan Oh.

I went to the tavern to see her,

- but the Hanseongbu officers showed up and- - By Hanseongbu,

did Chief Administrator Jang...

What did you say?

This was found when we searched you.

What is this?

It is a compass.

I heard it is useful when you travel.

So I bought it at a store.

You underestimate me.

This is not something worthless you can buy anywhere.

Jade. The name is Pyeong.

It is a precious name that can only mean one person.

Lee Pyeong.

This used to belong to the deposed Crown Prince.

How did a lowly thing like you end up with this?

You must have...

indeed found Ok Jin.

How dare you play me?

Even if I told you the truth,

you would not have believed me.

You already doubt me.

You should just kill me.

You want me to kill you?

Is Ok Jin that important to you?

I am sure...

you will not believe me.

I will make you

say something trustworthy to me.

I will cut your throat in public for committing treason today.

Why are you all out here?

What took you so long? All hell broke loose right now!

San.

Listen to me without getting too upset.

Dan Oh...

has been captured.

I...

just knew him as a child!

Tell me all the details.

- If you try to be clever- - Several decades ago,

it was at my father's funeral.

That day, young Lee Seol broke into Ihwawon

and I helped him hide.

He gave me that compass

to express his gratitude then.

On the day of Yoon Won's funeral was-

It was the day the deposed Crown Prince died

and his eldest son Lee Seol ran away.

If you are telling the truth,

Ok Jin must owe his life to you.

It was too long ago to say that.

If so...

who came to the temple that day?

Was it Lee Seol?

I do not know.

I have never seen Ok Jin again since then.

Why would I not have told you if I had found him?

I would not know.

If you knew as a child, you could have grown fond of each other.

I am not stupid enough to hide a traitor.

Why would I volunteer to become a traitor because of someone I knew as a child?

What are you doing here?

Stop right there!

Leave him.

You are His Excellency Jung Yoon's son with the concubine.

How could the chief administrator of Hanseongbu kidnap a young woman?

- If people find out- - This is too great of a matter for you to get involved.

You should leave now.

I need to get involved!

You took Ihwawon from her.

Do you need to interrogate her further?

It looks like you care about Dan Oh greatly.

You ran over here looking so pale.

Thinking about it, you were at the temple that day-

I will pay off her debt. Please let her go.

All of this happened because of a hundred silver ingots.

I do not know what to say.

You gave so much money to Chief Administrator because of me-

Do not mention it.

I did it so I could be at ease.

Let us go.

I did not think you would let her go so easily.

You even gave her Ihwawon back.

Thanks to that, I have a decoy under my foot.

That child must be set free in order to catch Lee Seol and Watchman.

If Yoon Dan Oh had saved Lee Seol's life,

I am sure he will show up again.

Aigoo!

You were with Young Master Yoo Ha!

Aigoo, thank you!

Where is Unni?

She is in her room.

She has not slept at all.

She has been waiting for you.

What took you so long?

I have been waiting for you all this time.

I thought I should at least say goodbye.

Unni!

Take this.

Hurry.

I was going to give it to you when you got married.

Unni, hold on!

We...

can go back to Ihwawon!

Yoo Ha orabeoni paid off my debt for me.

That is a relief.

But...

nothing would change even if I went back.

I still need to live as a ghost.

I will get going now.

Najudaek.

Please take good care of Dan Oh.

Aigoo...

You should get to work now.

Let me pour you a drink.

Treat him well.

I will get going then...

I have something I want you to do in secret.

Feel free to tell me, sir.

Become friends with Yoon Dan Oh.

Those rotten scoundrels at Buyounggak!

When did they remove the sign, anyway?

Geez!

Ahjussi, we are back.

Aigoo! There you are!

I am glad to see you, too, Najudaek.

I missed your cooking so much.

- Are you serious? - I saw you enjoying the food.

You were so impressed with Buyounggak's cook.

Of course.

Looks like you got a little plump, too!

You little...

Looks like you got plump just on your lips!

San went on martial arts training.

I thought you might be curious.

I see.

Orabeoni.

- Could I talk to you for a second? - Oh, yes.

Is...

Lady Hong Ju not coming back?

No. She was more determined than I thought.

She can get married now!

He was right here all this time. We were looking too far away.

You mean, My Lady?

I got it as an inheritance when Mother passed away.

I wanted to put it to good use. But...

do you really want to pay me back?

Yes.

I will pay you back little by little.

There is the monthly rent, and if I get paid from the tavern-

It would take forever to pay back a hundred silver ingots.

Well...

I might not be able to pay you a lot at once but at some point-

Okay.

Go ahead and pay me little by little.