The Red Sleeve (The Red Sleeve Cuff / Otsomae Beulgeun Kkeuddong / 옷소매 붉은 끝동)

What I am saying is that

I want you to become my concubine.

Captain.

Yes, Your Majesty.

How well

do you know the hearts of women?

Your Majesty?

It's nothing.

Your Majesty!

If it is a woman's heart you're curious about,

I am indeed an expert.

What would you like to ask me, Your Majesty?

Well…

I wonder how…

you can win a woman's affection…

Or…

How you can…

Never mind.

Your Majesty,

as you know, I was married not too long ago.

I had chased her for some time and asked for her hand in marriage,

but she would not give me an answer.

The frustration was made worse because she had me wait without an answer.

Of course. So?

At first, I thought I would seduce her with my manly charms

so I made a show of my sword skills…

Apologies, Your Majesty.

I showed her my agility with bow and arrow with bulls-eye after bulls-eye.

But, she distanced herself from me saying that I scared her.

Why would… So?

One day, as I was training the new recruits,

- I hurt my hand. - I remember that.

I didn't want to show my weakness

so I did my best to avoid the object of my affections.

But... suddenly, she began to show interest in me.

Once, she approached me and asked,

"Have you eaten?"

When I replied, "I could not eat because of my injured hand,"

she fed me a bowl of rice stew.

Once she asked,

"Did you wash your face?"

When I said, "I could not because of my injured hand,"

she said, "Oh, you filthy man,"

and washed my face for me.

Do you understand, Your Majesty?

Understand what?

Your Majesty.

To win her affections,

you must pretend to be weak and pathetic

so that she may take pity on you.

That's the way to a woman's heart.

Pretend to be weak

and pathetic?

Yes, Your Majesty.

Is this true?

I would wager my life on it.

Pretend to be weak... and pathetic?

Captain!

It must be assassins!

Bring them to me alive.

Yes, Your Majesty.

Attack!

An incident has occurred in the palace.

The palace was infiltrated by assassins, who made an attempt on the King's life.

Is His Majesty unharmed?

Fortunately, he managed to come out of it unscathed.

He has commanded a search.

The assassins must still be hiding in the palace.

Pair up and search the palace grounds.

Yes, my lady.

- Hurry. - Let's go together.

Let's go.

You don't have anything

to do with today's incident, do you?

Shouldn't that be obvious?

I can't believe you're suspecting me.

Did you hear that?

What?

I didn't hear anything.

Something moved over there.

Let's go.

But we should investigate.

Stop!

What if it really is an assassin? There's only the two of us.

- But we were commanded to search for-- - Hey!

We are not even soldiers. There's nothing we can do.

You don't want to get hurt, do you?

See?

There is nothing here.

Let's go.

Captain.

Yes, Lord Hong?

Arrest the traitor.

Yes, my lord.

Arrest her!

Yes, my lord!

How dare a court lady

attempt to murder His Majesty?

- Take her away. - Yes, my lord.

Take her away.

But…

will you be all right?

What do you mean?

You've falsified your identity.

You're listed as a daughter of Princess Hyebin's servant.

But your father was a soldier.

My father passed away in Imonyeon*. Year of the Horse)

Was he

a royal guardsman

who served Crown Prince Sado?

On the day that Prince Sado was killed,

all of his guardsmen were also killed.

They were branded as traitors

for allowing their master to go down a sinful path.

Mother could not bear it

and decided to follow Father to the grave.

Should you be telling me this?

vIf I were to tell our superiors,

you could lose your life.

You would never tell.

I know you, Wol Hye.

You sure you know me?

Absolutely.

You're Wol Hye, and we used to fly kites together when we were young.

Those were such carefree days.

I miss them.

Don't you wish we could go back to those days?

Okay.

I made up my mind.

About what?

We will never be able to go back to those good old days,

but you are my friend from those times

so I will protect you.

Wait right here.

Deok Im… Deok Im…

Are you here to be interrogated?

But you have no bruises.

You are truly His Majesty's favorite.

Wol Hye…

Would you brush away my hair?

I can't see very well.

That's better.

Their methods of torture were so severe.

You committed a crime,

so you deserve the punishment.

There were assassins

hiding in that brush, weren't there?

Why

did you let me live?

I just wanted to.

I deserve to

have things my way once in a while, too.

What's so wrong with saving the life

of a childhood friend?

You

are but an ordinary girl.

But strangely, I never hated you in any way.

Some people are like that.

Everyone is fond of them

and wants to keep them around.

Such a talent is beneficial

outside the palace walls.

But inside the palace,

such a talent

can be a liability.

If too many people become fond of you,

it may not end well.

Goodbye.

What about the Food Inspector Court Lady?

I heard that she is being interrogated by Lord Hong.

It should suffice that I am unharmed.

There is no reason for you to be gloomy because of traitors.

You look like a dog in mourning.

That is such a horrid thing to say.

I am greatly disappointed, Your Majesty.

Good. Be angry.

It is better than to see you gloomy and listless.

Why don't we make a wager?

Your Majesty?

The loser

must grant one wish to the winner.

So, you will grant

anything I wish for?

Will you do it?

Yes, Your Majesty.

You must have a wish that you so desire to come true.

A friend of mine was a court lady in the King's Palace.

But she was ejected from the palace after the Late King's passing.

If I were to win the wager,

I would like that friend to be reinstated to the palace.

Would you allow it?

I will.

Why are you so happy?

There is no guarantee that you will win the wager.

Your Majesty, what would be your wish if you were to win?

I wish to hear the answer to the question

that I asked a while ago.

As for the wager,

we may wager on whatever game that you wish.

Will you do it?