Our Blooming Youth (Youth, Climb the Barrier / Cheongchunwoldam / 청춘월담)

[This is a work of fiction. All the characters, groups, places, and incidents have no connection to historical facts. The use of animals during filming was done with props or special effects.]

Have you been healthy and well?

There was a landslide here due to heavy rain,

and officials discovered a tombstone that has nothing to do with my family

that had ended up in my family gravesite.

A tombstone?

Does that not refer to a stone used to mark a grave?

Why would another family's tombstone

end up in my master's family gravesite?

It appears the location where the tombstone was buried was suspicious.

According to the feng shui expert, that land was where a king was to be born,

so it was already devoted to His Majesty.

Someone used such precious land secretly as a family shrine?

If they used the land where the king was to be born as a family shrine,

does that not show they were trying to make their child the king?

Who would dare...

to do such a thing...

Surprisingly, the owner of the tombstone

was a man named Song Soo Cheon

who died June 25th in the year of the Red Dragon.

Do you remember that name?

Is that not the name of Song,

who was hung in front of Sungnyemun Gate?

This is...

unbelievable.

Your Highness, did you know what happened

to the Governor of Gaeseong had to do

with the remnant of Byeokcheon?

Just as it is written in this tombstone,

there will be a son of Song who is alive by the name of Song Hyun,

who was born on March 9th in the year of the Red Snake.

How could this be...

This is unbelievable.

- What is the matter? - March 9th...

in the year of the Red Snake,

the son of Song...

Is it the birthday of someone you know-

If this is really true,

then what do we do?

A long time ago,

a child named Hyun was born.

Hyun's father was a blacksmith,

and Hyun's mother was a courtesan.

What is this?

Did I not ask you to sharpen this into a blade?

Whom are you trying to slash with such a small blade?

You do not need to know, so take this back and sharpen it for me.

If you are thinking of killing yourself, forget it.

Mind your own business.

You must live.

No matter how much I entertain guests, I cannot decrease my debt.

So what is the point of living?

How much is your debt?

I heard your family managed to increase your wealth severalfold,

but do you really want to waste the wealth

your ancestors passed down to you to have a mere courtesan?

I have no plans of doing that.

I will pay for your debts, so keep living and leave this place.

I just want to see someone as beautiful as you

leave this place.

This is how I truly feel.

I am not...

someone that precious.

Even my father sold me at six for just 8kg of barley.

Do not do something so foolish

being intoxicated by a woman's beauty.

I know you are a kind person.

I do not want to see a world

where a kind person kills herself.

I want to save a kind person.

Oh, my goodness!

Aigoo, aigoo, aigoo!

Hurry up and catch that thing!

Whose house is this?

Aigoo...

It has been a while since we had something to celebrate like this,

so how could you try to just gloss over it?

These are chickens that have escaped from Scholar Park's house.

I need to sit them down safely here and return them safely.

Make sure you do not cause him any harm!

Aigoo, why would a bride lack such effort?

Will you jump into your husband's arms without making yourself look pretty?

Today is the best day of your life.

You should dress up prettily

and have a wonderful life being loved.

Aigoo, you are so pretty.

Here.

Congratulations on your marriage.

Aigoo...

If you look at these from far away, they look like chestnuts, too.

Aigoo!

Gosh, you people...

You cannot have a wedding without alcohol.

I saw you fill that with water from the well.

Be quiet!

Gosh, what are you guys doing?

The bridegroom must be getting impatient.

At this rate, when are they going to have their first night?

Here. Take this.

Then, the bridegroom and bride, bow to each other.

The name "Hyun" was chosen by the child's father and mother

by putting their heads together on the day

they found out he was in the womb.

They chose his name to be "Hyun" as in kind,

so that he would grow to be a kind person.

That is your name.

Why are you telling me about that child?

Is he a child that you know, Mother?

Next time, when the time comes,

I will tell you properly the story of that child

and his parents one day.

For now, just know about it.

If this is true,

would this not bring about another major bloodshed in the court?

Could the son of Song

really be him?

Was not the Grand Prince

born after only eight months in the womb?

Your Highness,

you must strengthen your resolve.

This is the last letter that Min Ho Seung left,

so there is no way this is false.

You should think first of the nation,

and abandon your personal feelings.

Supposedly, the Governor dug a hole

under the furnace and hid the tombstone there.

If that stone comes to light,

everyone will know who the son of Song would be,

and that is why they killed the entire family of His Lordship.

Do you not think that Shim Young was looking for this

when he was searching through the whole house?

Let us go to Gaeseong.

We must find and bring back that tombstone.

Yes, Your Highness.

Yes, Your Highness.

When you return from Gaeseong,

inside and outside the Palace will be chaotic.

When you return with the tombstone that would be corroborative evidence,

please give it to your father.

Yes, Your Highness.

Eunuch Go of the Eastern Palace is Min Jae Yi,

the daughter of Gaeseong's governor.

Why would the Queen give me this anonymous letter while saying it is merely

the prank of court maids?

Wait, this was a chest that opens?

- What was in it? - Your Highness.

Your Highness, you are here.

Why is this open?

What happened to what was inside?

Was there something inside that?

Just a while ago, when Eunuch Go barged in looking for you,

the chest was already open.

Soon Dol was looking for me?

Yes, Your Highness.

For some unknown reason, he was in a rush looking for you.

He was in shock after seeing the chest open

and said a preposterous thing that the Crown Princess was in danger, then ran off.

So he went to the Royal Villa?

Your Highness!

Your Majesty.

I am sorry to tell you this,

but the Crown Princess...

has been assassinated.

What do you mean, assassinated?

Are you saying she died?

What are you doing!

Your Highness...

Let go of him.

Do you not know that he is a eunuch of the Eastern Palace?

How could you mistreat a servant of the Eastern Palace like this?

Tell me what is going on right now.

Your Highness,

I was following the King's orders to arrest this man

and put him in the palace prison.

- What do you mean, arrest him? - Your Highness,

the Crown Princess has been assassinated.

Also, he has already confessed to murdering the Crown Princess.

That cannot be.

What do you mean he confessed to it?

Tell me the truth.

What do you mean you assassinated the Crown Princess?

Tell me the truth!

How could you give a false confession?

It is true, Your Highness.

I...

assassinated the Crown Princess.

All you who have ears, hear!

I am not Go Soon Dol!

Stop right there!

I am...

the murderer of Gaeseong,

Min Jae Yi.

I poisoned my family

and entered the Eastern Palace under disguise to assassinate the Crown Prince,

and I assassinated the Crown Princess with the dagger I kept.

I am the murderer.

Show them the dagger.

They will be able to confirm that the dagger that was used

to assassinate the Crown Princess was mine.

Show them the dagger that was used as the murder weapon.