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.]

I will ask you just two questions.

Fine.

If it's a misunderstanding, we will work it through,

and if it's an ill-fated relationship, we should cut it off.

Your life will depend on

your answer.

Kim Shi Yeol.

You are not the illegitimate son of His Excellency...

Kim Hong Ik.

What is your real name?

If Shi Yeol orabeoni is Lee Seol,

why is he being questioned at a private residence instead of the palace?

Let me know if the Watchman comes to you.

Kill two birds with one stone.

Is he trying to catch the Watchman by using Lee Seol?

Finding him means finding Ok Jin.

The Watchman is

always by Ok Jin's side.

Do not look...

for the person you are looking for right now.

I was right.

Kang San was the Watchman.

He has been protecting Ok Jin all this time.

Deposed crown prince's son, Lee Seol.

Is that the name you wanted?

But I do not know what to tell you.

I am not him.

Kim Shi Yeol.

That is my real name.

You are really His Excellency Kim Hong Ik's biological son?

Your name is not even in the family registry.

Threatening will not change the truth.

If you bring me the Watchman,

I will forgive all of your debt.

Are you...

going somewhere?

Do I have to report to you about things like that?

It is not that...

The thing is...

What?

Do you have something to say?

I am sorry, Orabeoni.

This is my only option.

Let us talk later unless it is urgent. Right now, I-

It is urgent!

So...

I need to tell you something urgently...

Well...

To be honest,

I lost a keepsake from my mother.

A keepsake?

It is a jade ring.

It is very small and shines brightly.

- Where did you lose it? - Pardon?

Well...

At a pond.

It is the last thing my mother left behind.

But I dropped it in a pond while cleaning.

How do you drop something like that in a pond while cleaning?

I have been a bit out of it lately.

I am urgently contacting you because something strange happened.

The soldiers of Hanseongbu have gathered around at Chief Administrator's house right now.

Soldiers?

And a scholar I do not know the name of is captured there.

If I tell Chief Administrator about this,

Kang San orabeoni will...

get killed, right?

Dan Oh.

Are you okay?

Did you get hurt?

Do not cry.

Do not cry, I said.

How do you drop something like that in a pond while cleaning?

Ihwawon is...

long gone now.

You will get caught if you go there now!

What are you talking about?

The thing is...

You should figure out the situation first...

and then-

Where do you think I am going, exactly?

Let us wait and see...

how long your spirit will last.

Look all around the area.

I am sure he will come.

Yes, sir!

Let us go.

You should step back.

Just tell me which direction.

- I will pull the string- - Have you shot an arrow?

No.

I should start trying now.

If you miss, it is over.

Do not be hasty and give it to me.

Do you have a better option?

You cannot even reach the target, let alone hit the bullseye with that arm.

Right now!

He is here.

Over there! Chase him!

Stop.

I noticed that Hanseongbu was empty.

This is where everyone was.

All the soldiers of Hanseongbu are at Chief Administrator's house.

And the person you are looking for is also there.

Left State Minister, what brings you all the way here?

Who is that person?

He was presumed to be Ok Jin.

- So I was questioning him. - What are you talking about?

How dare you question the oldest son of the crown prince at your home?

The oldest son of the crown prince?

Ok Jin was deposed. Therefore, he is a commoner.

But the fact that he is a royal offspring does not change!

I just...

- tried to follow the King's order- - I am also trying to follow his order!

We will question Ok Jin at the Royal Investigation Bureau.

- Left State Minister. - The Royal Court will be outraged

if you deal with an important matter of the royal family

to be determined solely by a mere judge!

He could not have gone too far!

- Search everywhere around here! - Yes, sir!

Over there.

Let us go.

How come you are not asking any questions?

I am just glad you are safe.

That is enough for today.

Are you not afraid?

You do not even know who I am.

I know...

that you are the Watchman.

I am afraid.

I was afraid.

Looking at you in the carriage when you were injured,

I was afraid that might be the last moment.

So...

please do not get hurt.

- Aigoo! - Gosh!

Aigoo.

Are you here to see My Lady?

Is she in her room?

She has not returned yet!

She did not tell you where she was going?

She was gone when I came back after delivering eggs.

What is she doing at this hour?

Is your arm okay?

It looks quite painful.

It is okay.

I suddenly used it too much earlier.

Let me have a look.

If your wound got worse...

For what?

Forget it.

- Let me look! - Geez!

What are you doing over there?

Did you throw the water dropper that I cherish in there?

Yes.

So it can swim around freely.

Fish has to hang out in the water.

It is nothing.

You asked me to find a small and shiny thing.

Why?

Do you not like it?

No.

I like it.

I really, really like it.

Good then.

Hold on.

Did you really go into the pond?

Because of the ring?

I just dipped my feet in there.

I could not find the ring, either.

- I will get you the ring next time- - No, no!

This is...

already enough.

You said it is a keepsake from your mother.

I will make sure to find it when I go back there.

It is okay!

If you did not find it,

it might not be there...

It is not?

It is not that...

I do not want to be a bother.

You know how I feel, right?

It is His Excellency Kim Hong Ik.

What is going on right now?

We brought him here because Kim Shi Yeol's identity was in question.

Are you hurt at all?

No,

His Excellency.

What happened?

Is he okay?

Do not worry.

Things worked out without any problems.

Lean on me for a moment.

You cannot leave right now, anyway!

I am telling you to rest a bit.

It is not necessary.

You are the one who got hurt.

Do you...

want to lean for a moment?