My Dearest (연인)

[This drama is imaginative, based on historical facts. Most of the details and characters' emotional portrayals are fictional.]

[1659, Year 10 of King Hyojong's Reign, Spring]

I heard you became a Jipyeong* this year?

Yes.

I was told you have a task for me.

It was found after the late Crown Prince passed away.

By late Crown Prince, you mean...

It's Crown Prince So Hyun.

Is this not the record of a royal scribe?

To be exact...

they were supposed to have been erased.

Those words are not allowed to exist.

Because they are full of contempt for the late Crown Prince.

However...

there is one thing that bothers me.

There is a man who appears frequently in this record

and I cannot get his whereabouts off my mind.

Please examine the truth behind this record.

Look into the said man.

However...

digging into a royal scribe's record that was supposed to be erased is...

That is why...

you must be discreet.

At that time, among the military officers,

there was a certain unworthy officer who lost his virtues.

He lured the poor Crown Prince into wrongful acts.

One of the officers was struck by heaven and developed madness gradually.

The King then ordered...

"Make it so he will not see another light of day."

Lee Jang Hyun.

(Joseon's free medical servicing authority for the poor)

My wife died.

Aigoo, aigoo.

Aigoo, aigoo.

The lady has told me about you.

You wanted to look around this place?

I heard this place also treats patients with symptoms of madness.

Yes, we do.

However, not anyone can come in.

It is a place where noble families secretly entrust their members

whom they cannot keep at home or abandon on the streets.

By chance,

is there a person who claims to be the late Crown Prince's loyal subject?

Do you know the said man?

I came to ask him a question.

A question?

Have a conversation with him?

That is not even up for discussion.

How come?

You will understand when you meet him.

What is odd is that...

I was told someone ridiculously high up above us

made sure that we took good care of him.

Why take care of a man who keeps saying the same thing for years?

Saying the same thing?

He says when the time comes,

that person will come to get him.

My dear husband!

My dear husband, it is you, right?

What took you so long, Milord?

My dear husband!

Mother!

I have passed the state exam!

I won first place!

Sir! Please revive my baby!

Sir!

Sir!

He is the man.

I am Inspector Shin Yi Rib.

I came to ask you something.

Could we talk?

The person who is to come get you...

Is it Lee Jang Hyun?

I read a strange tale recently.

A man named Lee Jang Hyun appeared in that tale.

I am sure his whereabouts are blatant lies...

but would you happen to know him?

You fully understand what I am saying.

You have not gone mad.

Right?

Would you be able to...

tell me about Lee Jang Hyun?

Do you hear...

this sound?

The sound of a flower.

[1636, Year 14 of King Injo's Reign, Spring]

Lunch is here!

Hey, have a drink and continue!

Father has given birth to me...

and mother has raised me.

Father has given birth to me...

and mother has raised me.

Father has given birth to me...

and mother has raised me.

Father has given birth to me...

and mother has raised me.

There is clarity after knowing where to stay.

So you can be calm after you decide,

be comfortable after you are calm,

think after you are comfortable,

and achieve after you think.

Bird, bird, yellow bird.

Who is the prettiest person in the world?

If you think it is Young Lady Gil Chae of Neunggun-ri, chirp.

If you think it is someone else...

then stand upside down.

Bird, bird, yellow bird.

I asked who is the prettiest person in the world?

If you will not answer, I will break your legs!

Young Lady!

Yeah?

I will get scolded if you are late!

You need to get on Deputy Minister's wife's good side to get a good marriage proposal.

All matchmakers first go to Deputy Minister's wife when they come to our neighborhood.

But she hates me regardless of what I do!

That is why you need to put in more effort!

You need to marry into a good family, so I can have a good life, too!

Please look around you instead of only thinking about yourself, Young Lady!

Is that not a noble's virtuous duty?

Are you lecturing me like that because that is a servant's virtuous duty?

Your voice will give me a nightmare!

- Eun Ae. - Yes?

You are also going to Flower Picking, right?

- I am going to wear a rosebay color- - I did not ask you.

Eun Ae, Young Master Jun Jeol said we should write poetry together on my fan,

but he still has not said a word about it yet.

A man who confuses you is not into you.

If you really want to know Young Master Jun Jeol's feelings,

you can try talking to him first.

You know what to do. Tap on his shoulder with a smile.

Oh, my.

Are you telling me to do such a vulgar thing?

Young Master Jun Jeol is not someone who will fall for those things.

You can go ahead and do them all you want.

- Anyhow, Eun Ae... - I'm first.

Eun Ae, do you want to switch after doing half?

- Sure. - Eun Ae said she would be my partner today.

- Right, Eun Ae? - No, she has to hear me out.

- Wait- - She said she would switch with me.

No, she didn't! I came first.

You have to really switch with me this time.

I plan not to go to things like Flower Picking.

Why make fritters out of grass?

On top of that, writing poetry on fans and stuff.

How childish.

I heard people in Hanyang* do not do those things. (The capital of Joseon)

Gosh, how boring.

Oh, my!

I can't believe this!

I should look for a different young lady to serve or something.

I can't even sleep because I get worried about my senior life these days!

I can't believe this.

Do I really have to serve someone else?

Do not worry about your senior life.

Because I will marry a great man soon.

I am going to meet a fated lover for sure.

Next time, even if you want to show off,

think about how they are better than you in at least one thing.

And hold your tongue.

If I meet him in the future...

I am going to give him a pillow that I have personally embroidered.

We will meet even in our dreams.

You get kicked out every day. When will you ever learn embroidery?

Gosh, how many times have you been kicked out, including today?

Is it so hard to be ladylike?

Gosh, seriously.

Who are you, Young Master?

I have been waiting for you.

At this place.

For a long time.

My Lady...

My Lady!

My Lady, water for you to wash your face.

I told you your voice would give me a nightmare.

Why did you wake me up?

- You had that dream again? - Huh?

- With the young master in your dreams, did you... - Yes.

I also read a book with the young master...

in my dream.

I read the first book of "Lesser Learning"

and the Young Master read the second book.

He was finally about to teach me how to achieve inner peace...

but you had to go and wake me up!

You still have not seen his face, though.

It is given what his face looks like.

I am sure it is Young Master Yeon Jun.

You are getting far ahead of yourself.

People told me

Young Master Yeon Jun likes Eun Ae unni.

Did you think all the men in the world like you, Unni?

Young Master Yeon Jun and Eun Ae are not like that.

Come on, you know better.

All Neunggun-ri people know Young Master Yeon Jun likes Eun Ae unni.

You are the only one who does not know, Unni.

I told you not to talk about Eun Ae in front of me, did I not?

Eun Ae, Eun Ae, Eun Ae!

Eun Ae, Eun Ae, Eun Ae!

Eun Ae, Eun Ae, Eun Ae!

Did someone call me?

Who could have?