Bloody Heart (Red Single Heart / Beulgeun Danshim / 붉은 단심)

BLOODY HEART

THE PEOPLE, GROUPS, PLACES, AND INCIDENTS IN THIS DRAMA ARE PURELY FICTIONAL

I wish to comfort you from your unspoken hardships.

My heart…

beats for you.

I am afraid...

I already have...

one to betroth.

There is something

I had planned for a very long time.

And I need that woman

to carry out that plan.

Are you…

in love with her?

That woman is…

the one I need.

No other person is important to me.

Then why?

Why do you come to see me?

Why do you always worry about me?

Why…

do you say you want me to be happy?

I know there must be a reason.

Do you not get mad after you hear what I said?

Do not follow me.

Please don't be sad anymore

and live a good life.

It has been 15 minutes since our appointment.

Bring someone in charge immediately!

Please don't be mad. She'll be here any minute now.

What are you doing?

You should take her and serve some chrysanthemum tea.

Jung.

Where have you been?

Your customer is here.

Did you forget about the deal today?

What happened to your coat strings?

The scholar is…

already betrothed.

Did you know, Master Lim?

Is that why you stopped me?

Go in by the back door and rest.

You might get harassed.

I'll send the customer away.

I'll meet her.

You can't do business right now.

Three to four months of our business becomes our workshop's annual capital.

The workshop must be well-off

for the villagers to benefit as well.

Jung almost got into an accident.

Find out if she's doing all right.

Your Majesty, the chief eunuch is starting to get suspicious.

If you'll go around risking yourself, you should have her as a concubine.

The court ladies who took part back then were all caught up in the coup,

so no one remembers her face.

She met me,

lost her parents, then became a traitor's daughter.

It was because

I wanted to be with her and have her as a crown princess.

I cannot repeat the same mistake.

Then may I tell her that you won't be coming to see her again on the 15th?

BLOODY HEART EPISODE 3

Who… are you?

Do you know the social class of the man who had his sword pointed at you?

I do not know.

-You don't know? -I don't! I--

Who on earth is he?

Tell me everything you know

about the woman you tried to abduct.

Her class, family,

and her relationship with that man.

Speak.

Issue the marriage ban on the capital and Gyeonggi

to select the Queen quickly.

Encourage the Chief of Hanseong and the local leaders

to turn in the profiles of single women,

but reasonably so, without damaging the Royal Family's reputation.

What's that?

This is the order of the Queen Dowager, the leader of the selection.

You must respect this order.

-They're taking the women? -Let's go.

-What do we do now? -A marriage ban?

What brings you here, my lord?

It's meat jeon.

If you needed me, you should've called. I would've run over right away.

This is so precious.

Come by and be a companion for Jung.

She said she was annoyed whenever I talked.

I thought it'd be better for her to be annoyed than depressed.

Wait, is she's depressed?

Why?

I am afraid...

I already have...

one to betroth.

Miss.

Is it true?

I heard that scholar guy already has a woman to marry.

That's why I tried to stop you!

I said you can't trust a nobleman, that he probably has a wife and a mistress.

That's enough.

I'll go pour dung over that jerk's house, so lead the way.

I was going to do that too.

I wanted to go over and make a scene.

But I don't know where he lives.

-Miss. -I do not know where he resides

or how old he is.

I did not want to touch a sore spot,

so I was too scared to ask.

You wanted to marry him. How come you don't know a thing about him?

But his feelings were real.

He came to see me every Dano and every 15th.

That wasn't a lie.

Why are you trying to defend him?

Miss, you'll break my heart to death.

But still, he's someone who helped me live.

What about me?

My master threw me out when I caught the epidemic.

You took me in and saved me.

Why are you trying to break my heart to death?

There, there. Once I meet my lord...

I mean, that scholar jerk,

I'll pour a bucket of dung over him.

I'll do that.

Do you mean it?

I do.

Arrest everyone!

-What? -Yes, my lord!

My lord!

Why do you do this to us?

Think of everything Lady Jung has done for us.

That lady is who's about to end our lives.

What has she done?

People way up there in Hanyang gave out the order!

What do you mean?

Is Lady Jung all right?

-I have no idea. -Let's go!

Any news from Bamboo Grove Village?

They ask for another month.

That's too late.

Find out some more through that man locked up in the shed.

Why are Jinsa Lim and that woman

doing business despite their class as nobles?

Find out their ancestry, reputation, and families they're close to.

Also,

find out about that scholar whom she was to marry.

Yes, my lord.

A noble lady in commerce?

She sure is crude,

but also bold.

Please turn in…

my profile.

Yeonhee.

I want to rise to the highest position as a woman.

I don't want another woman to be by His Majesty's side.

You fool. Do you have any idea how frightening the Royal Palace is?

My father is the Minister of War.

My uncle is the Minister of Personnel.

On top of that, my mother's family is affluent with many other ministers.

It's only frightening for those who are lowly.

Who would dare to look down on me, Father?

That's true.

Do you know

how His Majesty's mother, the late Queen Inyoung passed away?

The father of the deposed Crown Princess…

killed her, didn't he?

That's what the world thinks.

That Yoo Haksoo murdered the late King

and tried to enthrone the Crown Prince,

but when he got caught, he killed Queen Inyoung in case she tells.

Isn't that the truth?

We do not know who did it.

When His Majesty tried to take in his subjects over the matter,

Councilor Park quickly created that scapegoat.

And the one who benefited the most was

His Majesty.

His Majesty survived as the Crown Prince

because Councilor Park and the late King

agreed to let go of the late Queen's murder.

Yeonhee, do you understand?

That's what the palace is like.

The Royal Family

even uses the death of their mother and wife to survive.

Councilor Park's niece will become the next Queen.

Do not become a laughing stock.

If I cannot become the Queen, I'd rather become a monk.

No.

I'd rather hang myself to death.

That disrespectful girl. How dare she do this before him?

Father, I'll teach her a good lesson.

You suffered from a cut on your body as you went out in disguise, Your Majesty.

What is this atrocity?

It'll become rowdy if it's known. Keep your mouths shut.

Yes.

Tell Eunuch Jung to come in.

Go inside.

Your Majesty seems to want you rather often lately.

Yes, Chief Eunuch.

Just keep an eye over Eunuch Jung for a while.

He'll prove to be useful soon.

What's Minister Cho doing?