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.]

Aigoo! Officer!

How come you are...

Move aside!

Hurry up and notify the Minister of General Affairs.

And you, go tell the Hanseongbu about this case.

Yes, sir.

Is it all right if I take a look?

Why are you, the youngest son of the chief state minister, getting involved in this?

It is a proper procedure for the head of the jurisdiction to do the first inspection when someone dies in the city.

By the time the physicians and body inspectors come

receiving the orders for the first inspection according to the procedure, it will be the middle of the night!

The condition of the body will deteriorate over time,

- so let me inspect it quickly before it is too late- - Go away!

We will take care of this following proper procedure, so do not get involved.

She suddenly ended up this way.

I opened the carriage when we arrived...

If she died in the palanquin, then she did not get attacked by someone.

She ate rice cakes, but she threw up blood.

If she merely got indigestion while eating rice cakes, she wouldn't have thrown up blood.

Do you not think she died of poisoning?

If she was killed by poisoning, there must be a motive for the murder...

It does not seem like she would have had anyone hold a grudge against her.

What is wrong?

Perhaps, the woman who is in love with me did this out of jealousy-

Yeah, that is probably not the case.

If it is not that, why did she get poisoned?

Whomever it is would not have done that to her

for having a grudge against her father.

But you know...

Eunuch Go.

I clearly saw you take the bracelet off of her wrist.

You, too, Friend.

Why did you stay quiet when you saw Eunuch Go take something from the dead at the scene?

Also,

you also knew something.

Why did you hold me back?

That bracelet belongs to the murderer of Gaeseong,

Min Jae Yi.

You probably also know about the scandal revolving around Min Jae Yi.

This is the bracelet that was given to Min Jae Yi by Shim Young, who was rumored to be her secret lover.

Supposedly, he and Min Jae Yi exchanged and wore similar bracelets together.

T-Then,

are you saying Maiden Jae Yi is connected to the death of the Minister's daughter?

How could that death be connected to Min Jae Yi?

It was just that she was in possession of Min Jae Yi's bracelet.

Then why did you smuggle this item away?

Did you not take this bracelet because you are suspicious that there may be a connection?

Hanseongbu will figure out the cause of death soon.

We will find out if there is a connection to Min Jae Yi.

I mean,

I suppose a person would not have died because of this bracelet.

It is not like this bracelet was cursed.

However,

that does not seem to be what is important right now.

How did you know right away that this was Maiden Jae Yi's bracelet?

You, too, Friend.

You also knew that this bracelet was Maiden Jae Yi's.

That is why you held me back.

Is that not so?

Why are you all quiet? All of you but me recognized this bracelet right away.

Are not the three of you all strange?

His Highness showed me the bracelet of Shim Young, the secret lover of Min Jae Yi.

I knew because it was the same bracelet.

I heard it from Eunuch Go.

I heard from the Crown Prince.

Gosh, why does Myung Jin feel like

His Highness, His Highness is nearby?

I am suddenly starting to wonder if His Highness

did not drop by Manyeondang in disguise.

If so...

that would mean one of you two is the Crown Prince.

This was a fake.

You were not a eunuch.

Your Highness!

Manyeondang's Kim Myung Jin greets you, Your Highness, the Crown Prince!

Your Highness.

Your Highness!

Forgive me for the past lack of respect, Your Highness!

He is not. Let go of his hand and talk.

What do you mean he is not? Your Highness!

He is not. Let go of his hand- Stop holding his hand!

- There is no way he is not... - I told you he is not!

- He is not! - I told you he is not!

Your Highness, Your Highness!

- This guy! - Your Highness!

Gosh, Your Highness.

Forgive me, Your Highness!

A chance to dethrone the Crown Prince

landed on my lap.

He dared to

bring in a girl into the Eastern Palace

under the disguise of a eunuch?

Manyeondang's student is not a man,

but a girl.

She is Jang Ga Ram, your maidservant.

If that were not the case, she would not have recognized that bracelet immediately.

If the master commits the crime of murdering one's family and the household perishes,

the servants must become government servants. But...

how could you smuggle her and keep her by your side, breaking the law?

- You must send her back even now- - I cannot send her back.

There is no place

to send her.

If she left Gaeseong with you, a capture-and-return order would be out for her.

She put her life on the line to keep me safe.

If I didn't have Ga Ram,

I could not get past the city walls and would have been arrested.

I would never have gotten the chance to meet Your Highness

and clear my name.

I must...

find a place for her to return.

I must give her back a house where she can rest

without fear of being chased,

and a daily life

filled with only light worries.

She is like a sister to me, Your Highness.

She helped me to persevere.

People are able to persevere when they have someone to protect.

If she is captured due to capture-and-return order,

not only you but Manyeondang would be in danger. Do you not realize that?

Thus, I must clear my name as soon as possible.

Your Highness,

could you not also protect her as well?

What happened with that bracelet?

Would your bracelet and that maiden's death

be connected?

I do not know...

Are you sick?

We must go back to Manyeondang.

I must take a closer look at that bracelet.

No matter how much I think about it, it is strange.

Did he not tell you he is not the Crown Prince?

How could Eunuch Go be His Highness?

He was a woman.

Eunuch Go

- is a woman. - What?

What do you mean by that? He is a woman?

Did I not grab Eunuch Go's hand earlier?

It was a woman's hand.

It is not like the hands of a man and a woman are different.

No.

Myung Jin knows about bones very well.

It was definitely the bones of a woman.

Even if it was not visible, I could see it all.

Then what about my hand?

What...

You also have a woman's hand?

Gosh!

How could you have a woman's hand when you are a man!

A man can have soft hands like those of a woman.

How could you say you could see his bones after just grabbing his hand?

You just wait! One day in the future, there will be a machine that shows only the bones!

Why not say a machine that eats poop!

Goodness...

What a smart student you are!

Then, how about a machine like this?

After Myung Jin poops, water comes out

and carries that poop away neatly. How about a machine like this-

Master! You should say things that make sense!

Gosh, seriously!

But if a world like that does come, it would be really clean.

If a world like that where poop is carried away comes,

I will sell water and become rich!

Come on! If you go outside, water is everywhere!

Why would anyone pay money to drink water?

I guess since Joseon is a nation with lots of water,

people would not pay money to drink water.

Gosh, Joseon is such a good country!

I, Myung Jin, will make Joseon even better.

I will accompany you.

I will remain your student forever, Master.

All right!

What is the matter?

How...

How could this be?

Wait, this is...

My goodness...

This is the house where Oh Man Shik's sister-in-law lives.

Did the homeowner go somewhere?

I just moved here a few days ago. Who are you?

Where did the previous owner go?

Oh, the widow with two kids?

She said she was going back to her hometown.

I think she said it was Gaeseong?

They said they were sending stuff to their hometown,

but it was a whole boatload of things!

Did you hear about where his hometown was?

He said it was Gaeseong.

How come it is Gaeseong again?

What are you doing over there?

You are late in coming home today.

Is that not dried mugwort?

Do you believe the superstition that evil spirits would go away if they smelled dried mugwort?

I just liked how it smelled in the night breeze.

I felt like it calmed me down.

Are you anxious about having come to a foreign place?

Or are you worried about the Queen selection that you are so downcast?

Do not worry. Everything will go well.

Do you not think my father had a plan when he called you to come?

What kind of person is His Highness?