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.]

The Crown Prince has seen the ghost's letter.

Who entered this room?

I shot an arrow at the right shoulder of the Crown Prince.

I have fulfilled the second curse.

I have discovered a letter that the Crown Prince was going to

send the Governor of Gaeseong.

The Crown Prince dragged a fifth-degree soldier from the hunting grounds.

There's a new eunuch at the Eastern Palace.

His name is Go Soon Dol.

The Crown Prince is calling people from Byeokcheon to the Eastern Palace.

Eunuch Go of the Eastern Palace is Min Jae Yi,

the daughter of Gaeseong's governor.

Your Highness, Sergeant is here.

Let him in.

Welcome, Sergeant.

Please take a seat, Sergeant.

Thank you for protecting the Princess and the Grand Prince.

I called you in so I could tell you this.

The Princess is so full of worry for her younger brother.

I thought that the Princess was young, but I was wrong.

That she had asked you in case of an emergency...

If it were not for you, it would have been a catastrophe.

No. I am just glad that everyone is safe.

From what I heard from Court Lady Kwon, you have seen

the face of the masked assassin, Sergeant.

Is there no way we could capture that man?

It was dark at night, so I could not properly see his face.

I am sorry, Your Highness.

There was something strange that took place.

Someone has sent me an anonymous letter.

It is a common occurrence.

Sometimes, the court maids accuse and slander each other,

and also tell me about the rumors in the palace.

Am I not the head of the inner court?

I sometimes pretend not to notice,

while at other times, I step in to resolve matters.

Open it. It appears to be a prank of some court maids.

Eunuch Go Soon Dol of the Eastern Palace is Min Jae Yi,

the daughter of Gaeseong's governor.

Your Highness,

this is most likely not true.

- It is not true. - Yes, you are probably right.

There is no way the Crown Prince would have a woman enter the

Eastern Palace wearing a eunuch's uniform.

Not only that, the murderer of Gaeseong, Min Jae Yi?

A grave criminal who murdered her own family and a woman at that!

He would dare have her wear a eunuch's uniform

and bring her into the palace where the revered King resides?

It is not true.

It will most likely not be true, Your Highness.

Yes. It must not be true. It cannot be true.

If the Crown Prince really brought in Min Jae Yi,

he would have told you, Sergeant.

Is that not right?

Is not Min Jae Yi your betrothed, Sergeant?

This is most likely the prank of a few court maids.

Think about Eunuch Go's appearance.

If he takes off a eunuch's uniform, who would think that Eunuch Go was a man?

I have never seen such a pretty eunuch like Eunuch Go since I entered the palace.

Not only that,

does not the Crown Prince take especially good care of Eunuch Go?

You know that, too, right, Sergeant?

Thus, is that not why rumors like this are around?

Forget it, Sergeant.

I will do the same.

The reason I did not burn the letter and showed it to you

was because the Crown Prince trusts you the most,

and I wanted to ask you to take good care of the Crown Prince

so that he does not get hurt by rumors such as this.

Yes, Your Highness.

What are you doing right now! Stop right there!

Are you all right?

What is the matter? Are you Kang?

Your Highness...

I...

I saw his twin.

His twin was at the library.

The Guardian Warrior blocked me and let him escape.

He may be on the same side as them.

That is not true! That is not true, Your Highness!

It was the first time ever meeting my hyungnim.

I did not know he was alive.

Choking you was my wrongdoing.

Because you screamed and called for others,

I got so scared.

Your Highness.

The reason I did not tell you I had a twin

was because my hyungnim died when I was young...

I definitely saw my hyungnim die!

But...

I was so surprised and shocked to see him alive

that I unintentionally...

Did your twin die in Byeokcheon?

Ten years ago,

when there was an uprising in Byeokcheon,

I too...

was there.

I saw the military troops kill my brother with my own eyes,

and I survived alone and escaped.

While wandering alone like that,

I met you, Your Highness.

Why are you telling me this only now?

You knew I was looking into what had happened in Byeokcheon!

I witnessed how people from Byeokcheon were ousted from the palace.

I was worried I would also be kicked out...

You are one of my own.

You thought I would not have protected you?

You were the one who brought me into the palace.

If others find out I am from Byeokcheon,

that would affect you negatively.

Is it true that the herald who came to your house

was indeed my hyungnim?

Is it also true that my hyungnim

killed your parents and your orabeoni?

That is probably not the case.

Then,

is the one who spread the "Song Ga Myeol Yi" red letter cursing the royal family

indeed my hyungnim?

The one I encountered on the streets was wearing a mask,

but it was definitely his face.

The one who shot an arrow at me a year ago,

and the one who slipped the snake and dagger into the cell where Head Shaman was held

was probably your twin brother.

Your Highness.

How shall I pay for the sins of my hyungnim?

I will even give up my life.

Kill me, Your Highness.

Do you remember what happened in Byeokcheon?

Three months before those events took place, I was sent off to a relative far away.

Because they were poor, they needed to reduce my mouth to feed.

However, my relative's household was also poor, so

I was pretty much kicked out and returned home.

That day...

I saw my hyungnim die.

Thus, I don't know in detail what happened in Byeokcheon.

I could not even find my mother's corpse.

I tried to forget the guilt I felt for escaping alone

without my dead hyungnim along with Byeokcheon.

I cannot believe my hyungnim is alive...

How could my hyungnim be such a criminal...

Why do you think...

he came to this library?

I do not know.

He did not take the bracelet.

If he saw the bracelet,

he would realize that I had found out about how my family died.

Also, if he came by here,

he would have known a long time ago that I was Min Jae Yi.

He used the fact that he was your twin

and stepped in and out of the palace.

Thus, I cannot keep you in the palace.

I will give a different reason to the Royal Bodyguard Unit for you to go on sick leave.

- Go to your private residence. - Your Highness...

I will stay by your side and protect you, Your Highness.

Please do not send me away.

Kang.

I trust you.

Even though you choked her,

I know you had no intention

to kill her.

Go to your private residence. I will call for you again soon.

How did I not recognize her?

Are you investigating this case to protect that woman, by chance?

She is my master's daughter.

If she is innocent, I will protect her.

I am sure you will be able to save her, Your Highness.

If that woman comes back alive and proves her innocence,

I will send her to you.

You promised me.

That you will send her to me.

Did he keep her by his side to keep his promise to me?

- No, please let me- - Stop right there.

He works for the Eastern Palace.

He is someone I trust.

So the only person who can touch him...

is me.

Your Highness!

We need to find His Highness.

He promised me that I would protect him, and he will protect me.

We have to be safe for each other's sake.

This round thing...

was here.

And this grass-colored one goes here.

This red one...

The picture that His Lordship was drawing...

I wonder what those red lines were...

What are you muttering to yourself?

Master, I have something to ask you.

What is it?

Is it something solemn?

And...

What do you think this is, Master?

Do you know what this may be?

By chance, have you ever seen a drawing like this before?

Student, this is...

As expected! You are a genius, Master! You are the best!

Is this not hopscotch?

Did you want to play a round with your master?

Do you think I am asking you because I do not know hopscotch, Master?