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.]

Will you become my friend?

Your Highness.

I have...

never stopped being your friend, Your Highness.

I will start creating those miracles every day from now on.

I will have a friend, trust that friend,

and...

also, protect him.

We should meet up at the military training grounds soon.

Archery has been so boring

because I have not competed against you.

Yes, Your Highness.

Are you happy that you were able to regain your friend?

You seem that way.

You have been smiling the entire way back to the palace.

Why are you looking at me like that?

Will you...

be my friend, too?

Do you believe that a man and a woman cannot be friends?

It is not that. It is just that anger is rising up in me again.

Do you know how sad I was when I got kicked out of the palace that day?

Did it feel good to kick me out like that?

Did I not tell you I was sorry about that?

I am sorry.

Is that it? That was too short and simple!

Please tell me again properly,

with length, complexity, and detail!

"I need you. I want you to be by my side."

Tell me properly, like that!

Min Jae Yi, I missed you.

Why do you not say anything?

How was it for you?

You probably did not think of me while you were at Manyeondang, right?

Do you not want to say it?

For me...

the Eastern Palace felt empty because you were not by my side.

Is it that difficult to apologize to me properly?

I said it internally.

Did you not talk to yourself then as well? So I also spoke internally.

- That makes no sense! - Come now.

Did you not listen in when I was talking to myself, Your Highness?

Then would it not be fair for me to hear what you spoke internally to yourself?

It is something you must never know.

How in the world could this be?

Is it not better than cursing at a chair?

I mean, you even kicked the chair. When you did that...

you kicked the chair, thinking it was me, right?

- That is that... - That is that?

This is cheating!

Enough of that. Go ahead inside and rest.

No, Your Highness. How could I go inside first?

I will escort you to the Eastern Palace.

The night is late. Go inside first and rest.

Even though you may be wearing a man's clothes,

I have never forgotten that you are a woman.

Oh, and when you go inside,

there should be an abundant supper prepared for you.

So if I miss my meal, who will make sure I eat?

Yet, he does not even ask whether I ate or not.

I am not the irrational master that you are thinking of.

I told Tae Kang in advance to have it ready. Go inside and eat.

Your Highness.

Are you not hungry, Your Highness?

We have walked 2.5 miles together.

Japchae! Beef tartare!

It has been so long since I last saw you guys!

The yakgwa of the palace is like honey!

It is so sweet!

I am sorry, Your Highness.

I acted without manners...

Please try some. It is so good.

It is so good that you would not notice if someone were to drop dead.

Have you not gone to bed yet?

His Highness has changed a lot.

I felt the same way.

I did not realize you had prepared fireworks for my wedding.

Did you not say that having an extravagant party is not right

for a scholar, Father?

If we set off sparks, then the entire village would have been roused up,

and it would have been pretty noisy with all the people gathering.

You are my only son.

How could it be an extravagant party

to have the people of our in-laws' village eat, drink, and be merry

at my son's wedding?

It seems it is time for me to clear out what is in here.

I let it sit here for too long.

I will send the saltpeter to the Gaeseong office through the Military Supply Office.

That girl is dead.

Do not spend any more of your heart

trying to find the dead girl.

It is meaningless.

Once the Crown Princess is chosen,

I will look for another marriage partner for you.

Keep that in mind.

Since the future of our family line is at stake,

how could I delay it any longer?

I have finally found you, Jang Ga Ram.

Hyungnim, this person is a man, so how could you say he is Jang Ga Ram?

This face looks so much more delicate.

Is it the first time you have seen a girl dress up as a man to evade a capture-and-return order?

I am sure it is this girl.

Shall we ambush her right now?

What if the slave hunters come for me tonight?

Gosh, it makes me tremble.

No, no! Even if I die, I will die for my Lady

and if I live, I will live for my Lady.

Why did she leave Gaeseong?

Hyungnim, what is the point of knowing the reason why a runaway slave escaped?

Min Jae Yi might be alive.

The reason why she has come all the way to Hanyang dressed up as a man

would be to meet her mistress, Min Jae Yi.

You are thinking of capturing Min Jae Yi also and selling both of them together?

To whom shall we sell the two girls to get paid well?

We should sell them to the Sergeant!

That lewd girl brought dishonor to that young master of the noble family.

You still have a long way to go.

Do you have another place you have already thought of?

I am thinking of turning them over to the Right State Minister.

What use would the Right State Minister have for the two of them?

Have you not heard the stories of the Right State Minister buying all the rumors in the land?

Would not a State Minister of the nation

have greater ambitions than the Sergeant?

Things turned out like that?

To save his friend and his friend's family,

the Crown Prince personally stepped in to prove their innocence?

Is he not a prince that would become a benevolent king?

Gosh.

He is quite nosy.

Will you be all right, Your Excellency?

You think I started things without any backup plans?

Thank you for telling me what happened.

Then, I shall be on my way.

By chance, did no one ask for me?

What do you mean?

- Are you asking me like you do not know? - I do not know.

The red paper with "Song Family Destroy Yi" written on it...

Watch your mouth!

If anyone had contacted you, it would have been for that.

They probably did not contact you since it took place in our neighborhood.

Even if you wore a mask, someone might recognize you.

I heard you went to the Shamanist Bureau the other day.

What ruckus did you cause?

If the oyat tree catching on fire in Palace is linked to the head shaman,

then it would involve you, too.

How much of it do you know?

What if someone were to hear you!

I only do what I am told to do. What more would I know?

If you do what you are told,

you are sure we could return

to our hometown, right?

If we do not return?

Do we keep living like this under someone else's name lying about our hometown?

Should I not at least reclaim my name on my family tree?

Why don't we also just go to Naean Village instead?

Stop saying such useless things,

and just prepare an abundance of things to send to Naean Village.

Buddhist priest should be coming soon.

If the burning of the oyat tree

has no connection to the Left State Minister...

then are the bastards from Byeokchan really behind this?

You know that I like alcohol, too.

You are quite a generous master.

I feel so good.

You were amazing today as well, Your Highness.

When you spoke with such dignity and authority at the warehouse in the Sergeant's home,

I felt so refreshed inside.

Are you thinking of the Sergeant?

No.

I was just reminded of the wedding candles I saw in his shed...

When we expose the truth, you will be cleared of false charges of a murderer.

When that happens, you will be able to light those wedding candles.

The Sergeant is a really good person.

As expected of one my father chose to be my husband after much consideration.

However, I was happy about it without even knowing

what a good man he is.

What do you mean by that?

Marriage was not something I could choose.

Think about it. Marriage is done as a contract between two families.

Since I have to do it,

it would be better for me to be happy than to be upset.

But did you not say that you were in love with the Sergeant?

- Love at first sight. - Aigoo!

There was no time to fall in love. We only met once when we were young.

I had made up my mind to like the Sergeant.

Your Highness, you will soon marry as well,

so it would be good for you to make up your mind like that as well.

You do not need to tell me how I should feel or think.

Then,

do you plan to dislike the Crown Princess?

I will do as my heart leads me.

I mean, can you like or dislike someone

just because you plan to do so?

This is bad...

The Crown Princess is in big trouble...

Do you know how nervous and anxious a woman is before her wedding?

That she would have to marry someone so cold-hearted...

This! This is a problem!

She would share the same bed with him for the rest of her life.

Yet she has to marry him, not knowing what he looks like.