The Secret Romantic Guesthouse (The Love Story of Flower Scholars / Kkotseonbi Yeolaesa / 꽃선비 열애사)

[This is a work of fiction. All the characters, locales, groups, and incidents have no connection to historical facts.]

Seeing how you are deathly pale...

Chief Administrator Jang's report was all true.

How dare you!

You saved the son of the deposed Crown Prince, Lee Seol.

He was...

just a poor child who was trembling.

What?

How insolent.

I will punish you for treason.

I heard empathy

is the foundation of humanity.

Even if I knew he was the deposed Crown Prince's son,

I could not have ignored him completely.

You are very much like your late father.

Not to mention your stubbornness.

Did you know...

my father?

Yoon Won, the scholar of Sungkyunkwan.

He had been my teacher for a long time.

Your father saved you.

I cannot punish my teacher's daughter

for something you barely remember.

I heard you run an inn in Jungchon.

Yes, that is correct.

You must be more worldly than the women who do

embroidery while trapped in their rooms.

Visit me sometimes and tell me about the world you see.

That is all I need.

This is Royal Consort Park.

I cannot believe His Majesty already gave you a gift.

You are definitely more capable than prostitutes.

What is your name?

I am Dan Oh of the Yoon family.

Yoon Dan Oh.

I hope nothing happens that would force me to have to remember you.

This hairpin.

I recognize it, too.

The Crown Prince had an illegitimate son

other than Lee Seol.

If he returns to the palace,

he was going to use it to prove that he was his son.

That is correct.

He is that royal offspring.

Are you on the same page as us?

Are you trying to rise to the throne under the name Lee Seol?

While I hesitated,

many people have died.

As long as we can stop the King's tyranny,

I would be happy to take the burden.

So Head Eunuch,

you should decide now, too.

If you would get killed by Lee Chang

or start a new world with me.

Have a seat.

I will send you messages through her from now on.

Hwa Ryeong, I thought you worked for Jang Tae Hwa.

Were you behind Mok In Hoe?

I am hoping for a world where even courtesans carry aspirations.

Looking at you now, you resemble your mother a lot.

Do you know about my mother?

Crown Prince was very fond of her.

It is obviously the highest quality silk.

Why would His Majesty give you something like this...

I know.

I am not really sure, either.

Let us have a talk for a moment.

I am sorry, Ahjussi.

I did not want to make you worry.

Tell me.

Why did His Majesty want to see you?

The thing is...

Do not try to lie to me.

I heard you have been looking for a ship to China.

Is something serious going on?

Do you remember...

my father's funeral when I was a kid?

How could I forget?

Since there was a tragedy in the country,

I could not even pay my condolences.

That night,

a child came to Ihwawon.

He was trembling in the dog house.

I let him sleep here for a night.

The child said...

he also lost his parents that day.

By chance,

was that child...

It was the deposed Crown Prince's son.

Does His Majesty know, too?

That is why he called you to the palace.

To question you, who the deposed Crown Prince's son is?

No.

He did not question any further.

He made you come but did not ask?

Yes.

He...

just told me to come back to the palace.

Come back to the palace?

That is even more ominous.

The King...

can kill you and your family immediately.

By chance...

do you know...

who the deposed Crown Prince's son is?

The thing is...

I cannot tell you.

Dan Oh!

I do not want to escape the situation by lying.

Could you please...

just believe me for now?

Aigoo!

Aigoo...

I need to find Lee Seol.

I need to find out if he is dead or alive.

If he is alive,

what would you do?

The deposed Crown Prince's son is my only family.

I cannot even know who my mother is.

Yes.

You are brothers who share blood.

But you cannot meet him.

You might end up fighting him over the throne.

If so, Ok Jin will be your sworn enemy and...

- the country will- - I...

am not like the King, who took the throne by killing his brother.

Even if I meet with Ok Jin, I will not draw the sword.

So are you planning to ask him if you

could borrow his name or something?

If Lee Seol shows up

after I become the king, that would be worse.

He has not even shown up yet. Do not try to pursue it!

I am telling you to just let it go!

Think about it.

If the true Lee Seol shows up,

who will get abandoned?

If I were afraid of being abandoned,

I would not have even stepped up to do this.

Dan Oh!

Dan Oh!

I am fine.

You were watching the whole time, too.

I thought the King might have hurt you

the moment I let go of you.

You are the one who is nearest the King.

The one who is in the greatest danger

is also you.

I have always lived that way.

But you did not.

Is that why...

you ran here like this?

Do you know what I am more afraid of than dying?

Losing...

my person again.

Do not call me...

your person while looking at me like that!

I have been curious.

You must be aware, are you not?

Of what?

Your eyes and words like those.

Do you know...

how much you...

What exactly?

Tell me.

What were you so uncomfortable about?

If I made a mistake-

You make my heart thump!

Thump?

My Lady.

Are you busy?

I have a favor to ask.

My gosh.

Why are these apples so pretty?

Are they not?

I picked the ones with the best color.

If it...

grew during the storm, it should have a flaw.

How could it grow so prettily and smoothly?

It is making me feel perturbed.

Who is it?

Which man is making you feel so perturbed?

W-What was the favor you wanted to ask?

This.

"Yeon Yi Jeon"?

Yook Ho told me to read it.

He said it is a fun book.

By the way, I did not get to tell him...

that I do not know how to read so well.

You did not say you are completely illiterate, huh?

You should have learned when I offered to teach you!

Aigoo, gosh...

"That moment,

Officer's large hand...

held Yeon's hand tightly.

Do not do that!

Yeon tried to shake off his hand..."

Do not do that!

Do you not like me?

You cannot do this.

I mean...